0001|                         HOUSE BILL 670
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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|                        E. SHIRLEY BACA
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0011|                             AN ACT
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0012|     RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; PROVIDING A MORATORIUM ON
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0013|     REDUCTIONS IN PAYMENTS AND SERVICES; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. 
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0014|     
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|       Section 1.  MORATORIUM ON REDUCTIONS IN PAYMENTS OR
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0017|     SERVICES IN CERTAIN PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.--In any program
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0018|     of assistance or services administered by the human services
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0019|     department in which the budgeted expenditures for the program
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0020|     include amounts from general fund appropriations, the department
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0021|     shall not, during the period from the effective date of this
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0022|     section until October 1, 1997, reduce the level of assistance or
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0023|     services from the level existing on January 1, 1996, by: 
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0024|            A.  changing eligibility requirements to raise the
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0025|     threshold of eligibility for an individual or family to receive
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0001|     assistance or services; or
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0002|            B.  decreasing the amount of assistance or services
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0003|     that an individual or family may receive by changing standards
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0004|     of need, method of payment or reimbursement or similar changes.    Section 2.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0005|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately. 
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0006|                                - 2 -                     State of New Mexico
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0007|                    House of Representatives
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0008|   
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0009|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0010|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0012|                                              February 2, l996
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0015|   Mr. Speaker:
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0016|   
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0017|       Your RULES AND ORDER OF BUSINESS COMMITTEE, to
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0018|   whom has been referred
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0019|   
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0020|                         HOUSE BILL 670
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0021|                                 
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0022|   has had it under consideration and finds same to be
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0023|   GERMANE in accordance with constitutional provisions.
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0024|   
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0025|                                Respectfully submitted,
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<u></u>0005| <u>  </u>                            Barbara A. Perea Casey,
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0006|   Chairperson
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0009|   Adopted <u>                    </u>    Not Adopted <u>                     
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0011|            (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0013|                      Date <u>            </u>
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0015|   The roll call vote was<u> 8 </u> For<u> 0 </u> Against
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0016|   Yes:          8
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0017|   Excused: Nicely, Olguin, Pederson, Picraux, Rodella,
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0018|   J. G. Taylor, Wallach
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0019|   Absent:  None
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0021|   H0670RC1
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