0001| HOUSE BILL 719
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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| DARA A. DANA
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; CHANGING THE DEFINITION OF
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0012| ORPHAN HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TO INCLUDE SUBSTANCES USED IN THE
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0013| MANUFACTURE OF ILLEGAL CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.
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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 74-4B-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1983,
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0017| Chapter 80, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:
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0018| "74-4B-3. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Emergency
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0019| Management Act:
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0020| A. "accident" means an event involving hazardous
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0021| materials that may cause injury to persons or damage to
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0022| property or release hazardous materials to the environment;
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0023| B. "administrator" means the hazardous materials
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0024| emergency response administrator;
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0025| C. "board" means the hazardous materials safety
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0001| board;
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0002| D. "chief" means the chief of the New Mexico state
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0003| police;
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0004| E. "commission" means the state emergency response
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0005| commission;
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0006| F. "department" means the department of public
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0007| safety;
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0008| G. "emergency management" means the ability to
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0009| prepare for, respond to, mitigate, recover and restore the
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0010| scene of an institutional, industrial, transportation or other
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0011| accident;
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0012| H. "first responder" means the first law
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0013| enforcement officer or other public service provider with a
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0014| radio-equipped vehicle to arrive at the scene of an accident;
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0015| I. "hazardous materials" means hazardous
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0016| substances, radioactive materials or a combination of hazardous
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0017| substances and radioactive materials;
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0018| J. "hazardous substances" means flammable solids,
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0019| semisolids, liquids or gases; poisons; corrosives; explosives;
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0020| compressed gases; reactive or toxic chemicals; irritants; or
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0021| biological agents, but does not include radioactive materials;
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0022| K. "orphan hazardous materials" means hazardous
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0023| substances, radioactive materials, [or] a combination of
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0024| hazardous substances and radioactive materials or substances
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0025| used in the manufacture of controlled substances in violation
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0001| of the Controlled Substances Act where an owner of the
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0002| substances or materials cannot be identified;
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0003| L. "plan" means the statewide hazardous materials
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0004| emergency response plan;
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0005| M. "radioactive materials" means any material or
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0006| combination of materials that spontaneously emits ionizing
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0007| radiation. Materials in which the estimated specific activity
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0008| is not greater than 0.002 microcuries per gram of material are
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0009| not considered to be radioactive materials unless determined to
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0010| be so by the hazardous and radioactive materials bureau of the
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0011| water and waste management division of the department of
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0012| environment for purposes of emergency response pursuant to the
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0013| Emergency Management Act;
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0014| N. "responsible state agency" means an agency
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0015| designated in Subsection D of Section 74-4B-5 NMSA 1978 with
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0016| responsibility for managing a certain type of accident or
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0017| performing certain functions at the scene of such accident;
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0018| O. "secretary" means the secretary of public
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0019| safety; and
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0020| P. "task force" means the emergency management task
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0021| force."
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0022| Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0023| provisions of this act is July 1, 1997.
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0024| 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 17, 1997
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0009| Mr. Speaker:
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0011| Your ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, to
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0012| whom has been referred
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0014| HOUSE BILL 719
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0016| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0017| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0018| JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
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0020| Respectfully submitted,
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0001| James Roger Madalena, 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 7 For 0 Against
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0011| Yes: 7
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0012| Excused: M.P. Garcia, Getty, Picraux, Stewart, Salazar
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0013| Absent: None
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0016| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0719 State of New Mexico
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0017| House of Representatives
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0019| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0020| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0023| March 5, 1997
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0001| Mr. Speaker:
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0003| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0005| HOUSE BILL 719
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0007| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0008| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0010| 1. On page 2, line 24, after "or" insert "hazardous".
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0012| 2. On page 3, line 1, after the second occurrence of "the"
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0013| insert "hazardous".
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0015| Respectfully submitted,
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0021| Thomas P. Foy, Chairman
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0024| Adopted Not Adopted
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0001| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0003| Date
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0005| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against
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0006| Yes: 9
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0007| Excused: Alwin, King, Rios, Sanchez
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0008| Absent: None
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0014| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE HB 719/a
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0015| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0018| March 16, 1997
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0020| Mr. President:
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0022| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0024| HOUSE BILL 719, as amended
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0001| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0002| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0004| 1. Strike House Judiciary Committee amendments 1 & 2.
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0006| Respectfully submitted,
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0011| __________________________________
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0012| Fernando R. Macias, Chairman
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0016| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0017| Adopted_______________________
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0018| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0021| Date ________________________
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0024| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against
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0025| Yes: 7
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0001| No: 0
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0002| Excused: Sanchez
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0003| Absent: None
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