0001|                        HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 5
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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|                              FRED LUNA
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THAT THE NEW MEXICO LIVESTOCK BOARD ROTATE
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0012|     INSPECTORS AMONG LIVESTOCK AUCTIONS IN THE STATE.
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0013|     
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0014|          WHEREAS, there are livestock auctions all over the state,
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0015|     including at Aztec, Milan, Belen, Albuquerque, Socorro, Deming,
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0016|     Roswell, Clovis, Clayton, Las Vegas and Portales, with New
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0017|     Mexico livestock board inspectors stationed at each auction;
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0018|     and
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0019|          WHEREAS, there are often problems with identifying
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0020|     livestock because they enter the auction without the proper
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0021|     paperwork or permits; and
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0022|          WHEREAS, it is the mission of the New Mexico livestock
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0023|     board to control theft and disease of livestock transported and
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0024|     sold in the state; and
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0025|          WHEREAS, there are twenty-six thousand eight hundred
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0001|     brands recorded in New Mexico for use on livestock; and
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0002|          WHEREAS, it is required that a seller of livestock present
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0003|     proof of ownership before livestock can change hands; and
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0004|          WHEREAS, it is the duty of the New Mexico livestock board
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0005|     inspectors to research brands and ask questions of sellers if
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0006|     anything looks amiss; and
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0007|          WHEREAS, under the current system of inspection New Mexico
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0008|     livestock board inspectors work at the same auction week after
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0009|     week without knowledge of the workings of other auctions;
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0010|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0011|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico livestock board
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0012|     inspectors not be permanently stationed at any one auction; and
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0013|          BE IF FURTHER RESOLVED that a rotation schedule be set up
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0014|     so that each inspector can inspect operations at each auction
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0015|     so that rules are enforced uniformly and objectively and
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0016|     inspectors remain alert to infractions; and
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0017|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0018|     sent to the executive director of the New Mexico livestock
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0019|     board.
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