SENATE BILL 201

52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2016

INTRODUCED BY

Michael S. Sanchez

AN ACT

RELATING TO JOB TRAINING; REQUIRING PORTIONS OF THE FUNDING FOR DEVELOPMENT TRAINING TO BE USED FOR VETERANS AND FOR PERSONS FIFTY YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER.

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

     SECTION 1. Section 21-19-13 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2005, Chapter 102, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:

     "21-19-13. DISTRIBUTIONS OF DEVELOPMENT TRAINING FUNDS.--

          A. Of appropriations made in any fiscal year for development training:

                (1) up to two-thirds shall be expended in urban communities in the state;

                (2) at least one-third [of the appropriations made in any fiscal year for development training] shall be expended in nonurban communities;

                (3) at least one-fourth shall be expended for training veterans; and

                (4) at least one-fourth shall be expended for training persons fifty years of age and older.

          B. Of money available in the development training fund, the economic development department may use in any fiscal year:

                (1) up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to generally administer the development training program; and

                (2) in addition to the general administration funding allowed in Paragraph (1) of this subsection, up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to administer the provisions of Section 21-19-7.1 NMSA 1978.

          C. Up to two million dollars ($2,000,000) of development training funds may be used to reimburse film and multimedia production companies and to provide preemployment training for that industry pursuant to the provisions of Section 21-19-7.1 NMSA 1978.

          D. Up to one million dollars ($1,000,000) disbursed annually from the development training program may be dedicated to development training in green industries.

          E. As used in this section:

                (1) "green industries" means industries that contribute directly to preserving or enhancing environmental quality by reducing waste and pollution or by producing sustainable products using sustainable processes and materials. Green industries provide opportunities for advancement along a career track of increasing skills and wages. Green industries include:

                     (a) energy system retrofits to increase energy efficiency and conservation;

                     (b) production and distribution of biofuels and vehicle retrofits for biofuels;

                     (c) building design and construction that meet the equivalent of best available technology in energy and environmental design standards;

                     (d) organic and community food production;

                     (e) manufacture of products from non-toxic, environmentally certified or recycled materials;

                     (f) manufacture and production of sustainable technologies, including solar panels, wind turbines and fuel cells;

                     (g) solar technology installation and maintenance;

                     (h) recycling, green composting and large-scale reuse of construction and demolition materials and debris; and

                     (i) water system retrofits to increase water efficiency and conservation;

                (2) "nonurban community" means a municipality that is not an urban community or is the unincorporated area of a county; [and]

                (3) "urban community" means a municipality with a population of forty thousand or more according to the most recent federal decennial census; and

                (4) "veteran" means a New Mexico resident who:

                     (a) is a citizen of the United States;

                     (b) was regularly enlisted, drafted, inducted or commissioned in the: 1) armed forces of the United States and was accepted for and assigned to active duty in the armed forces of the United States; 2) army reserve, navy reserve, marine corps reserve, air force reserve, coast guard reserve, army national guard or air national guard and was accepted for and assigned to duty for a minimum of six continuous years; or 3) United States public health service commissioned corps or the national oceanic and atmospheric administration commissioned officer corps and served in the capacity of a commissioned officer while on active duty in defense of the United States; and

                     (c) was not separated from that service under circumstances amounting to dishonorable discharge."

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