FIFTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE
FIRST SESSION, 2021
March 9, 2021
Mr. Speaker:
Your ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
SENATE BILL 112, as amended
has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
1. Strike Senate Finance Committee Amendment 3.
2. On page 1, line 12, after "FORCE", insert "AND THE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY ADVISORY COUNCIL".
3. On page 1, lines 23 and 24, strike "up to twenty-four members" and insert in lieu thereof "the following voting members".
4. On pages 1 and 2, strike Paragraphs (1) and (2) in their entirety and insert in lieu thereof:"
(1) the commissioner of public lands or the commissioner's designee;
(2) the secretary of economic development or the secretary's designee;
(3) the secretary of finance and administration or the secretary's designee;
(4) the secretary of taxation and revenue or the secretary's designee;
(5) the secretary of energy, minerals and natural resources or the secretary's designee;
(6) the secretary of Indian affairs or the secretary's designee;
(7) the secretary of workforce solutions or the secretary's designee;
(8) the secretary of general services or the secretary's designee;
(9) the secretary of higher education or the secretary's designee;
(10) the secretary of public education or the secretary's designee;
(11) the secretary of environment or the secretary's designee;
(12) the state investment officer or the state investment officer's designee; and
(13) the chair of the sustainable economy advisory council.".
5. On page 2, lines 20 and 21, strike "elected by the task force" and insert in lieu thereof "the secretary of economic development or the secretary's designee, and the vice chair of the task force shall be the member serving as the chair of the sustainable economy advisory council".
6. On page 2, lines 23 and 24, strike Subsection C in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof:
"C. The "sustainable economy advisory council" is created and is administratively attached to the economic development department. The advisory council shall advise the sustainable economy task force on developing and achieving the goals of the strategic plan provided in Section 2 of this 2021 act. The advisory council shall consist of the following members:
(1) one representative of local governments, appointed by the chair of the task force;
(2) two representatives of disproportionately impacted communities or organizations with experience working with disproportionately impacted communities, appointed by the chair of the task force;
(3) two representatives of organizations with experience in sustainable economic development planning and workforce development, appointed by the chair of the task force;
(4) one representative from industry and business sectors involved in achieving or that may be affected by the goals of the sustainable economy task force, appointed by the chair of the task force; and
(5) eight representatives of tribal governments or entities, appointed by the Indian affairs department.
D. The chair of the advisory council shall be elected by the members of the advisory council.".
7. Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly.
8. On page 3, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:
"G. As used in this section, "disproportionately impacted community" means a community or population of people for which multiple burdens, including environmental and socioeconomic stressors, inequity, poverty, high unemployment, pollution or discrimination, may act to persistently and negatively affect the health, well-being and environment of the community or population and includes tribal communities, communities of color and low-income rural communities and native people, people of color, women, immigrants, youth, formerly incarcerated people, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people and people with disabilities.".
9. On page 4, line 11, after the semicolon, strike "and".
10. On page 4, line 16, strike the period and insert in lieu thereof the following:
"; and
(4) include a plan to implement the recommendations of the study titled the "New Mexico Clean Energy Workforce Development Study" that was commissioned by the workforce solutions department and published in June 2020 and expand the development of jobs with family-sustaining wages and benefits, opportunities for advancement and safe working conditions in industries engaged in sustainable economic development for New Mexico workers, prioritizing disproportionately impacted communities.
D. As used in this section, "disproportionately impacted community" means a community or population of people for which multiple burdens, including environmental and socioeconomic stressors, inequity, poverty, high unemployment, pollution or discrimination, may act to persistently and negatively affect the health, well-being and environment of the community or population and includes tribal communities, communities of color and low-income rural communities and native people, people of color, women, immigrants, youth, formerly incarcerated people, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people and people with disabilities.",
and thence referred to the STATE GOVERNMENT, ELECTIONS AND INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
Respectfully submitted,
Matthew McQueen, Chairman
Adopted Not Adopted
(Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
Date
The roll call vote was 7 For 4 Against
Yes: 7
No: Montoya, RD, Scott, Strickler, Townsend
Excused: None
Absent: None
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