0001| SENATE BILL 533
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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| PAULINE B. EISENSTADT
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| CREATING A JOINT INTERIM LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC REGULATION
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0012| COMMITTEE; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015| Section 1. PUBLIC REGULATION INTERIM COMMITTEE CREATED--
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0016| TERMINATION.--There is created a joint interim legislative
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0017| committee that shall be known as the "public regulation interim
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0018| committee". The committee shall function from the date of its
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0019| appointment until the first day of December prior to the second
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0020| session of the forty-third legislature.
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0021| Section 2. MEMBERSHIP--APPOINTMENT--VACANCIES.--
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0022| A. The public regulation interim committee shall be
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0023| composed of twelve members. The New Mexico legislative council
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0024| shall appoint six members from the house of representatives and
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0025| six members from the senate. At the time of making the
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0001| appointment, the legislative council shall designate the
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0002| chairman and vice chairman of the committee.
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0003| B. Members shall be appointed from each house so as
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0004| to give the two major political parties in each house the same
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0005| proportionate representation on the committee as prevails in
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0006| each house; however, in no event shall either party have less
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0007| than one member from each house on the committee. At the
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0008| request of the committee chairman, members may be removed from
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0009| the committee by the New Mexico legislative council for
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0010| nonattendance according to council policy. Vacancies on the
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0011| committee, however caused, may be filled by the legislative
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0012| council, or the council may reduce the size of the committee by
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0013| not making replacement appointments and in such case need not
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0014| readjust party representation.
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0015| C. The legislative council may appoint up to three
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0016| public members representing consumer interests and three public
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0017| members representing industries regulated by the New Mexico
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0018| public utility commission and the state corporation commission
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0019| to serve as advisory members to the committee. The advisory
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0020| public members shall be appointed so as to reflect the state's
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0021| ethnic and geographic diversity. The advisory members shall be
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0022| paid per diem and mileage as nonsalaried public officials
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0023| pursuant to the Per Diem and Mileage Act.
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0024| D. No action shall be taken by the committee if a
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0025| majority of the total membership from either house on the
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0001| committee rejects such action.
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0002| Section 3. DUTIES.--After its appointment, the public
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0003| regulation interim committee shall hold one organizational
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0004| meeting to develop a work plan and budget for the ensuing
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0005| interim. The work plan and budget shall be submitted to the
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0006| New Mexico legislative council for approval. Upon approval of
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0007| the work plan and budget by the legislative council, the
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0008| committee shall examine the statutes, constitutional
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0009| provisions, regulations and court decisions governing the state
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0010| corporation commission and the New Mexico public utility
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0011| commission in New Mexico and recommend legislation or changes
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0012| necessary to create a unified public regulation commission, as
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0013| provided by Article 11, Sections 1 and 2 of the constitution of
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0014| New Mexico, to the second session of the forty-third
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0015| legislature.
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0016| Section 4. SUBCOMMITTEES.--Subcommittees shall be created
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0017| only by majority vote of all members appointed to the public
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0018| regulation interim committee and with the prior approval of the
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0019| New Mexico legislative council. A subcommittee shall be
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0020| composed of at least one member from the senate and one member
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0021| from the house of representatives, and at least one member of
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0022| the minority party shall be a member of the subcommittee. All
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0023| meetings and expenditures of a subcommittee shall be approved
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0024| by the full committee in advance of such meeting or
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0025| expenditure, and the approval shall be shown in the minutes of
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0001| the committee.
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0002| Section 5. STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION AND NEW MEXICO
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0003| PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE.--The
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0004| state corporation commission and the New Mexico public utility
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0005| commission shall assist and cooperate with the public
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0006| regulation interim committee and provide information and
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0007| materials related to the consolidation of the agencies as
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0008| requested by the committee.
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0009| Section 6. REPORT.--The public regulation interim
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0010| committee shall make a report of its findings and
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0011| recommendations for the consideration of the second session of
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0012| the forty-third legislature. The report and suggested
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0013| legislation shall be made available to the New Mexico
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0014| legislative council on or before December 15 preceding that
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0015| session.
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0016| Section 7. STAFF.--The staff for the public regulation
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0017| interim committee shall be provided by the legislative council
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0018| service.
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0019| Section 8. APPROPRIATION.--One hundred thousand dollars
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0020| ($100,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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0021| legislative council service for expenditure in fiscal years
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0022| 1997 and 1998 for the purpose of paying the salaries and
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0023| expenses of the technical, legal, clerical and stenographic
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0024| assistants, for necessary equipment and supplies used in
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0025| carrying out the provisions of this act and for reimbursing the
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0001| per diem and mileage expenses of the public regulation interim
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0002| committee. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at
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0003| the end of fiscal year 1998 shall revert to the general fund.
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0004| Payments from the appropriation shall be made upon vouchers
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0005| signed by the director of the legislative council service or
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0006| his authorized representative.
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0007| Section 9. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0008| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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0012| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0013| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0016| February 22, 1997
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0018| Mr. President:
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0020| Your RULES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0021|
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0022| SENATE BILL 533
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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| FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0003| Respectfully submitted,
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0008| __________________________________
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0009| Gloria Howes, Chairman
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0013| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0014| Adopted_______________________
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0015| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0018| Date ________________________
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0021| The roll call vote was 5 For 1 Against
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0022| Yes: 5
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0023| No: Adair
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0024| Excused: Aragon, Gorham
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0025| Absent: None
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0007| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE SB 533/a
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0008| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0011| March 3, 1997
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0013| Mr. President:
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0015| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0016|
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0017| SENATE BILL 533
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0019| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0020| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0022| 1. On page 4, strike lines 17 through 25.
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0024| 2. On page 5, strike lines 1 through 4.
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0001| 3. Renumber the succeeding section accordingly.
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0005| Respectfully submitted,
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0010| __________________________________
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0011| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman
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0015| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0016| Adopted_______________________
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0017| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0020| Date ________________________
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0023| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against
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0024| Yes: 6
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0025| No: None
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0001| Excused: Aragon, Carraro, McKibben, Romero, Smith
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0002| Absent: None
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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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0014| March 15, 1997
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0017| Mr. Speaker:
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0019| Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom has
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0020| been referred
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0021|
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0022| SENATE BILL 533, as amended
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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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0003| Respectfully submitted,
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0008| Fred Luna, 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 7 For 0 Against
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0018| Yes: 7
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0019| Excused: Alwin, Getty, Gubbels, Hobbs, Rodella, Varela
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0020| Absent: None
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0001| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0002| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0005| March 19, 1997
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0008| Mr. Speaker:
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0010| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0011| whom has been referred
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0013| SENATE BILL 533, as amended
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0014|
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0015| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0016| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0018| Respectfully submitted,
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0023| Max Coll, Chairman
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0001| Adopted Not Adopted
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0003| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0005| Date
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0007| The roll call vote was 15 For 1 Against
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0008| Yes: 15
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0009| No: Buffett
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0010| Excused: Watchman
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0011| Absent: None
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