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HJR 27/aHGUAC |
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90 & 60 Day Legislative Sessions, CA |
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(Parenthesis
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Secretary
of State (SOS)
LFC
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SUMMARY
Synopsis of HGUAC Amendment
The House Government
and Urban Affairs Committee Amendment proposes to leave in tact the current
sixty-day session for odd-numbered years and to change the even-numbered
legislative sessions to forty-five days.
Expenditures of the Legislature would roughly increase by
$1.5 to $2 million for the increase of the legislative session in even-numbered
years from thirty days to forty-five days.
Synopsis
of Original Bill
House Joint Resolution
27 amends Article 4, Section 5 of the Constitution of New Mexico to provide for
ninety day sessions in odd-numbered years and sixty day sessions during an
even-numbered year.
Significant
Issues
Currently, regular sessions in odd-numbered are
60 days and regular sessions in even-numbered years are 30 days.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation for
the current 60-day session is $6.9 million.
The expenditures included in this appropriation include per diem for
senators and representatives, mileage traveled by members of the senate and
house of representatives, salaries and employee benefits of senate and house or
representative employees, expenses of the senate and house of representatives
not itemized above and for session expenses of the legislative council service,
the joint billroom and mailroom and joint legislative switchboard. The appropriation for the last 30- day
session was $3.9 million.
Expenditures of the
Legislature would roughly increase by $2.5 to $3 million dollars for the increase
of the legislative session in odd-numbered years from sixty days to ninety days
and for the increase of the legislative session in even-numbered years from
thirty days to sixty days. Thus, the
total increase would roughly be between $5.5 and $6 million.
An estimated
non-recurring cost to the general fund of $32.0 is also expected because of the
cost to the Secretary of State for advertising and printing to place an item on
the ballot. This non-recurring cost will
likely be realized in FY05 since the next general election is in November 2004
unless a special election is called prior to the next general election for that
purpose.
CONFLICT
House Joint Resolution 27 conflicts with Senate Joint Resolution 10 and Senate Joint Resolution 4. Senate Joint Resolution 10 proposes to amend Article 4, Section 5 of the Constitution of New Mexico pertaining to time, length, and items considered during legislative sessions. Senate Joint Resolution 4 proposes to amend Article 4, Section 5 of the Constitution of New Mexico to allow regular sessions of the legislature to be extended for up to seven days upon joint certification to the governor by the speaker of the house and the president pro tempore of the senate.
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