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AN ACT

RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE EXPENDITURES; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS

FROM LEGISLATIVE CASH BALANCES FOR NECESSARY EXPENSES OF THE

FIRST SPECIAL SESSION OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE;

DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

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

Section 1. SPECIAL SESSION--APPROPRIATION.--

A. Subject to the limitation provided in

Subsection C of this section, the following amounts are

appropriated from the legislative cash balances for

expenditure in fiscal year 2007, unless otherwise indicated,

for the following expenses of the first special session of the

forty-eighth legislature:

(1) for the expense of the house of

representatives, two hundred thirty-seven thousand four

hundred twenty-eight dollars ($237,428) to be disbursed on

vouchers signed by the speaker and the chief clerk of the

house of representatives or the chief clerk's designee;

(2) for the expense of the senate, one

hundred forty-six thousand dollars ($146,000) to be disbursed

on vouchers signed by the chairman of the committees'

committee and the chief clerk of the senate or the chief

clerk's designee;

(3) for the expense of the legislative

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council service, the joint bill room and the legislative

switchboard, ninety-three thousand dollars ($93,000) to be

disbursed on vouchers signed by the director of the

legislative council service or the director's designee; and

(4) for the legislative finance committee,

two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), for expenditure

in fiscal years 2007 and 2008, for technical expertise on tax

policy and public finance, including bond financing, energy

markets, real estate finance and other specialized fields, to

maintain quality of technical, economic and financial support

on issues important to the legislature.

B. Following adjournment of the first special

session of the forty-eighth legislature, expenditures

authorized in this section shall be disbursed on vouchers

signed by the director of the legislative council service or

the director's designee.

C. Each representative shall be paid per diem only

for those calendar days on which the journal of the house

shows that the house of representatives was convened in a

floor session and the representative was shown as present at

the floor session. Each senator shall be paid per diem only

for those calendar days on which the journal of the senate

shows that the senate was convened in a floor session and the

senator was shown as present at the floor session.

Section 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public

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peace, health and safety that this act take effect

immediately.

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