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HOUSE MEMORIAL 62
48
TH LEGISLATURE
- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -
FIRST SESSION
, 2007
INTRODUCED BY
Ray Begaye
A MEMORIAL
ENCOURAGING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STATE-AUTHORIZED WEB SITE
FOR PUBLICATION OF LEGAL NOTICES AND LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS AS AN
ALTERNATIVE TO NEWSPAPER PUBLICATION OF SUCH NOTICES AND
ADVERTISEMENTS.
WHEREAS, legal notices are published in a wide range of
publications for various jurisdictions throughout the state;
and
WHEREAS, legal notices are published by state agencies,
counties, municipalities, villages and other entities; and
WHEREAS, almost all New Mexicans now have access to the
internet through local libraries and schools, if not in their
homes; and
WHEREAS, a central on-line repository or web site of legal
notices and legal advertisements would be readily accessible to
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people throughout the state; and
WHEREAS, a state-sponsored web site could be made
available without charge;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that a work group be
assembled from among state and local agencies that publish
legal notices to study means of implementing a workable, user-
friendly, state-sponsored web site that links or integrates
state, county, municipal and other legal notices and legal
advertisements; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the chief information officer
be requested to convene the work group and include among its
members representatives of the New Mexico municipal league, the
New Mexico association of counties and other political
entities, as well as at least one representative each from a
state agency, a county agency and a municipal agency; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the work group report its
findings and recommendations to the information technology
oversight committee during the 2007 interim; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
transmitted to the chief information officer, the executive
director of the New Mexico municipal league, the executive
director of the New Mexico association of counties, each
chamber of commerce in the state and each newspaper that is a
member of the New Mexico press association.