April
5, 2001
SENATE EXECUTIVE MESSAGE NO. 73
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 70, enacted by the Forty-Fifth Legislature, First Session, 2001.
The New Mexico Public Employee Retirement Association (PERA) has for many years prohibited the disclosure of information about members unless the member consents to the disclosure. This protects the 54,975 active members of PERA.
The
proposed legislation would remove this protection. This legislation would allow the names and addresses of both
members and retired members to be released to certain non-profit organizations. While innocuous on its face, this
legislation breaches the wall of privacy our 72,537 active and retired PERA
members have come to expect. No
compelling public policy rationale is offered that justifies this breach of
association member privacy.
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 Sem73sb70v