0001| HOUSE BILL 1
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0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| MICHAEL M. OLGUIN
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT; APPROPRIATING
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0012| FUNDS FOR THE EXPENSE OF THE FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, FIRST
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0013| SESSION, 1997 AND FOR OTHER LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES INCLUDING THE
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0014| LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SERVICE, THE LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE,
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0015| THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE, THE SENATE RULES
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0016| COMMITTEE, THE HOUSE CHIEF CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE SENATE CHIEF
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0017| CLERK'S OFFICE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0019| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0020| Section 1. There is appropriated for the expense of the
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0021| legislative department of the state of New Mexico for the
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0022| forty-third legislature, first session, for per diem and
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0023| mileage of the members, for salaries of employees and for other
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0024| expenses of the legislature, the sum of five million eight
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0025| hundred eighty-nine thousand two hundred fifty-seven dollars
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0001| ($5,889,257) or so much thereof as may be necessary for such
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0002| purposes.
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0003| Section 2. The expenditures referred to in Section 1 of
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0004| this act are as follows:
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0005| A. per diem for senators ---------- $ 312,480;
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0006| B. per diem for members of the house of
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0007| representatives ------------------------------- $ 520,800;
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0008| C. mileage traveled by members of the senate going
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0009| to and returning from the seat of government by the usually
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0010| traveled route, one round trip ---------------- $ 3,990;
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0011| D. mileage traveled by members of the house of
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0012| representatives going to and returning from the seat of
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0013| government by the usually traveled route, one round trip
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0014| ----------------------------------------------- $ 6,056;
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0015| E. salaries and employee benefits of senate
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0016| employees ------------------------------------- $1,530,251;
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0017| F. salaries and employee benefits of house of
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0018| representatives employees --------------------- $1,660,380;
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0019| G. for expense of the senate not itemized above,
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0020| four hundred thirty-four thousand dollars ($434,000). No part
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0021| of this item may be transferred to salaries or employee
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0022| benefits;
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0023| H. for expense of the house of representatives not
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0024| itemized above, four hundred twenty-four thousand dollars
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0025| ($424,000). No part of this item may be transferred to
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0001| salaries or employee benefits;
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0002| I. the expenditures for the house of
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0003| representatives shall be disbursed on vouchers signed by the
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0004| speaker and chief clerk of the house; the expenditures for the
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0005| senate shall be disbursed on vouchers signed by the chairman of
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0006| the committees' committee and the chief clerk of the senate;
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0007| and
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0008| J. for session expenses of the legislative council
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0009| service, the joint billroom and mailroom and joint legislative
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0010| switchboard, nine hundred ninety-seven thousand three hundred
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0011| dollars ($997,300) to be disbursed upon vouchers signed by the
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0012| director of the legislative council service. Following
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0013| adjournment of the session, expenditures authorized under
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0014| Subsections E through H of this section shall be disbursed upon
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0015| vouchers signed by the director of the legislative council
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0016| service.
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0017| Section 3. Computers purchased by the legislature are to
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0018| be placed in the custody of the legislative council service by
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0019| the chief clerks of the respective houses as soon after the
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0020| session as practicable. Computers used for two consecutive
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0021| regular sessions and not needed for legislative use may be
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0022| offered for resale to state agencies, public officials, public
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0023| institutions and local public bodies at the original price paid
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0024| by the legislature less ninety dollars ($90.00), and the
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0025| proceeds shall be deposited in the legislative information
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0001| system fund. Any computers purchased by the legislature and
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0002| held for a period of more than two consecutive regular sessions
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0003| may be sold at a price found to be the fair market price by the
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0004| New Mexico legislative council and the proceeds shall be
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0005| deposited in the legislative information system fund.
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0006| Section 4. Under the printing contracts entered into for
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0007| the forty-third legislature, first session, the chairman of the
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0008| committees' committee of the senate, subject to the approval of
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0009| the committee, and the speaker of the house of representatives
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0010| are authorized and directed to provide for the printing of all
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0011| bills, resolutions, joint resolutions, memorials and joint
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0012| memorials introduced in the senate or house, the printing of
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0013| the weekly bill locator and the printing of all necessary
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0014| stationery required for use in the respective houses. They are
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0015| further directed to provide for the purchase of all supplies
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0016| necessary for use in the respective houses within the
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0017| appropriation provided. The orders for printing, stationery
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0018| and supplies shall be approved by the chairman of the
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0019| committees' committee in the senate or by the speaker for the
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0020| house.
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0021| Section 5. For the first session of the forty-third
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0022| legislature, bills, resolutions, joint resolutions, memorials
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0023| and joint memorials delivered to the printer shall be returned
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0024| by the printer to the joint billroom within forty-two hours
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0025| after they are ordered to be printed. The billroom personnel
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0001| shall supply a complete file of bills, resolutions, joint
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0002| resolutions, memorials, joint memorials and other printed
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0003| distribution materials to the following:
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0004| A. one copy to each member of the house of
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0005| representatives and senate;
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0006| B. one copy to each county clerk, district judge,
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0007| radio or television station and newspaper and to the general
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0008| library of each state-supported institution of higher learning;
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0009| C. upon written request therefor, one copy to each
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0010| state department, commission, board, institution or agency,
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0011| each elected state official, each incorporated municipality,
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0012| each district attorney, each ex-governor, each member of the
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0013| New Mexico congressional delegation and each public school
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0014| district in the state; and
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0015| D. one copy to two other addresses specified by
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0016| each individual member of the legislature.
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0017| Section 6. Any person not enumerated in Section 5 of this
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0018| act may secure a complete file of the bills, resolutions, joint
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0019| resolutions, memorials and joint memorials of the legislature
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0020| by depositing with the legislative council service the amount
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0021| of six hundred dollars ($600), which deposit shall be paid to
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0022| the state treasurer to the credit of the legislative expense
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0023| fund. Additional single copies of items of legislation shall
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0024| be sold for one dollar ($1.00) unless the director of the
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0025| legislative council service shall, because of its length,
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0001| assign a higher price not to exceed ten cents ($.10) per page.
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0002| Copies of a daily bill locator, other than those copies
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0003| furnished each member of the respective houses, shall be
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0004| supplied by the legislative council service at a charge of one
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0005| hundred fifty dollars ($150) for the entire session.
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0006| Section 7. There is appropriated from the general fund to
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0007| the legislative council service for fiscal year 1998 unless
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0008| otherwise indicated, to be disbursed on vouchers signed by the
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0009| director of the legislative council service, the following:
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0010| A. Personal Services $
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0011| 1,928,400
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0012| Employee Benefits
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0013| 618,300
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0014| Travel
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0015| 84,800
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0016| Maintenance & Repairs 48,500
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0017| Supplies & Materials 41,200
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0018| Contractual Services 202,900
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0019| Operating Costs 268,600
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0020| Other Operating Costs 189,000
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0021| Capital Outlay 77,500
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0022| Out-of-State Travel 70,500
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0023| Total $ 3,529,700;
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0024| B. for travel expenses of legislators other than
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0025| New Mexico legislative council members, on legislative council
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0001| business, for committee travel, staff and other necessary
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0002| expenses for other interim committees and for other necessary
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0003| legislative expenses for fiscal year 1998, the sum of eight
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0004| hundred thirty-five thousand two hundred dollars ($835,200);
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0005| provided that the New Mexico legislative council may transfer
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0006| amounts from the appropriation in this subsection, during the
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0007| fiscal year for which appropriated, to any other legislative
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0008| appropriation where they may be needed;
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0009| C. for pre-session expenditures and for necessary
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0010| contracts, supplies and personnel for interim session
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0011| preparation, the sum of three hundred fifty-two thousand three
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0012| hundred dollars ($352,300); and
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0013| D. for a statewide legislative intern program, the
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0014| sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
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0015| Section 8. There is appropriated from the cash balances
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0016| of the legislative council service from Subsection J of Section
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0017| 2 of Chapter 1 of Laws 1995 to the legislative council service
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0018| one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) for
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0019| expenditure in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 for the legislative
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0020| match for legislative retirement required pursuant to State of
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0021| New Mexico, ex rel., Attorney General Tom Udal v. Public
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0022| Employees Retirement Board, et al.
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0023| Section 9. There is appropriated from the general fund to
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0024| the legislative finance committee for fiscal year 1998, to be
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0025| disbursed on vouchers signed by the chairman of the committee
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0001| or his designated representative, the following:
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0002| Personal Services $ 1,584,900
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0003| Employee Benefits 466,000
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0004| Travel 108,500
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0005| Maintenance & Repairs 11,000
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0006| Supplies & Materials 26,700
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0007| Contractual Services 156,400
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0008| Operating Costs 109,100
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0009| Capital Outlay 12,200
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0010| Out-of-State Travel 34,500
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0011| Total $ 2,509,300.
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0012| Section 10. There is appropriated from the general fund
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0013| to the legislative education study committee for fiscal year
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0014| 1998, to be disbursed on vouchers signed by the chairman of the
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0015| committee or his designated representative, the following:
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0016| A. Personal Services $ 444,717
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0017| Employee Benefits 123,400
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0018| Travel 37,500
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0019| Maintenance & Repairs 15,000
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0020| Supplies & Materials 11,500
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0021| Contractual Services 11,500
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0022| Operating Costs 15,000
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0023| Capital Outlay 17,700
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0024| Out-of-State Travel 11,500
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0025| Total $ 687,817; and
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0001| B. for necessary personnel, contracts and supplies
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0002| for strategic planning for public education and for travel
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0003| expenses for the strategic planing coordinating council, the
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0004| sum of eighty-two thousand dollars ($82,000) for fiscal years
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0005| 1997 and 1998.
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0006| Section 11. There is appropriated from the general fund
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0007| to the legislative council service for the interim duties of
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0008| the senate rules committee the sum of twenty-one thousand six
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0009| hundred dollars ($21,600) for fiscal year 1998.
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0010| Section 12. There is appropriated from the general fund
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0011| to the legislative council service for expenditure in fiscal
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0012| year 1998 for the operation of the house chief clerk's office,
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0013| to be disbursed on vouchers signed by the director of the
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0014| legislative council service, the following:
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0015| Personal Services $ 190,400
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0016| Employee Benefits 60,900
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0017| Travel 1,900
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0018| Maintenance & Repairs 45
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0019| Supplies 1,000
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0020| Contractual Services 2,100
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0021| Operating Costs 3,924
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0022| Out-of-State Travel 16,500
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0023| Total $ 276,769.
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0024| Section 13. There is appropriated from the general fund
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0025| to the legislative council service for expenditure in fiscal
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0001| year 1998 for the operation of the senate chief clerk's office,
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0002| to be disbursed on vouchers signed by the director of the
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0003| legislative council service, the following:
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0004| Personal Services $ 192,481
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0005| Employee Benefits 59,302
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0006| Travel 2,100
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0007| Maintenance & Repairs 225
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0008| Supplies 1,000
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0009| Contractual Services 2,100
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0010| Operating Costs 3,775
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0011| Out-of-State Travel 11,472
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0012| Total $ 272,455.
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0013| Section 14. CATEGORY TRANSFER.--Amounts set out in
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0014| Sections 7, 9, 10, 12 and 13 of this act are provided for
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0015| informational purposes only and may be freely transferred among
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0016| categories.
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0017| Section 15. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0018| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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0020| State of New Mexico
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0021| House of Representatives
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0023| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0024| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0002| January 21, 1997
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0005| Mr. Speaker:
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0008| APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been
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0011| HOUSE BILL 1
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0013| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation
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0014| that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0016| 1. On
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0017| page 6, lines 23 and 24, strike "eight hundred thirty- five thousand two
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0018| hundred dollars (835,200)" and insert in lieu thereof "nine hundred twenty-
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0019| five thousand two hundred dollars ($925,200)".
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0021| 2. On
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0022| page 7, line 7, strike "and".
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0024| 3. On
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0025| page 7, line 9, strike the period and insert in lieu thereof ";and".
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0003| page 7, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following new subsection:
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0005| "E.
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0006| for the legislative council to conduct a study on the feasibility of
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0007| providing permanent staff support for the legislative leaders of the house
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0008| and senate, the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000)."
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0010| 5. On
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0011| page 8, line 21, strike "and" and insert in lieu thereof a comma.
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0013| 6. On
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0014| page 8, line 21, after "supplies" insert "and travel expenses".
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0016| 7. On
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0017| page 8, line 22, after "education" strike the remainder of the line and
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0018| strike line 23 up to the comma.
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0004| Respectfully submitted,
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0023| Chairman
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0014| The roll call vote was 16 For 1 Against
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0022| Excused: None
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0024| Absent: None
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0008| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0009| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0012| January 27, 1997
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0014| Mr. President:
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0016| Your SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0018| HOUSE BILL 1, as amended
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0020| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it
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0021| DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0023| 1. Strike item 1 of House Floor Amendment 1.
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0025| 2. Strike all House Appropriations and Finance Committee amendments.
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0004| Respectfully submitted,
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0009| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman
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0013| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0014| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0017| Date ________________________
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0020| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against
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0021| Yes: 7
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0022| No: None
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0023| Excused: Carraro, Ingle, McKibben, Vernon
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0024| Absent: None
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0004| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0005| FIRST SESSION
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0008| January 28, 1997
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0011| SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENT number ______ to HOUSE BILL 1, as amended
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0013| Amendment sponsored by Senator Ben D. Altamirano
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0016| 1. On page 10, line 9, strike "12 and" and insert "11,".
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0018| 2. On page 10, line 9, after "13" insert "and 14".
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0011| ___________________________
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0012| Ben D. Altamirano
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0016| Adopted___________________ Not Adopted___________________________
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0017| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0020| Date ________________
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