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0002|                        SENATE BILL 808
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0003|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0004|     1996
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0005|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0006|                       MICHAEL S. SANCHEZ
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0012|                             AN ACT
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0013|     RELATING TO PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY; PROVIDING FOR THE DEPOSIT OF
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0014|     FEES ASSESSED DUE TO THE WATER CONSERVATION FEE INTO THE GENERAL
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0015|     FUND; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION; AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE
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0016|     NMSA 1978.
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0017|     
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0018|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0019|       Section 1.  Section 74-1-13 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993,
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0020|     Chapter 317, Section 2) is amended to read:
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0021|       "74-1-13.  WATER CONSERVATION FEE--IMPOSITION--DEFINITIONS.--
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0022|            A.  There is imposed on every person who operates a
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0023|     public water supply system a water conservation fee in an amount
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0024|     equal to three cents ($.03) per thousand gallons of water
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0025|     produced on which the fee imposed by this subsection has not
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0001|     been paid.
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0002|            B.  The "water conservation fund" is created in the
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0003|     state treasury and shall be administered by the department of
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0004|     environment.  The fund shall consist of water conservation fees
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0005|     collected pursuant to this section.  Balances in the fund at the
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0006|     end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but
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0007|     shall accrue to the credit of the fund.  Earnings on the fund
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0008|     shall be credited to the fund.
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0009|            C.  Money in the water conservation fund is
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0010|     appropriated to the department of environment for administration
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0011|     of a public water supply program to:
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0012|                 (1)  test public water supplies for the
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0013|     contaminants required to be tested pursuant to the provisions of
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0014|     Section 1412 of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, <s>[and]</s>
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0015|     <u>as</u> finalized through July 1, 1992, and collect chemical
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0016|     compliance samples as required by those provisions of the
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0017|     federal act;
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0018|                 (2)  perform vulnerability assessments <s>[which]</s>
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0019|     <u>that</u> will be used to assess a public water supply's
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0020|     susceptibility to those contaminants; and
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0021|                 (3)  implement new requirements of the Utility
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0022|     Operators Certification Act and provide training for all public
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0023|     water supply operators.
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0024|            D.  The taxation and revenue department shall provide
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0025|     by regulation for the manner and form of collection of the water
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0001|     conservation fee <u>and the administration water conservation
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<u></u>0002| <u>    fee</u>.  All water conservation fees collected by the taxation and
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0003|     revenue department shall be deposited in the water conservation
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0004|     fund. <u>Any administration water conservation fees collected
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<u></u>0005| <u>    shall be deposited in the general fund</u>.
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0006|            E.  The fee imposed by this section <u>and the
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<u></u>0007| <u>    administration water conservation fee</u> shall be administered in
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0008|     accordance with the provisions of the Tax Administration Act and
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0009|     shall be paid to the taxation and revenue department by each
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0010|     person who operates a public water supply system in the manner
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0011|     required by the department on or before the twenty-fifth day of
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0012|     the month following the month in which the water is produced.
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0013|            F.  Each operator of a public water supply system
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0014|     shall register and comply with the provisions of Section 7-1-12
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0015|     NMSA 1978 and furnish such information as may be required by the
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0016|     taxation and revenue department.
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0017|            G.  As used in this section:
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0018|                 <u>(1)  "administration water conservation fee"
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<u></u>0019| <u>    means any fee or charge assessed or collected by a person who
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<u></u>0020| <u>    operates a public water supply system for the administration,
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<u></u>0021| <u>    collection or payment of the water conservation fee</u>;
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0022|                 <s>[(1)]</s> <u>(2)</u>   "person" means any individual or
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0023|     legal entity and also means, to the extent permitted by law, any
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0024|     federal, state or other governmental unit or subdivision or an
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0025|     agency, department or instrumentality thereof; and
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0001|                 <s>[(2)]</s> <u>(3)</u>   "public water supply system"
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0002|     means a system that provides piped water to the public for human
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0003|     consumption and that has at least fifteen service connections or
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0004|     regularly services an average of at least twenty-five
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0005|     individuals at least sixty days per year."
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0006|                                    
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0008|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0009|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0012|                                              FEBRUARY 1, 1996
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0013|   
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0014|   Mr. President:
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0015|   
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0016|     Your COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0017|   
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0018|                           SENATE BILL 808
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0019|   
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0020|   has had it under consideration and finds same to be GERMANE, PURSUANT
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0021|   TO CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, and thence referred to the FINANCE
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0022|   COMMITTEE.
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0023|   
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0024|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0004|                              __________________________________
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0005|                              SENATOR MANNY M. ARAGON, Chairman 
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0009|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0010|             (Chief Clerk)                        (Chief Clerk)
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0013|                     Date ________________________
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0019|                      FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE             SB 808/a
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0020|                        SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0022|   
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0023|                                                  February 12, 1996
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0024|   
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0025|   Mr. President:
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0002|     Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0003|   
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0004|                           SENATE BILL 808
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0005|   
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0006|   has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that
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0007|   it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0008|   
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0009|     1.  On page 3, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following new
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0010|   subsection:                    
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0012|      "G.  A person who operates a public water supply system and
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0013|   who charges an administration water conservation fee shall pay for water
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0014|   testing necessary for compliance with the federal Safe Drinking Water
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0015|   Act, as amended.  Collected fees shall be deposited into the water
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0016|   conservation fund.".
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0018|     2.  Reletter the succeeding subsection accordingly.
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0021|                  Respectfully submitted,
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0001|                  Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman 
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0005|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0006|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0009|                     Date ________________________
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0018|   The roll call vote was <u> 8 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0019|   Yes:  8
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0020|   No:     0
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0021|   Excused:   Donisthorpe, Duran, Ingle, Kidd, Kysar
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0022|   Absent: None
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0025|   S0808FC1                                               .111819.1
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