0001|                            HOUSE BILL 212
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003|     1998
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0004|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                          BOBBIE K. MALLORY
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0011|                                AN ACT
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0012|     CREATING A JOINT INTERIM LEGISLATIVE SUBDIVISION IMPACT REVIEW
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0013|     COMMITTEE; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  SUBDIVISION IMPACT REVIEW COMMITTEE CREATED--
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0017|     TERMINATION.--The "subdivision impact review committee" is
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0018|     created as a joint interim legislative committee.  The
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0019|     committee shall function from the date of its appointment
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0020|     until December 1 prior to the first session of the forty-
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0021|     fourth legislature.
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0022|          Section 2.  MEMBERSHIP--APPOINTMENT--VACANCIES.--
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0023|               A.  The subdivision impact review committee shall
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0024|     be composed of eight members.  The New Mexico legislative
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0025|     council shall appoint four members from the house of
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0001|     representatives and four members from the senate.  At the time
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0002|     of making the appointment, the legislative council shall
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0003|     designate the chairman and vice chairman of the committee.
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0004|               B.  Members shall be appointed from each house so
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0005|     as to give the two major political parties in each house the
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0006|     same proportionate representation on the subdivision impact
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0007|     review committee as prevails in each house; however, in no
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0008|     event shall either party have less than one member from each
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0009|     house on the committee.  At the request of the committee
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0010|     chairman, members may be removed from the committee by the New
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0011|     Mexico legislative council for nonattendance according to
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0012|     council policy.  Vacancies on the committee, however caused,
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0013|     may be filled by the legislative council, or the council may
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0014|     reduce the size of the committee by not making replacement
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0015|     appointments and in such case need not readjust party
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0016|     representation.
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0017|               C.  No action shall be taken by the subdivision
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0018|     impact review committee if a majority of the total membership
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0019|     from either house on the committee rejects such action.
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0020|          Section 3.  DUTIES.--After its appointment, the
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0021|     subdivision impact review committee shall hold one
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0022|     organizational meeting to develop a work plan and budget for
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0023|     the ensuing interim.  The work plan and budget shall be
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0024|     submitted to the New Mexico legislative council for approval. 
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0025|     Upon approval of the work plan and budget by the legislative
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0001|     council, the committee shall examine the statutes,
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0002|     constitutional provisions, regulations and court decisions
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0003|     governing subdivision in New Mexico and recommend legislation
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0004|     or changes if any are found to be necessary to the first
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0005|     session of the forty-fourth legislature.
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0006|          Section 4.  SUBCOMMITTEES.--Subcommittees shall be
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0007|     created only by majority vote of all members appointed to the
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0008|     subdivision impact review committee and with the prior
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0009|     approval of the New Mexico legislative council.  A
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0010|     subcommittee shall be composed of at least one member from the
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0011|     senate and one member from the house of representatives, and
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0012|     at least one member of the minority party shall be a member of
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0013|     the subcommittee.  All meetings and expenditures of a
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0014|     subcommittee shall be approved by the full committee in
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0015|     advance of such meeting or expenditure, and the approval shall
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0016|     be shown in the minutes of the committee.
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0017|          Section 5.  REPORT.--The subdivision impact review
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0018|     committee shall make a report of its findings and
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0019|     recommendations for the consideration of the first session of
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0020|     the forty-fourth legislature.  The report and suggested
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0021|     legislation shall be made available to the New Mexico
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0022|     legislative council on or before December 15 preceding that
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0023|     session.
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0024|          Section 6.  STAFF.--The staff for the subdivision impact
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0025|     review committee shall be provided by the legislative council
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0001|     service.
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0002|          Section 7.  APPROPRIATION.--Twenty thousand  dollars
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0003|     ($20,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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0004|     legislative council service for expenditure in fiscal year
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0005|     1999 for the purpose of paying the salaries and expenses of
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0006|     the technical, legal, clerical and stenographic assistants,
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0007|     for necessary equipment and supplies used in carrying out the
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0008|     provisions of this act and for reimbursing the per diem and
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0009|     mileage expenses of the subdivision impact review committee. 
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0010|     Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
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0011|     fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the general fund.  Payments
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0012|     from the appropriation shall be made upon vouchers signed by
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0013|     the director of the legislative council service or his
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0014|     authorized representative.
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0015|          Section 8.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0016|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect
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0017|     immediately.
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