44TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 1999

RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE; SHORTENING THE PERIOD DURING WHICH BILLS MAY BE INTRODUCED AT REGULAR SESSIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. Section 2-6-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1961, Chapter 2, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

"2-6-1. LIMIT ON THE TIME WITHIN WHICH BILLS MAY BE INTRODUCED.--No bill shall be introduced at any regular session of the legislature subsequent to the [thirtieth] twenty-third legislative day in sessions held in the odd-numbered years or subsequent to the [fifteenth] eighth legislative day in sessions held in the even-numbered years. The limitation provided in this section does not apply to the general appropriation bill, bills to provide for the current expenses of the government and such bills as may be referred to the legislature by the governor by special message specifically setting forth the emergency or necessity requiring such legislation."