0001| SENATE BILL 879
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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| DEDE FELDMAN
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES; CREATING THE RIO GRANDE BOSQUE
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0012| ADVISORY COUNCIL TO ACT AS ADVISORY BODY TO BOSQUE MANAGEMENT
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0013| AGENCIES; ENACTING THE RIO GRANDE BOSQUE MANAGEMENT ACT; MAKING
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0014| AN APPROPRIATION.
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0016| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017| Section 1. SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the
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0018| "Rio Grande Bosque Management Act".
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0019| Section 2. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.--
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0020| A. The legislature finds that the Rio Grande bosque
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0021| is an important natural resource that is undergoing rapid
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0022| ecological change that endangers the future existence of native
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0023| biological communities, especially riparian gallery forests of
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0024| cottonwood and willow.
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0025| B. The institutional structure that manages the
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0001| middle Rio Grande is composed of many federal, state, local and
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0002| tribal entities that often operate independently to address
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0003| irrigation, flood control, drainage needs, recreation, law
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0004| enforcement and wildlife management without complete
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0005| coordination to achieve ecosystem management and the balancing
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0006| of compatible uses of the bosque.
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0007| C. Those portions of the middle Rio Grande bosque
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0008| that lie within Indian reservations are subject to management
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0009| by individual Indian governments as sovereign entities.
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0010| D. The middle Rio Grande conservancy district is
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0011| one of the primary entities charged with managing the bosque
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0012| and will play a major role in the coordination of ecosystem
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0013| management.
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0014| Section 3. DEFINITION.--As used in the Rio Grande Bosque
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0015| Management Act, "bosque" means:
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0016| A. all land between the flood control levees,
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0017| excepting the levees themselves, and the river bank from
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0018| Cochiti reservoir to Elephant Butte reservoir, provided that
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0019| where there are no levees, bosque includes the following:
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0020| (1) where there is a riverside drain, such
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0021| lands as exist between the riverside drain, excepting the
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0022| riverside drain itself, and the river bank; or
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0023| (2) where there is no riverside drain, the
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0024| lands between the river bank and the limits of the historic
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0025| flood plain; and
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0001| B. all other lands that are ecological components
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0002| of the middle Rio Grande riparian system, provided that the
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0003| owners of the lands voluntarily agree to allow the Rio Grande
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0004| bosque advisory council to offer suggestions for their
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0005| management.
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0006| Section 4. RIO GRANDE BOSQUE ADVISORY COUNCIL--CREATED--
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0007| MEMBERS.--
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0008| A. The "Rio Grande bosque advisory council" is
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0009| created to advise public and private landowners with the bosque
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0010| as defined above, to promote coordination among all government
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0011| agencies having authority in the bosque and to promote the
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0012| protection and enhancement of bosque and river ecosystems.
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0013| B. The Rio Grande bosque advisory council may
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0014| consist of the following members or their designees as voting
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0015| members according to the following categories:
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0016| (1) the mayors of Albuquerque, Belen,
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0017| Bernalillo, Bosque Farms, Corrales, Los Lunas, Los Ranchos de
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0018| Albuquerque, Rio Rancho and Socorro;
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0019| (2) the county commission chairmen from
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0020| Bernalillo, Sandoval, Socorro and Valencia counties;
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0021| (3) the governors of the following pueblos:
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0022| Cochiti, Isleta, Sandia, San Felipe, Santa Ana and Santo
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0023| Domingo;
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0024| (4) one representative each from the United
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0025| States army corps of engineers, the bureau of reclamation, the
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0001| natural resources conservation service and the United States
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0002| fish and wildlife service;
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0003| (5) a representative of the middle Rio Grande
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0004| conservancy district;
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0005| (6) the secretary of energy, minerals and
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0006| natural resources, the secretary of environment, the director
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0007| of the department of game and fish, the state engineer, the
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0008| commissioner of public lands and the chairman of the interstate
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0009| stream commission;
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0010| (7) two private bosque landowners nominated by
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0011| the landowner committee; and
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0012| (8) one representative of a local organization
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0013| in the middle Rio Grande region that is dedicated to protection
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0014| and enhancement of the bosque or the river and one
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0015| representative of a regional or national environmental
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0016| organization. The environmental representatives shall be
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0017| designated by the speaker of the house of representatives and
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0018| the president pro tempore of the senate and shall be
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0019| individuals who have an established knowledge of issues
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0020| affecting the river and the bosque and who have been involved
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0021| in attempting to protect and enhance bosque and river
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0022| ecosystems.
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0023| C. The business of the Rio Grande bosque advisory
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0024| council between meetings shall be conducted by an eight-member
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0025| executive committee, with one member selected from each
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0001| category of membership as set forth in Subsection B of this
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0002| section.
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0003| D. The secretary of energy, minerals and natural
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0004| resources or his designee shall serve as the chairman of the
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0005| Rio Grande bosque advisory council for the first fiscal year of
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0006| the council, and thereafter a chairman shall be elected by the
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0007| membership of the council.
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0008| E. The Rio Grande bosque advisory council shall
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0009| hold at least two open meetings each year. The executive
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0010| committee shall meet as needed. The council shall promulgate
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0011| public notice of each meeting and provide interested members of
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0012| the public with the opportunity to present written and oral
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0013| comments.
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0014| F. The Rio Grande bosque advisory council is
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0015| administratively attached to the energy, minerals and natural
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0016| resources department but shall have authority, independent of
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0017| the department, to carry out its assigned functions as defined
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0018| by the Rio Grande Bosque Management Act.
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0019| G. Members of the Rio Grande bosque advisory
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0020| council not otherwise eligible shall receive per diem and
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0021| mileage as provide for nonsalaried public officers in the Per
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0022| Diem and Mileage Act and shall receive no other compensation,
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0023| perquisite or allowance.
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0024| Section 5. COUNCIL--POWERS AND DUTIES.--
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0025| A. The Rio Grande bosque advisory council shall
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0001| adopt, after a public hearing, a set of principles to advise
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0002| appropriate government agencies on actions that may affect the
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0003| bosque. The principles shall be based on the concept that the
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0004| bosque is an integrated system of biological, physical, social
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0005| and cultural components. The principles shall encourage the
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0006| protection and enhancement of bosque and river ecosystems, and
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0007| in formulating the principles, the council shall review,
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0008| implement and update to the extent possible the recommendations
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0009| from the report, "middle rio grande ecosystem: bosque
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0010| conservation of the middle rio grande bosque".
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0011| B. The Rio Grande bosque council shall act as
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0012| advisory council to the middle Rio Grande conservancy district
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0013| regarding the management of bosque lands within the boundaries
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0014| of the district. The council shall also advise other
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0015| management authorities, landowners and regulatory agencies that
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0016| own, control or exercise authority within the bosque.
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0017| C. The Rio Grande bosque advisory council shall
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0018| request participating agencies to enter into a memorandum of
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0019| agreement for cooperation in implementing the set of principles
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0020| established pursuant to Subsection A of this section and in
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0021| undertaking coordinated resource management programs for the
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0022| bosque.
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0023| D. The Rio Grande bosque advisory council shall:
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0024| (1) maintain information on the biological,
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0025| physical, social and cultural conditions in the bosque;
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0001| (2) establish an information clearinghouse for
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0002| public comment and distribution of information to the public;
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0003| (3) foster mediation to resolve conflicts and
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0004| disputes regarding the bosque;
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0005| (4) publish an annual "state of the bosque
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0006| report" and report annually to the appropriate interim
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0007| committees of the legislature and to the board of the middle
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0008| Rio Grande conservancy district; and
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0009| (5) establish committees to assist it,
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0010| composed of members of the council and members of the public.
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0011| One committee shall be a landowner committee and one shall be a
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0012| committee composed of private citizens. The citizen committee
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0013| shall have authority to consider any and all matters affecting
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0014| the welfare of the bosque and to receive oral and written
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0015| public comments. Prior to the issuance of the council's state
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0016| of the bosque report, the citizen committee shall submit a
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0017| written report and recommendations for the council's
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0018| consideration. The council shall review the citizen
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0019| committee's report and recommendations for possible
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0020| incorporation into the state of the bosque report.
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0021| E. In order to carry out its duties, the Rio Grande
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0022| bosque advisory council shall have the following powers:
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0023| (1) adopt bylaws to govern the structure and
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0024| operations of the council and council meetings;
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0025| (2) solicit and administer grants and in-kind
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0001| services and use its funds as the local cost share to obtain
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0002| federal funding for projects to assist it in carrying out its
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0003| obligations under the Rio Grande Bosque Management Act; and
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0004| (3) sponsor mediation services.
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0005| Section 6. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE--POWERS AND DUTIES.--The
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0006| executive committee of the Rio Grande bosque advisory council
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0007| shall:
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0008| A. employ and fix the compensation of those
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0009| employees necessary to discharge the duties of the council;
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0010| B. set executive committee and full council meeting
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0011| dates, locations and agendas;
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0012| C. prepare draft advisory principles on government
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0013| actions that affect the bosque, taking into consideration the
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0014| reports and recommendations of the council and the citizen and
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0015| landowner committees;
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0016| D. prepare and disseminate an annual "state of the
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0017| bosque report";
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0018| E. develop an annual budget; and
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0019| F. be subject to the provisions of the Open
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0020| Meetings Act.
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0021| Section 7. APPROPRIATION.--One hundred thousand dollars
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0022| ($100,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the energy,
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0023| minerals and natural resources department for expenditure in
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0024| fiscal year 1998 for the purpose of establishing the Rio Grande
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0025| bosque advisory council to coordinate government resource
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0001| management actions of the middle Rio Grande bosque. Any
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0002| unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
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0003| fiscal year 1998 shall revert to the general fund.
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0004| Section 8. TERMINATION--DELAYED REPEAL.--The Rio Grande
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0005| bosque advisory council is terminated on July 1, 2007 pursuant
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0006| to the Sunset Act. The council shall continue to operate
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0007| pursuant to the Rio Grande Bosque Management Act until July 1,
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0008| 2008. Effective July 1, 2008, the Rio Grande Bosque Management
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0009| Act is repealed.
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0012| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE SB 879/a
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0013| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0017| February 27, 1997
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0021| Mr. President:
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0023| Your CONSERVATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0025| SENATE BILL 879
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0002| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0003| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0005| 1. On page 3, line 8, strike "with" and insert in lieu
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0006| thereof "within".
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0008| 2. On page 4, line 7, strike "and" and insert a comma in
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0011| 3. On page 4, line 8, after "commission" insert "and the
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0012| secretary of agriculture".
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0014| 4. On page 4, line 9, strike "two" and insert in lieu
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0017| 5. On page 4, line 10, strike "and".
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0019| 6. On page 4, line 16, after the first occurrence of "the"
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0020| insert "governor; and", strike the remainder of the line and
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0021| strike lines 17 through 20.
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0023| 7. On page 4, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following
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0001| "(9) one member each from the Socorro Soil and Water
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0002| Conservation District, the Valencia Soil and Water Conservation
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0003| District and the Coronado Soil and Water Conservation District.",
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0018| and thence referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0020| Respectfully submitted,
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0001| Michael S. Sanchez, Chairman
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0005| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0007| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0010| Date ________________________
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0013| The roll call vote was 7 For 2 Against
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0014| Yes: 7
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0015| No: Davis, Payne
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0016| Excused: Sanchez
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0017| Absent: None
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0025| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE SB 879/a
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0001| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0004| March 6, 1997
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0006| Mr. President:
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0008| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0010| SENATE BILL 879, as amended
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0012| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0013| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0015| 1. Strike CONSERVATION COMMITTEE amendments number "5" and
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0016| "6".
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0019| Respectfully submitted,
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0025| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman
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0009| Date ________________________
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0012| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against
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0013| Yes: 6
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0014| No: None
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0015| Excused: Aragon, Carraro, Fidel, Ingle, Mckibben
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0016| Absent: None
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0021| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0001| October 23, 1997
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0004| SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENT number to SENATE BILL 879, as
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0005| amended
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0007| AMENDMENT sponsored by SENATOR ARAGON
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0009| 1. On page 1, lines 13 and 14, strike the semi-colon and
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0010| the words "MAKING AN APPROPRIATION".
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0012| 2. On page 8, strike lines 18 through 25.
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0014| 3. Renumber the succeeding section accordingly.
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0021| Senator Manny M. Aragon
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0010| S0879FS1 State of New Mexico
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0011| House of Representatives
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0013| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0014| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0017| March 12, 1997
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0020| Mr. Speaker:
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0022| Your ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, to
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0023| whom has been referred
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0025| SENATE BILL 879, as amended
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0002| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0003| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0005| Respectfully submitted,
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0010| James Roger Madalena, Chairman
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0015| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0019| The roll call vote was 10 For 0 Against
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0020| Yes: 10
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0021| Excused: Salazar, Stewart
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0022| Absent: None
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0004| March 13, 1997
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0007| HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENT number ___1___ to SENATE BILL 879, as amended
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0009| Amendment sponsored by Representative M. Michael Olguin
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0012| 1. On page 4, line 10, strike "and".
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0014| 2. On page 4, line 20, strike the period and insert in lieu
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0015| thereof "; and".
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0017| 3. On page 4, line 22, strike "an eight-member" and insert in
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0018| lieu thereof "a nine-member".
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0005| ___________________________
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0006| M. Michael Olguin
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0009| Adopted ___________________ Not Adopted ___________________________
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0010| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0015| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0016| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0019| March 15, 1997
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0021| Mr. President:
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0023| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0025| HOUSE BILL 879
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0002| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation
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0003| that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the JUDICIARY
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0004| COMMITTEE.
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0006| Respectfully submitted,
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0011| Shannon Robinson, Chairman
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0015| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0016| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0022| The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against
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0023| Yes: 5
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0024| No: 0
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0025| Excused: Adair, Ingle, Vernon, Smith
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0001| Absent: None
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