0001| H0USE BILL 516
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0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003| 1996
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0004| INTRODUCED BY
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0005| VINCE MARTINEZ
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0011| AN ACT
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0012| RELATING TO RECORDS; ENACTING THE ELECTRONIC AUTHENTICATION OF
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0013| DOCUMENTS ACT; CREATING A CENTRAL REGISTRY FOR AUTHENTICATING
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0014| ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
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0016| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017| Section 1. SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the
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0018| "Electronic Authentication of Documents Act".
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0019| Section 2. PURPOSE.-- The purpose of the Electronic
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0020| Authentication of Documents Act is to:
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0021| A. provide a centralized, public, electronic
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0022| registry for authenticating electronic documents by means of a
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0023| public and private key system;
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0024| B. promote commerce; and
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0025| C. facilitate electronic information and document
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0001| transactions.
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0002| Section 3. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Electronic
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0003| Authentication of Documents Act:
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0004| A. "archival listing" means entries in the register
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0005| that show public keys that are no longer current;
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0006| B. "authenticate" means to ascertain the identity of
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0007| the originator, verify the integrity of the electronic data and
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0008| establish a link between the data and the originator;
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0009| C. "document" means any identifiable collection of
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0010| words, letters or graphical knowledge representations,
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0011| regardless of the mode of representation. "Document" includes
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0012| correspondence, agreements, invoices, reports, certifications,
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0013| maps, drawings and images in both electronic and hard copy
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0014| formats;
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0015| D. "electronic authentication" means the electronic
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0016| signing of a document that establishes a verifiable link between
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0017| the originator of a document and the document by means of a
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0018| public key or private key system;
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0019| E. "key pair" means a private key and its
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0020| corresponding public key that can verify an electronic
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0021| authentication created by the private key;
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0022| F. "office" means the office of electronic
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0023| documentation;
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0024| G. "originator" means the person who signs a
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0025| document electronically;
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0001| H. "person" means any individual or entity,
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0002| including:
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0003| (1) an estate, trust, receiver, cooperative
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0004| association, club, corporation, company, firm, partnership,
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0005| joint venture or syndicate; and
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0006| (2) any federal, state or local governmental
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0007| unit or subdivision or any agency, department or instrumentality
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0008| thereof;
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0009| I. "private key" means the code or alphanumeric
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0010| sequence used to encode an electronic authentication that is
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0011| known only to its owner and that is the part of a key pair used
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0012| to verify an electronic authentication;
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0013| J. "public key" means the code or alphanumeric
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0014| sequence used to decode an electronic authentication that is the
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0015| part of a key pair used to verify an electronic authentication;
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0016| K. "public and private key system" means the
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0017| hardware, software and firmware provided by a vendor for the
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0018| following purposes:
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0019| (1) to generate public and private key pairs;
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0020| (2) to produce a record abstraction by means
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0021| of a secure hash code;
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0022| (3) to encode a signature block and a record
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0023| abstraction or an entire document;
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0024| (4) to decode a signature block and a record
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0025| abstraction or an entire document; and
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0001| (5) to verify the integrity of a document;
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0003| L. "record abstraction" means a condensed
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0004| representation of a document that is prepared by using a secure
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0005| hash code;
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0006| M. "register" means a database or other electronic
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0007| structure that binds a person's name or other identity to a
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0008| public key;
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0009| N. "revocation" means the act of notifying the
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0010| secretary that a public key has ceased or will cease to be
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0011| effective after a specified time and date;
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0012| O. "secretary" means the secretary of state;
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0013| P. "secure hash code" means a mathematical algorithm
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0014| that, when applied to an electronic version of a document,
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0015| creates a condensed version of the document that makes it
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0016| computationally impossible to identify or re-create without
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0017| essential knowledge of that document; and
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0018| Q. "sign" or "signing" means the execution or
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0019| adoption of any symbol by a person with the intention to
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0020| establish the authenticity of a document as his own.
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0021| Section 4. OFFICE OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTATION--POWERS AND
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0022| DUTIES.--The "office of electronic documentation" is established
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0023| under the secretary of state. The office shall maintain a
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0024| register of public keys for electronic authentications made in
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0025| accordance with standards adopted pursuant to the provisions of
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0001| Section 14-3-15.2 NMSA 1978. The office shall register public
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0002| keys for public officials, persons who wish to transact business
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0003| with the state and any other person when registration will
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0004| promote the purposes of the Electronic Authentication of
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0005| Documents Act. The register shall include both current listings
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0006| and archival listings.
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0007| Section 5. REGULATIONS. --
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0008| A. The secretary shall adopt regulations to
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0009| accomplish the purposes of the Electronic Authentication of
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0010| Documents Act.
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0011| B. The regulations shall address the following
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0012| matters:
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0013| (1) registration of public keys;
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0014| (2) revocation of public keys; and
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0015| (3) reasonable public access to the public keys
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0016| maintained by the office.
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0017| C. The regulations may address the following
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0018| matters:
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0019| (1) circumstances under which the office may
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0020| reject an application for registration of a public key;
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0021| (2) circumstances under which the office may
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0022| cancel the listing of a public key; and
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0023| (3) circumstances under which the office may
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0024| reject an attempt to revoke registration of a public key.
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0025| Section 6. CONTRACTING SERVICES.--The secretary may
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0001| contract with a private, public or quasi-public organization for
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0002| the provision of services under the Electronic Authentication of
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0003| Documents Act. A contract for services shall comply with
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0004| regulations adopted pursuant to the Electronic Authentication of
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0005| Documents Act and the provisions of the Public Records Act and
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0006| the Procurement Code.
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0007| Section 7. APPROPRIATION.--Seventy-two thousand dollars
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0008| ($72,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the secretary
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0009| of state for expenditure in fiscal year 1997 for the purpose of
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0010| carrying out the purposes of the Electronic Authentication of
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0011| Documents Act. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining
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0012| at the end of fiscal year 1997 shall revert to the general fund.
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0013| Section 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0014| provisions of this act is July 1, 1996.
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0015| State of New Mexico
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0016| House of Representatives
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0018| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0019| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0022| February 5, 1996
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0025| Mr. Speaker:
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0002| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0004| HOUSE BILL 516
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0006| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0007| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0009| 1. On page 2, line 17, strike "or" and insert in lieu
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0010| thereof "and".
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0012| 2. On page 3, line 11, strike "verify" and insert in lieu
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0013| thereof "create".
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0015| 3. On page 4, line 14, after "re-create" insert "the
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0016| document".,
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0018| and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE
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0019| COMMITTEE.
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0021| Respectfully submitted,
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0001| Cisco McSorley, Chairman
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0004| Adopted Not Adopted
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0006| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0008| Date
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0010| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against
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0011| Yes: 9
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0012| Excused: Sanchez, R.G.
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0013| Absent: Alwin, Baca, Larranaga
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0017| H0516JC1 State of New Mexico
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0018| House of Representatives
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0020| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0021| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0024| February 12, 1996
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0002| Mr. Speaker:
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0004| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0005| whom has been referred
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0007| HOUSE BILL 516, as amended
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0008|
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0009| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0010| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0011|
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0012| Respectfully submitted,
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0017| Max Coll, Chairman
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0020| Adopted Not Adopted
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0022| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0024| Date
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0001| The roll call vote was 17 For 0 Against
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0002| Yes: 17
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0003| Excused: Townsend
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0004| Absent: None
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0010| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0011| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0014| February 14, 1996
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0016| Mr. President:
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0018| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0019|
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0020| HOUSE BILL 516, as amended
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0021|
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0022| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0023| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0024|
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0025| Respectfully submitted,
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0004| __________________________________
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0005| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman
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0009| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0010| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0014| Date ________________________
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0017| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against
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0018| Yes: 8
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0019| No: 0
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0020| Excused: Donisthorpe, Duran, Ingle, Kidd, Kysar
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0021| Absent: None
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