0001|                       SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 70
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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|                           PATRICK H. LYONS
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, IN COOPERATION WITH
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0012|     OTHER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES OF STATE GOVERNMENT, TO
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0013|     DEVELOP A COORDINATED PROCUREMENT PROGRAM AND LIGHT FIXTURE
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0014|     REPLACEMENT PROCEDURES FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY AND THE
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0015|     FRUGAL MANAGEMENT OF STATE ENERGY BUDGETS.
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0016|     
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0017|          WHEREAS, the first energy crisis hit the United States
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0018|     with the oil embargo of 1973; and
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0019|          WHEREAS, another energy crisis occurred in 1979-1980 when
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0020|     the price of energy again increased dramatically, contributing
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0021|     to the severe recession of 1984; and
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0022|          WHEREAS, state and federal efforts have been made
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0023|     intermittently since these events to better manage energy
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0024|     systems and costs to use energy more efficiently and frugally;
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0025|     and
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0001|          WHEREAS, one of the areas in which we could relatively
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0002|     easily address energy savings is the use of lighting in state
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0003|     office buildings; and
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0004|          WHEREAS, energy-efficient light fixtures are available
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0005|     that can reduce energy use by as much as seventy percent and
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0006|     reduce negative environmental impacts associated with energy
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0007|     generation;
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0008|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0009|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the general services department be
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0010|     requested, in cooperation with other property management
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0011|     agencies of state government, to develop a program of replacing
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0012|     fluorescent lights in state buildings with energy-efficient
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0013|     light systems, including specular reflectors, electronic
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0014|     ballasts, T-8 lamps and reverse prism acrylic lenses; and
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0015|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the general services
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0016|     department report its findings and recommendations to the
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0017|     appropriate interim committee of the legislature by December 1,
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0018|     1997; and
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0019|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0020|     transmitted to the secretary of general services.
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