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A MEMORIAL

ENCOURAGING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STATE-AUTHORIZED WEB SITE

THAT LINKS OR INTEGRATES STATE, COUNTY, MUNICIPAL AND OTHER

LEGAL NOTICES AND LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

WHEREAS, legal notices are published in a wide range of

publications for various jurisdictions throughout the state;

and

WHEREAS, legal notices are published by state agencies,

counties, municipalities, villages and other entities; and

WHEREAS, almost all New Mexicans now have access to the

internet through local libraries and schools, if not in their

homes; and

WHEREAS, a central on-line repository or web site of

previously published legal notices and legal advertisements

would be readily accessible to people throughout the state;

and

WHEREAS, a state-sponsored web site could be made

available without charge;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that a work group

be assembled from among state and local agencies that publish

legal notices to study means of implementing a workable, user-

friendly, state-sponsored web site that aggregates previously

published state, county, municipal and other legal notices and

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legal advertisements; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the chief information

officer be requested to convene the work group and include

among its members representatives of the New Mexico press

association, the New Mexico municipal league, the New Mexico

association of counties and other political entities, as well

as at least one representative each from a state agency, a

county agency and a municipal agency; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the work group report its

findings and recommendations to the information technology

oversight committee during the 2007 interim; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

transmitted to the chief information officer, the executive

director of the New Mexico municipal league, the executive

director of the New Mexico association of counties, each

chamber of commerce in the state and each newspaper that is a

member of the New Mexico press association.