0001|                           SENATE BILL 793
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                             CYNTHIA NAVA
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE
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0012|     UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATING AND
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0013|     REPORTING ON GROWTH IMPACTS AND ISSUES IN CERTAIN NEW MEXICO
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0014|     COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCING HIGH GROWTH; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|          Section 1.  TEMPORARY PROVISION.--
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0018|               A.  The appropriation provided in Section 2 of this
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0019|     act is to be used by the university of New Mexico school of
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0020|     architecture and planning to investigate, study and report on
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0021|     growth issues and impacts in six New Mexico communities,
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0022|     counties or regions subject to high growth rates.  The
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0023|     evaluation shall:
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0024|                    (1)  investigate different types of growth in
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0025|     New Mexico and their particular impacts on communities, natural
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0001|     resources, people and public and private facilities and
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0002|     infrastructure, as well as limits and issues related to
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0003|     potential future growth;
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0004|                    (2)  investigate the fiscal impacts of growth
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0005|     on state, county and local taxpayers and local, county and
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0006|     state government in the selected growth areas;
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0007|                    (3)  investigate the efficacy and
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0008|     appropriateness of existing enabling laws related to
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0009|     development and land use, such as zoning regulation, historic
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0010|     districts and landmarks, subdivisions and planning and
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0011|     platting, annexation of territory, regional planning, community
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0012|     development and urban development;
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0013|                    (4)  investigate problems such as the need for
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0014|     regional cooperation and the relationship between the planning
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0015|     and development review and approval that may not be addressed
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0016|     by the existing laws;
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0017|                    (5)  investigate policies and processes that
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0018|     would help:
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0019|                         (a)  provide more certainty in
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0020|     determining where new development should and should not occur;
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0021|                         (b)  make more efficient use of land that
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0022|     has already been developed, including a strong focus on job
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0023|     creation and housing in established urban areas;
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0024|                         (c)  establish a legal and procedural
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0025|     framework to create desired certainty and send appropriate
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0001|     economic signals to investors; and
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0002|                         (d)  include communities, people and
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0003|     government in the process of managing future growth that may
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0004|     affect them; and
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0005|                    (6)  consider the effects that such policies
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0006|     might have if applied or not applied in areas of the state
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0007|     experiencing slower growth.
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0008|               B.  The university of New Mexico school of
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0009|     architecture and planning shall coordinate this comprehensive
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0010|     evaluation with and seek appropriate involvement and support
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0011|     from the university of New Mexico bureau of business and
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0012|     economic research and the university of New Mexico institute of
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0013|     public law.  The university of New Mexico may contract with
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0014|     appropriate professional to assist in the evaluation.
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0015|               C.  The comprehensive evaluation shall include a
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0016|     written report to be presented to the appropriate interim
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0017|     legislative committee no later than December 1, 1997.  The
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0018|     comprehensive evaluation shall also include a public
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0019|     presentation of its findings and conclusions no later than
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0020|     December 31, 1997.
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0021|          Section 2.  APPROPRIATION.--One hundred thousand dollars
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0022|     ($100,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the board
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0023|     of regents of the university of New Mexico for expenditure in
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0024|     fiscal years 1997 and 1998 for the purpose of funding a study
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0025|     by the school of architecture and planning to evaluate and
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0001|     report on growth impacts and issues in six New Mexico
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0002|     communities, counties or regions experiencing high growth.  Any
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0003|     unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
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0004|     fiscal year 1998 shall revert to the general fund.
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0005|          Section 3.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0006|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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