0001| SENATE BILL 265
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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| MICHAEL S. SANCHEZ
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO COURTS; INCREASING CERTAIN COURT FEES; CREATING A
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0012| FUND; DEDICATING PROCEEDS IN THE FUND FOR THE PROVISION OF
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0013| CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO INDIGENT PERSONS; MAKING AN
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0014| APPROPRIATION.
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0016| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017| Section 1. Section 34-6-40 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968,
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0018| Chapter 69, Section 42, as amended) is amended to read:
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0019| "34-6-40. FINANCE--FEES.--
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0020| A. District court clerks shall collect in civil
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0021| matters docketing any cause, whether original or reopened or by
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0022| appeal or transfer from any inferior court, a fee of [eighty-
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two dollars ($82.00)] one hundred seven dollars ($107), ten
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0024| dollars ($10.00) of which shall be deposited in the court
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0025| automation fund and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) of which
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0001| shall be deposited in the civil legal services fund.
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0002| B. No fees or costs shall be taxed against the
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0003| state, its political subdivisions or the nonprofit corporations
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0004| authorized to be formed under the Educational Assistance Act.
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0005| C. Except as otherwise specifically provided by
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0006| law, docket fees shall be paid into the general fund."
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0007| Section 2. Section 35-6-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968,
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0008| Chapter 62, Section 92, as amended) is amended to read:
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0009| "35-6-1. MAGISTRATE COSTS--SCHEDULE--DEFINITION OF
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0010| "CONVICTED".--
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0011| A. Magistrate judges, including metropolitan court
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0012| judges, shall collect the following costs:
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0013| Docket fee, criminal actions under Section 29-5-1 NMSA
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0014| 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1.00
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0015| Docket fee, to be collected prior to docketing any other
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0016| criminal action, except as provided in Subsection B of
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0017| Section 35-6-3 NMSA 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
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0018| Docket fee, ten dollars ($10.00) of which shall be
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0019| deposited in the court automation fund and fifteen
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0020| dollars ($15.00) of which shall be deposited in the
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0021| civil legal services fund, to be collected prior to
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0022| docketing any civil action, except as provided in
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0023| Subsection A of Section 35-6-3 NMSA 1978 [47.00] 62.00
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0024| Jury fee, to be collected from the party demanding trial
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0025| by jury in any civil action at the time the demand is
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0001| filed or made. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00
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0002| Copying fee, for making and certifying copies of any
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0003| records in the court, for each page copied by
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0004| photographic process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
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0005| Copying fee, for computer-generated or electronically
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0006| transferred copies, per page . . . . . . . . . . 1.00.
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0007| Proceeds from this copying fee shall be transferred
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0008| to the administrative office of the courts for
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0009| deposit in the court automation fund. Except as
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0010| otherwise specifically provided by law, docket fees
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0011| shall be paid into the general fund.
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0012| B. Except as otherwise provided by law, no other
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0013| costs or fees shall be charged or collected in the magistrate
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0014| or metropolitan court.
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0015| C. The magistrate or metropolitan court may grant
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0016| free process to any party in any civil proceeding or special
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0017| statutory proceeding upon a proper showing of indigency. The
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0018| magistrate or metropolitan court may deny free process if it
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0019| finds that the complaint on its face does not state a cause of
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0020| action.
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0021| D. As used in this subsection, "convicted" means
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0022| the defendant has been found guilty of a criminal charge by the
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0023| magistrate or metropolitan judge, either after trial, a plea of
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0024| guilty or a plea of nolo contendere. Magistrate judges,
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0025| including metropolitan court judges, shall collect the
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0001| following costs:
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0002| (1) corrections fee, to be collected upon
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0003| conviction from persons convicted of violating any provision of
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0004| the Motor Vehicle Code involving the operation of a motor
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0005| vehicle, convicted of a crime constituting a misdemeanor or a
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0006| petty misdemeanor or convicted of violating any ordinance that
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0007| may be enforced by the imposition of a term of imprisonment
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0008| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10.00;
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0009| (2) court automation fee, to be collected upon
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0010| conviction from persons convicted of violating any provision of
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0011| the Motor Vehicle Code involving the operation of a motor
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0012| vehicle, convicted of a crime constituting a misdemeanor or a
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0013| petty misdemeanor or convicted of violating any ordinance that
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0014| may be enforced by the imposition of a term of
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0015| imprisonment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00;
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0016| (3) traffic safety fee, to be collected upon
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0017| conviction from persons convicted of violating any provision of
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0018| the Motor Vehicle Code involving the operation of a motor
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0019| vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.00;
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0020| and
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0021| (4) judicial education fee, to be collected
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0022| upon conviction from persons convicted of operating a motor
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0023| vehicle in violation of the Motor Vehicle Code, convicted of a
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0024| crime constituting a misdemeanor or a petty misdemeanor or
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0025| convicted of violating any ordinance punishable by a term of
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0001| imprisonment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00.
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0002| E. Metropolitan court judges shall collect as costs
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0003| a mediation fee not to exceed five dollars ($5.00) for the
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0004| docketing of small claims and criminal actions specified by
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0005| metropolitan court rule. Proceeds of the mediation fee shall
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0006| be deposited into the metropolitan court mediation fund."
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0007| Section 3. [NEW MATERIAL] CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES FUND
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0008| CREATED--ADMINISTRATION--DISTRIBUTION.--
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0009| A. There is created in the state treasury the
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0010| "civil legal services fund" to be administered by the
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0011| administrative office of the courts.
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0012| B. Balances in the civil legal services fund may be
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0013| expended by the administrative office of the courts for the
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0014| purpose of entering into contracts with nonprofit organizations
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0015| that:
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0016| (1) offer a range of free or reduced-fee civil
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0017| legal services to indigent persons in New Mexico; and
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0018| (2) demonstrate the capacity to cooperate with
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0019| state and local bar associations, pro bono programs and private
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0020| attorneys to increase the availability of free or reduced-fee
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0021| civil legal services to indigent persons.
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0022| C. A contract entered into for the purpose of
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0023| providing civil legal services to indigent persons shall be in
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0024| accordance with the provisions of the Procurement Code.
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0025| D. Balances in the civil legal services fund shall
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0001| not revert to the general fund at the end of any fiscal year.
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0002| E. Payments from the civil legal services fund
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0003| shall be made upon vouchers issued and signed by the director
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0004| of the administrative office of the courts upon warrants drawn
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0005| by the secretary of finance and administration.
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0006| Section 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0007| provisions of this act is July 1, 1997.
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0008| - 6 -
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0010| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0011| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0014| February 12, 1997
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0016| Mr. President:
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0018| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0020| SENATE BILL 265
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0022| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0023| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0025| 1. On page 5, lines 9 and 10, strike "administrative office
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0001| of the courts" and insert in lieu thereof "local government
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0002| division of the department of finance and administration".
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0004| 2. On page 5, line 11, after "fund" insert ", less
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0005| administrative costs as provided for in Subsection D of this
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0006| section,".
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0008| 3. On page 5, line 12, strike "administrative office of the
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0009| court" and insert in lieu thereof "local government division of
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0010| the department of finance and administration".
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0012| 4. On page 5, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following
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0013| new subsection:
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0015| "D. The local government division of the department of
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0016| finance and administration may expend no more than five percent
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0017| of the annual fund balance for administrative purposes.".
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0019| 5. Reletter the following subsections accordingly.
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0021| 6. On page 6, line 3, strike "administrative office of the
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0022| courts" and insert in lieu thereof "local government division of
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0023| the
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0024| department of finance and administration".,
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0009| and thence referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0011| Respectfully submitted,
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0017| Fernando R Macias, Chairman
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0021| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0022| Adopted_______________________
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0023| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0001| Date ________________________
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0004| The roll call vote was 5 For 1 Against
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0005| Yes: 5
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0006| No: Payne
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0007| Excused: Tsosie, Vernon
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0008| Absent: None
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0016| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0017| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0020| February 21, 1997
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0022| Mr. President:
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0023|
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0024| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0001| SENATE BILL 265, as amended
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0002|
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0003| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0004| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0006| Respectfully submitted,
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0011| __________________________________
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0012| Ben D. Altamirano, 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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0022| Date ________________________
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0025| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against
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0001| Yes: 6
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0002| No: None
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0003| Excused: Aragon, Ingle, Lyons, McKibben, Romero
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0004| Absent: None
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0007| S0265FC1
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0008| State of New Mexico
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0009| House of Representatives
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0011| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0012| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0015| March 5, 1997
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0018| Mr. Speaker:
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0020| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0021| whom has been referred
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0023| SENATE BILL 265, as amended
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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.
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0003| Respectfully submitted,
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0008| Max Coll, Chairman
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0011| Adopted Not Adopted
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0013| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0015| Date
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0017| The roll call vote was 9 For 4 Against
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0018| Yes: 9
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0019| No: Buffett, Knowles, Pearce, Wallace
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0020| Excused: Bird, Marquardt, Picraux, Watchman
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0021| Absent: None
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