April 5, 2001

 

HOUSE EXECUTIVE MESSAGE NO. 85

 

 

The Honorable Ben Lujan and

Members of the House of Representatives

Executive-Legislative Building

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503

 

Honorable Speaker and Members of the House:

 

I have this day VETOED and am returning HOUSE BILL 774, enacted by the Forty-Fifth Legislature, First Session, 2001.

 

This bill allows judges to purchase up to two months service credit toward their retirement.  I have already vetoed a version of this bill, Senate Bill 420, and do so again, because while I sympathize with judges whose terms will expire before they obtain full retirement benefits, I generally disfavor changes in the law that permit a certain class of public employees to avoid those requirements generally applicable to our state’s workforce. 

 

 

Sincerely,         

 

 

          Gary E. Johnson         

Governor         

 

RECEIVED FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR:

 

Time: _____________________                By:_____________________________

                                                                     Secretary of State

Date ______________________             

 

 

Time:______________________

 

Date_______________________               By:_____________________________

                                                                     Chief Clerk of the House     

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