0001|                       HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 27
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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|                             LISA L. LUTZ
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO CREATE A COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH NEW
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0012|     VETERANS' CEMETERIES IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO.
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0013|     
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0014|          WHEREAS, the national cemetery in Santa Fe is full; and
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0015|          WHEREAS, New Mexico has a large veteran population of over
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0016|     one hundred seventy thousand; and
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0017|          WHEREAS, it is incumbent on our society to honor and
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0018|     preserve customs that bind our people and thereby strengthen
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0019|     us; and
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0020|          WHEREAS, veterans of our armed services who fought in wars 
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0021|     for the preservation of our liberty, freedom and strength will
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0022|     follow the course of all living things and succumb to the
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0023|     inevitable peace of death; and
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0024|          WHEREAS, moral, health and legal necessities claim a final
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0025|     resting place for our warriors, a claim we all have on our
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0001|     fellows; and
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0002|          WHEREAS, there are several proposals currently being
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0003|     advanced to the legislative venue; and
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0004|          WHEREAS, it is incumbent that we move in a direction that
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0005|     will best serve the needs of the state for more than the short
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0006|     term;
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0007|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0008|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the governor be requested to create a
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0009|     commission to study the proposals and recommend the best plan
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0010|     to establish new veterans' cemeteries in New Mexico; and
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0011|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the commission be made up of
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0012|     two members of the house of representatives, two members of the
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0013|     senate, one member from the human services department and one
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0014|     member from each of the major veterans organizations in the
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0015|     state; and
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0016|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the commission complete its
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0017|     task by December 1, 1997 and report its progress to the
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0018|     appropriate interim committee of the legislature; and
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0019|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0020|     transmitted to the governor, the speaker of the house of
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0021|     representatives, the president pro tempore of the senate and
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0022|     the secretary of human services.
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0023|                                      
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0024|                        State of New Mexico
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0025|                      House of Representatives
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0002|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0003|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0006|                                               February 25, 1997
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0007|   
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0009|   Mr. Speaker:
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0010|   
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0011|        Your VOTERS AND ELECTIONS COMMITTEE, to whom has
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0012|   been referred
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0013|   
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0014|                   HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 27
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0015|                               
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0016|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0017|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0018|   
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0019|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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<u></u>0025| <u>                                </u>                             Edward C. Sandoval, Chairman
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0003|   Adopted <u>                    </u>     Not Adopted <u>                    
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0005|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0007|                        Date <u>            </u>
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0009|   The roll call vote was<u> 9 </u> For<u> 0 </u> Against
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0010|   Yes:      9
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0011|             Excused:  Lujan, Nicely, Sanchez
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0012|             Absent:   None
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0017|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0018|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0021|                                                  March 16, 1997
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0022|   
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0023|   Mr. President:
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0024|   
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0025|       Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been
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0001|   referred
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0002|   
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0003|                      HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 27
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0004|   
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0005|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0006|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0008|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0013|   __________________________________
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0014|                                Shannon Robinson, Chairman 
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0018|   Adopted_______________________   Not
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0020|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0024|                     Date ________________________
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0002|   The roll call vote was <u> 5 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0003|           Yes:    5
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0004|           No:     0
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0005|                Excused:     Boitano, Garcia, Ingle, Rodarte
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0006|           Absent: None
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0009|   HJ027PA1
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