0001| HOUSE BILL 291
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0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| BEN LUJAN
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES; AMENDING SECTION 10-7-4 NMSA 1978
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0012| (BEING LAWS 1941, CHAPTER 188, SECTION 1, AS AMENDED) TO ALLOW
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0013| PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO
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0014| CONTRIBUTE UP TO ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE COSTS OF GROUP
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0015| INSURANCE.
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0017| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0018| Section 1. Section 10-7-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1941,
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0019| Chapter 188, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
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0020| "10-7-4. GROUP INSURANCE--CAFETERIA PLAN--CONTRIBUTIONS
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0021| FROM PUBLIC FUNDS.--
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0022| A. All state departments and institutions and all
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0023| political subdivisions of the state, excluding municipalities
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0024| and counties, shall cooperate in providing group term life,
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0025| medical or disability income insurance for the benefit of
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0001| eligible employees or salaried officers of the respective
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0002| departments, institutions and subdivisions.
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0003| B. Except as provided in Subsection C of this
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0004| section, the group insurance contributions of the state or any
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0005| of its departments or institutions, including institutions of
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0006| higher education and the public schools, shall be made as
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0007| follows:
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0008| (1) seventy-five percent of the cost of the
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0009| insurance of an employee whose annual salary is less than
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0010| fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000);
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0011| (2) seventy percent of the cost of the
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0012| insurance of an employee whose annual salary is fifteen
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0013| thousand dollars ($15,000) or more but less than twenty
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0014| thousand dollars ($20,000);
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0015| (3) sixty-five percent of the cost of the
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0016| insurance of an employee whose annual salary is twenty thousand
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0017| dollars ($20,000) or more but less than twenty-five thousand
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0018| dollars ($25,000); or
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0019| (4) sixty percent of the cost of the insurance
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0020| of an employee whose annual salary is twenty-five thousand
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0021| dollars ($25,000) or more.
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0022| [As used in this subsection, "cost of the insurance"
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means the premium required to be paid to provide coverages.]
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0024| C. Any group insurance contributions of the
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0025| political subdivisions of the state, except the public schools
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0001| or institutions of higher education, shall not exceed sixty
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0002| percent of the cost of the insurance. School districts or
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0003| institutions of higher education may contribute any amount up
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0004| to one hundred percent of the cost of the insurance; provided
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0005| that a school district or institution of higher education shall
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0006| not contribute less than the amounts set forth in Subsection B
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0007| of this section.
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0008| D. As used in this section, "cost of the insurance"
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0009| means the premium required to be paid to provide coverage.
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0010| [C.] E. When a public employee elects to
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0011| participate in a cafeteria plan as authorized by the Cafeteria
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0012| Plan Act and enters into a salary reduction agreement with the
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0013| governmental employer, the provision of Subsection B of this
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0014| section with respect to the maximum contributions that can be
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0015| made by the employer are not violated and will still apply.
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0016| The employer percentage or dollar contributions as provided in
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0017| Subsection B of this section shall be determined by the
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0018| employee's gross salary prior to any salary reduction
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0019| agreement.
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0020| [D.] F. Any group medical insurance plan
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0021| offered pursuant to this section shall include effective
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0022| cost-containment measures to control the growth of health care
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0023| costs. The responsible public body that administers a plan
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0024| offered pursuant to this section shall report annually by
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0025| September 1 to appropriate interim legislative committees on
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0001| the effectiveness of the cost-containment measures required by
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0002| this subsection."
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0003| State of New Mexico
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0004| House of Representatives
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0006| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0007| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0010| February 14, 1997
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0013| Mr. Speaker:
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0015| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0017| HOUSE BILL 291
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0019| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0020| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0021| APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0023| Respectfully submitted,
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0004| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman
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0007| Adopted Not Adopted
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0009| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0011| Date
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0013| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against
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0014| Yes: 9
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0015| Excused: Miera, Nicely, Weeks, Vigil
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0016| Absent: None
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0019| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0291 State of New Mexico
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0020| House of Representatives
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0022| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0023| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0001| March 3, 1997
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0004| Mr. Speaker:
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0006| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0007| whom has been referred
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0009| HOUSE BILL 291
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0011| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0012| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0014| Respectfully submitted,
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0020| Max Coll, Chairman
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0023| Adopted Not Adopted
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0025| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0002| Date
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0004| The roll call vote was 8 For 4 Against
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0005| Yes: 8
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0006| No: Bird, Pearce, Townsend, Wallace
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0007| Excused: Abeyta, Buffett, Marquardt, Picraux, Watchman
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0008| Absent: None
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0013| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0014| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0017| March 15, 1997
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0019| Mr. President:
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0021| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0022|
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0023| HOUSE BILL 291
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0024|
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0025| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0001| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0002| FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0004| Respectfully submitted,
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0009| __________________________________
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0010| Cynthia Nava, Chairman
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0014| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0015| Adopted_______________________
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0016| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0019| Date ________________________
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0022| The roll call vote was 5 For 1 Against
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0023| Yes: 5
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0024| No: Rawson
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0025| Excused: Boitano, Duran, Garcia, Gorham
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0001| Absent: None
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0008| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0009| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0012| March 18, 1997
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0014| Mr. President:
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0016| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0018| HOUSE BILL 291
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0019|
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0020| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0021| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0022|
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0023| Respectfully submitted,
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0003| __________________________________
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0004| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman
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0008| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0009| 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 6 For 0 Against
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0018| Yes: 6
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0019| No: None
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0020| Excused: Aragon, Carraro, Ingle, McKibben, Romero
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0021| Absent: None
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