FIFTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION, 2017

February 27, 2017

Mr. Speaker:

    Your LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

HOUSE BILL 218

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

1. On page 2, line 17, strike "and".

     2. On page 2, line 20, strike the closing quotation mark and insert in lieu thereof "; and".

     3. On page 2, between lines 20 and 21, insert a new Subsection I as follows:

          "I. "regional tourism district" means one of the following:

                (a) the central region consisting of Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance and Valencia counties;

                (b) the north-central region consisting of Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe and Taos counties;

                (c) the northeast region consisting of Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Quay, San Miguel and Union counties;

                (d) the northwest region consisting of Cibola, McKinley and San Juan counties;

                (e) the southeast region consisting of Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Lea, Lincoln, Otero and Roosevelt counties; and

                (f) the southwest region consisting of Catron, Dona Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra and Socorro counties."".

     4. On page 3, lines 1 through 10, strike Subsection A in its entirety and insert a new Subsection A as follows:

          "A. The "New Mexico clean and beautiful advisory committee" is created, consisting of eleven members appointed by the tourism commission. No two members shall be residents of the same county. The tourism commission shall appoint members to the committee who are knowledgeable in the areas of beautification, blight reduction, litter eradication, waste diversion and modification of human behavior patterns; provided that no member shall be an employee of the state. One member of the committee shall be appointed from each of the six regional tourism districts, and five members shall be appointed from the state at large; provided that at least two of the members shall have experience in tourism, economic development, community beautification or recycling initiatives; provided further that at least two members shall be affiliates in good standing of keep America beautiful.".