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0002|                            HOUSE BILL 207
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0003|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0004|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                           NICK L. SALAZAR
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0007|                               FOR THE
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0008|     SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENERGY AND DEFENSE CONVERSION COMMITTEE
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO EDUCATION; AMENDING SECTION 21-19-7 NMSA 1978
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0012|     (BEING LAWS 1983, CHAPTER 299, SECTION 1, AS AMENDED) TO ALLOW
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0013|     THE USE OF IN-PLANT TRAINING FUNDS FOR AGRIBUSINESS.
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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.  Section 21-19-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1983,
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0017|     Chapter 299, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
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0018|          "21-19-7.  DEVELOPMENT TRAINING.--
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0019|               A.  The economic development department shall
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0020|     establish a development training program that provides quick-
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0021|     response classroom and in-plant training to furnish qualified
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0022|     manpower resources for new or expanding industries,
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0023|     <u>agribusinesses</u> and nonretail service sector businesses in New
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0024|     Mexico that have business or production procedures that require
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0025|     skills unique to those industries. <u>For purposes of this
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<u></u>0001| <u>    subsection, "agribusiness" means a business whose primary
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<u></u>0002| <u>    purpose is the production, processing or distribution of
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<u></u>0003| <u>    agricultural products.</u>  Training shall be custom-designed for
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0004|     the particular company and shall be based on the special
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0005|     requirements of each company.  The program shall be operated on
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0006|     a statewide basis and shall be designed to assist any area in
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0007|     becoming more competitive economically.
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0008|               B.  There is created the "industrial training
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0009|     board", which shall be composed of:
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0010|                    (1)  the director of the economic development
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0011|     division of the economic development department;
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0012|                    (2)  the director of the vocational education
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0013|     division of the state department of public education;
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0014|                    (3)  the director of the job training division
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0015|     of the labor department;  
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0016|                    (4)  the executive director of the commission
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0017|     on higher education; 
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0018|                    (5)  one member from organized labor appointed
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0019|     by the governor; and
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0020|                    (6)  one public member from the business
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0021|     community appointed by the governor.
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0022|               C.  The industrial training board shall establish
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0023|     policies and promulgate rules and regulations for the
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0024|     administration of appropriated funds and shall provide review
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0025|     and oversight to assure that funds expended from the
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0001|     development training fund will generate business activity and
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0002|     give measurable growth to the economic base of New Mexico
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0003|     within the legal limits preserving the ecological state of New
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0004|     Mexico and its people.
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0005|               D.  Subject to the approval of the industrial
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0006|     training board, the vocational education division of the state
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0007|     department of public education shall:
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0008|                    (1)  administer all funds allocated or
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0009|     appropriated for industrial development training purposes;
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0010|                    (2)  provide designated training services;
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0011|                    (3)  regulate, control and abandon any training
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0012|     program established under the provisions of this section;
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0013|                    (4)  assist companies requesting training in
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0014|     the development of a training proposal to meet the companies'
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0015|     manpower needs;
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0016|                    (5)  contract for the implementation of all
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0017|     training programs;
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0018|                    (6)  provide for training by educational
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0019|     institutions or by the company through in-plant training, at
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0020|     the company's request; and
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0021|                    (7)  evaluate training efforts on a basis of
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0022|     performance standards set forth by the industrial training
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0023|     board.
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0024|               E.  The state shall contract with a company or an
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0025|     educational institution to provide training or instructional
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0001|     services in accordance with the approved training proposal and
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0002|     within the following limitations:
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0003|                    (1)  no payment shall be made for training in
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0004|     excess of one thousand forty hours of training per trainee for
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0005|     the total duration of training;
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0006|                    (2)  training applicants shall have resided
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0007|     within the state for a minimum of one year immediately prior to
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0008|     the commencement of the training program and be citizens of the
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0009|     United States;
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0010|                    (3)  payment for institutional classroom
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0011|     training shall be made under any accepted training contract for
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0012|     a qualified training program;
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0013|                    (4)  no payment shall be made under any
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0014|     accepted training contract for rental of facilities unless
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0015|     facilities are not available on site or at the educational
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0016|     institution;
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0017|                    (5)  all applicants shall be eligible under the
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0018|     federal Fair Labor Standards Act and shall not have terminated
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0019|     a public school program within the past three months except by
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0020|     graduation;
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0021|                    (6)  trainees shall be guaranteed full-time
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0022|     employment with the contracted company upon successful
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0023|     completion of the training;
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0024|                    (7)  persons employed to provide the
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0025|     instructional services shall be exempt from the minimum
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0001|     requirements established in the state plan for other state
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0002|     vocational programs; and
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0003|                    (8)  no payment shall be made for training
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0004|     programs or production of Indian jewelry or imitation Indian
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0005|     jewelry unless a majority of those involved in the training
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0006|     program or production are of Indian descent."
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0007|                                                         State of New Mexico
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0008|                      House of Representatives
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0009|   
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0010|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0011|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0012|   
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0014|                                                February 6, 1997
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0017|   Mr. Speaker:
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0018|   
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0019|        Your AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE,
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0020|   to whom has been referred
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0021|   
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0022|                        HOUSE BILL 207
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0023|                               
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0024|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0025|   recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0001|   APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0002|   
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0003|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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<u></u>0009| <u>                                </u>                             G. X. McSherry, Chairman
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0011|   
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0012|   Adopted <u>                    </u>     Not Adopted <u>                    
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0014|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0016|                        Date <u>            </u>
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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|             Excused:  Abeyta
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0021|             Absent:   None
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0024|   G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0207                       State of New Mexico
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0025|                      House of Representatives
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0002|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0003|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0006|                                               February 25, 1997
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0009|   Mr. Speaker:
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0010|   
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0011|        Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0012|   whom has been referred
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0013|   
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0014|                        HOUSE BILL 207
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0015|                               
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0016|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0017|   recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0018|   
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0019|        1.  On page 1, line 13, before the period insert "AND SMALL
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0020|   BUSINESSES".
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0021|   
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0022|        2.  On page 1, line 23, after "agribusinesses", insert ",
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0023|   small businesses".
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0024|   
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0025|        3.  On page 1, line 25, before the period insert "or
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0001|   businesses".
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0002|   
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0003|        4.  On page 2, line 3, before the period insert " and small
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0004|   business means a business with fewer than fifteen employees". 
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0006|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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0012|                                                               Max Coll, Chairman
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0015|   Adopted <u>                    </u>     Not Adopted <u>                    
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0017|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0019|                        Date <u>            </u>
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0020|   
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0021|   The roll call vote was <u> 14 </u> For <u> 1 </u> Against
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0022|   Yes:      14
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0023|             No:       Bird
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0024|             Excused:  Heaton, Watchman
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0025|             Absent:   None
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0006|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0007|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0010|                                                  March 12, 1997
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0011|   
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0012|   Mr. President:
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0013|   
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0014|       Your CONSERVATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0015|   
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0016|                     HOUSE BILL 207, as amended
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0017|   
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0018|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0019|   recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0020|   FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0021|   
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0022|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0002|   __________________________________
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0003|                                Michael S. Sanchez, Chairman 
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0007|   Adopted_______________________   Not
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0008|   Adopted_______________________
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0009|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0012|                     Date ________________________
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0014|   
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0015|   The roll call vote was <u> 10 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0016|           Yes:    10
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0017|           No:     None
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0018|                Excused:     None
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0019|           Absent: None
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