FIFTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION, 2019

March 1, 2019

Mr. Speaker:

    Your APPROPRIATIONS & FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

HOUSE BILL 315

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

1. On page 1,line 12, strike “; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION”

2. On page 4, line 7, strike "and".

     3. On page 4, line 9, after the semicolon, insert "and".

     4. On page 4, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:

          "(c) pay an intern an hourly wage rate that is no less than the minimum wage rate established in Section 50-4-22 NMSA 1978;".

     5. On page 5, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following new subsection:

          "C. The department shall annually report to the appropriate interim legislative committee on the effectiveness of the program in achieving the purpose of the New Mexico Agricultural Workforce Development Program Act.".

     6. On page 5,strike Section 5 in its entirety.