April
5, 2001
SENATE EXECUTIVE MESSAGE NO. 58
The Honorable Richard Romero and
Members of the Senate
Executive-Legislative Building
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503
Honorable President and Members of the Senate:
I have this day VETOED and am returning SENATE BILL
75, enacted by the Forty-Fifth Legislature, First Session, 2001.
This bill enacts the Public Employee Bargaining Act to provide public employees with the ability to employ collective bargaining. I have vetoed similar legislation in the past, and do so again, because collective bargaining would serve only to grind state government to a halt while failing to provide much if any additional protection for state workers. State employees are already protected by a host of federal and state laws, not to mention employee-friendly state agency and office policies. If New Mexico is to continue to take a businesslike approach to state government, it must be able to hold its employees accountable.
Sincerely,
Gary E. Johnson
Governor
RECEIVED FROM THE OFFICE OF THE
GOVERNOR:
Time: _____________________
By:_____________________________
Secretary of State
Date ______________________
Time:______________________
Date_______________________
By:_____________________________
Chief Clerk of the Senate sem58sb75v