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A MEMORIAL

REQUESTING THAT THE GOVERNOR CREATE A TASK FORCE TO EVALUATE

THE FUNDING OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES DIVISION OF THE

REGULATION AND LICENSING DEPARTMENT IN LIGHT OF THE EXTENSIVE

GROWTH IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES IN NEW MEXICO.

WHEREAS, the state of New Mexico has identified economic

development as a top priority; and

WHEREAS, emphasis on economic development requires that

the state provide adequate support for the industry growth

resulting from such emphasis; and

WHEREAS, the construction industry is one of the

fastest-growing industries in New Mexico, making it a major

economic driver in New Mexico; and

WHEREAS, the regulatory services provided to the

construction industry by the construction industries division

of the regulation and licensing department are essential to

sustaining that growth, to equitable practices in the industry

and to the quality of construction in New Mexico; and

WHEREAS, the processes for funding the construction

industries division do not take into account the relationship

between industry growth and funding; and

WHEREAS, there exist deficiencies in the construction

inspection process between state and local governments that

need to be fully explored;

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the governor

be requested to form a task force to study the relationship

between funding and industry growth and inspection processes

at the state and local government levels and make

recommendations to the legislative finance committee and the

department of finance and administration for means and methods

of funding the construction industries division of the

regulation and licensing department that correspond to growth

and other relevant changes in the construction industry and

improving the efficiencies of all local government inspection

processes; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force consider at a

minimum whether the construction industries division should

continue to be a division of the regulation and licensing

department and how funding for this agency can be structured

with flexibility that will enable it to respond effectively to

growth and declines in the construction industry at both the

state and local levels, including whether enterprise funding

is a viable method of accomplishing this goal; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the governor consider

appointing to the task force a representative from each of the

following: the legislative council service, the legislative

finance committee, the department of finance and

administration, the senate finance committee, the house

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appropriations and finance committee, the New Mexico municipal

league, the New Mexico association of counties, the

residential construction industry, the subcontracting

industry, organized labor, the liquefied petroleum gas

industry, a licensed and practicing electrical contractor, a

licensed and practicing mechanical or plumbing contractor, a

licensed and practicing architect, a licensed and practicing

general contractor, the director of the construction

industries division of the regulation and licensing department

and a resident of the state who is not a licensed contractor

or certified journeyman who shall represent the people of New

Mexico; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the governor consider that

the task force meet for the first time no later than April 1,

2007; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force report its

findings and make recommendations to the legislative finance

committee and the department of finance and administration by

August 1, 2007; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

transmitted to the secretary of economic development, the

secretary of finance and administration, the superintendent of

regulation and licensing and the governor.