March 1, 2001

Mr. Speaker:

Your CONSUMER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

HOUSE BILL 819

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

1. On page 1, strike lines 18 through 25.

2. Strike page 2, lines 1 through 25, and insert in lieu thereof:

"1st Verse

There's a place I know, that I can go

Where man still has room to roam

Where the air's still clear and the sky's still blue,

And the red man calls it home.

Some of us were born here,

And then some of us just came,

To these mountains, through the valleys,

In a soft New Mexico rain.

Chorus:

I'll spend my days in New Mexico,

Where the mountains touch the sun

I'll spend my days in New Mexico,

Where you and nature can be one.

2nd Verse

There's a farmer in the valley,

He's as happy as can be

A pretty dark eyed senorita

Works beside him in their fields

And the dust has hardly settled

From those trail drives long ago,

You can hear those cowboys singin'

Lie low, little doggies lie low.

Repeat Chorus

3rd Verse

Now that sun it's slowly sinking,

O're this wide and peaceful land

And it's going to paint a picture,

In the sky for you and me

The colors, oh, so rich and so rare,

Enfold this graceful land

And it makes me wish that I was there

When God made these mountains with his hands.

Repeat Chorus

Final Ending

Where the desert meets the mountains,

and the mountains touch the sun.",

and thence referred to the GOVERNMENT & URBAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.

Respectfully submitted,

Patsy Trujillo Knauer, Chairman

Adopted Not Adopted

(Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)

The roll call vote was 4 For 3 Against

Yes: 4

No: Beam, Gonzales, Park

Excused: Burpo, Vigil

Absent: None

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