0001|                            HOUSE BILL 405
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                           JAMES G. TAYLOR
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO COUNTIES; PERMITTING COUNTY RESIDENTS TO OPT OUT
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0012|     OF PUBLIC SERVICES; 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 SERVICES--COUNTY RESIDENTS--OPT-OUT
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0016|     PROVISION.--
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0017|               A.  A resident of the unincorporated area of a
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0018|     county may notify the office of the county manager of the
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0019|     county in which the resident resides that he chooses to opt
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0020|     out of a public service provided by the county.   
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0021|               B.  A county shall not provide or shall discontinue
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0022|     at the end of the next billing cycle a public service to a
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0023|     county resident upon notification by the resident that he
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0024|     chooses to exercise his option not to receive that public
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0025|     service. 
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0001|               C.  The county shall not charge a county resident a
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0002|     fee for a public service if the resident has notified the
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0003|     county that he chooses not to receive that public service. 
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0004|     The county may charge fees for any public service that was
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0005|     provided to the resident prior to receipt of notice of the
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0006|     resident's option to discontinue the public service.
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0007|               D. As used in this section, "public service" means
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0008|     the curbside or home collection of solid waste.
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0009|          Section 2.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0010|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect
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0011|     immediately.
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