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AN ACT

RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES; TRANSFERRING THE NATURAL

RESOURCE REVENUE RECOVERY TASK FORCE TO THE NEW MEXICO

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; EXTENDING THE LIFE OF THE TASK

FORCE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. Section 19-1A-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003,

Chapter 42, Section 2) is amended to read:

"19-1A-2. NATURAL RESOURCE REVENUE RECOVERY TASK

FORCE--CREATED--MEMBERS--DUTIES.--

A. There is created in the New Mexico department

of agriculture an advisory task force that shall be known as

the "natural resource revenue recovery task force".

B. The task force shall be composed of nine

members. The speaker of the house of representatives and the

president pro tempore of the senate shall each appoint two

members who represent affected counties and are knowledgeable

about agricultural and rural issues. The governor shall

appoint three members and the commissioner of public lands

shall appoint two members who:

(1) are county commissioners from affected

counties;

(2) represent the different geographic

regions of the state, including north, south, east and west;

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(3) are knowledgeable about agricultural,

forest, mining or other extractive industries and water

issues; or

(4) are nominated by rural counties in the

New Mexico association of counties.

C. The task force shall:

(1) review and analyze the historical and

current differences between the prices received by

agricultural producers and the prices paid by consumers;

(2) gather and compile information on the

impact of the federal laws that affect agriculture and

extraction industries, specifically the Agriculture Adjustment

Act and the National Industrial Recovery Act as originally

enacted;

(3) evaluate the United States congress's

original objectives to stabilize commodity prices and rural

income, manage public lands for multiple use, preserve grazing

and water rights and foster timber harvests compared to the

laws' outcomes;

(4) assess the relationship of these laws

with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Kearny's Code and the

preservation of New Mexico's private property rights contained

in the United States constitution;

(5) define the economic impact of the

Agriculture Adjustment Act and the National Industrial

Recovery Act upon agricultural producers, natural resource

industries and related businesses and the impact on county and

state revenues;

(6) develop state policies to counteract the

negative effect of federal law; and

(7) report its findings and recommendations

annually by December 1 to the New Mexico legislative council

and the governor.

D. The chair of the task force shall be elected by

the task force, and the task force shall meet at the call of

the chair.

E. The public members of the task force shall

receive per diem and mileage pursuant to the Per Diem and

Mileage Act.

F. The staff for the task force shall be provided

by the New Mexico department of agriculture."

Section 2. Section 19-1A-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003,

Chapter 42, Section 3) is amended to read:

"19-1A-3. TERMINATION OF TASK FORCE--DELAYED REPEAL.--

The natural resource revenue recovery task force is terminated

on July 1, 2009 pursuant to the Sunset Act. The task force

shall continue to operate according to the provisions of this

act until July 1, 2010. Effective July 1, 2010, this act is

repealed.” HB 443

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