0001|                          HOUSE MEMORIAL 25
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                           NICK L. SALAZAR
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0010|                              A MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, THE PUBLIC
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0012|     REGULATION COMMISSION AND THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO
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0013|     PARTICIPATE IN A STUDY BY THE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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0014|     CONCERNING TELECOMMUNICATION NEEDS IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO.
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0015|     
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0016|          WHEREAS, the four counties of Los Alamos, Rio Arriba,
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0017|     Santa Fe and Taos and the municipalities and pueblos in that
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0018|     region are currently underserved by telecommunications
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0019|     technology; and
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0020|          WHEREAS, existing telephone services are fragmented among
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0021|     several regulated providers who have little reason to work
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0022|     together; and
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0023|          WHEREAS, the regional development corporation, a
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0024|     nonprofit organization, was formed to distribute funds from
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0025|     the federal department of energy to that four-county region to
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0001|     be used to mitigate changes at Los Alamos national laboratory
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0002|     that have a negative impact on the regional economy; and
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0003|          WHEREAS, the regional development corporation has
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0004|     determined that major advances in regional telecommunications
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0005|     are essential to the diversification and strengthening of the
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0006|     regional economy so that all communities may take advantage of
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0007|     their proximity to Los Alamos national laboratory; and
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0008|          WHEREAS, the regional development corporation has pledged
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0009|     one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for a study to define
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0010|     regional telecommunications needs, survey regional assets and
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0011|     examine regionally appropriate technologies, with additional
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0012|     funds available to begin implementation of a regional
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0013|     telecommunications system; and
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0014|          WHEREAS, support and participation by state entities,
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0015|     including the economic development department, the public
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0016|     regulation commission and the general services department,
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0017|     should be encouraged by the legislature as the regional
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0018|     development corporation addresses regulatory issues and
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0019|     regulatory bodies, as it works with existing utilities and
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0020|     utility service providers and as it plans for the
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0021|     implementation of this essential infrastructure;
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0022|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
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0023|     REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that it encourage
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0024|     the economic development department, the public regulation
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0025|     commission and the general services department to work closely
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0001|     with the regional development corporation on this issue; and
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0002|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0003|     sent to the secretary of economic development, the secretary
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0004|     of general services and board members of the public regulation
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0005|     commission.
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