0001|                            HOUSE BILL 512
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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|                          RAYMOND G. SANCHEZ
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT TRAINING; MAKING THE ECONOMIC
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0012|     DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
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0013|     RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING PROGRAM; PROVIDING FOR
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0014|     TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; CHANGING ELIGIBILITY FOR TRAINING
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0015|     APPLICANTS; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
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0016|     
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0017|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0018|          Section 1.  Section 21-19-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1983,
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0019|     Chapter 299, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
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0020|          "21-19-7.  DEVELOPMENT TRAINING.--
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0021|               A.  The economic development department shall
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0022|     establish a development training program that provides quick-
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0023|     response classroom and in-plant training to furnish qualified
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0024|     manpower resources for new or expanding industries and non-
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0025|     retail service sector businesses in New Mexico that have
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0001|     business or production procedures that require skills unique to
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0002|     those industries.  Training shall be custom-designed for the
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0003|     particular company and shall be based on the special
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0004|     requirements of each company.  The program shall be operated on
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0005|     a statewide basis and shall be designed to assist any area in
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0006|     becoming more competitive economically.
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0007|               B.  There is created the "industrial training board"
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0008|     <s>[which shall be]</s> composed of:
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0009|                    (1)  the director of the economic development
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0010|     division of the economic development department;
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0011|                    (2)  the director of the vocational education
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0012|     division of the state department of public education;
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0013|                    (3)  the director of the job training division
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0014|     of the labor department;  
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0015|                    (4)  the executive director of the commission
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0016|     on higher education; 
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0017|                    (5)  one member from organized labor appointed
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0018|     by the governor; and
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0019|                    (6)  one public member from the business
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0020|     community appointed by the governor.
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0021|               C.  The industrial training board shall establish
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0022|     policies and promulgate rules and regulations for the
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0023|     administration of appropriated funds and shall provide review
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0024|     and oversight to assure that funds expended from the
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0025|     development training fund will generate business activity and
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0001|     give measurable growth to the economic base of New Mexico
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0002|     within the legal limits preserving the ecological state of New
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0003|     Mexico and its people.
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0004|               D.  Subject to the approval of the industrial
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0005|     training board, the <s>[vocational education division of the
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<s></s>0006| <s>    state department of public education]</s> <u>economic development
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<u></u>0007| <u>    division of the economic development department</u> shall:
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0008|                    (1)  administer all funds allocated or
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0009|     appropriated for industrial development training purposes;
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0010|                    (2)  provide designated training services;
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0011|                    (3)  regulate, control and abandon any training
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0012|     program established under the provisions of this section;
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0013|                    (4)  assist companies requesting training in
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0014|     the development of a training proposal to meet the companies'
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0015|     manpower needs;
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0016|                    (5)  contract for the implementation of all
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0017|     training programs;
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0018|                    (6)  provide for training by educational
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0019|     institutions or by the company through in-plant training, at
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0020|     the company's request; and
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0021|                    (7)  evaluate training efforts on a basis of
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0022|     performance standards set forth by the industrial training
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0023|     board.
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0024|               <u>E.  The vocational education division of the state
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<u></u>0025| <u>    department of public education shall provide technical
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<u></u>0001| <u>    assistance to the economic development department concerning
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<u></u>0002| <u>    the development of agreements, the determination of the most
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<u></u>0003| <u>    appropriate instructional training to provide and the review of
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<u></u>0004| <u>    training program implementation.</u>
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0005|               <s>[E.]</s> <u>F.</u>  The state shall contract with a company
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0006|     or an educational institution to provide training or
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0007|     instructional services in accordance with the approved training
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0008|     proposal and within the following limitations:
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0009|                    (1)  no payment shall be made for training in
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0010|     excess of one thousand forty hours of training per trainee for
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0011|     the total duration of training;
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0012|                    (2)  training applicants shall have resided
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0013|     within the state for a minimum of one year immediately prior to
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0014|     the commencement of the training program and be <s>[citizens of
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<s></s>0015| <s>    the United States]</s> <u>of legal status for employment</u>;
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0016|                    (3)  payment for institutional classroom
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0017|     training shall be made under any accepted training contract for
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0018|     a qualified training program;
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0019|                    (4)  no payment shall be made under any
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0020|     accepted training contract for rental of facilities unless
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0021|     facilities are not available on site or at the educational
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0022|     institution;
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0023|                    (5)  all applicants shall be eligible under the
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0024|     federal Fair Labor Standards Act and shall not have terminated
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0025|     a public school program within the past three months except by
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0001|     graduation;
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0002|                    (6)  trainees shall be guaranteed full-time
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0003|     employment with the contracted company upon successful
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0004|     completion of the training;
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0005|                    (7)  persons employed to provide the
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0006|     instructional services shall be exempt from the minimum
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0007|     requirements established in the state plan for other state
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0008|     vocational programs; and
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0009|                    (8)  no payment shall be made for training
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0010|     programs or production of Indian jewelry or imitation Indian
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0011|     jewelry unless a majority of those involved in the training
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0012|     program or production are of Indian descent."
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0013|          Section 2.  APPROPRIATION.--Six million dollars
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0014|     ($6,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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0015|     development training fund for expenditure in fiscal year 1998
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0016|     for a development training program providing classroom and in-
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0017|     plant training to furnish qualified manpower resources for
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0018|     certain new or expanding industries and businesses in the
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0019|     state.  Included in the appropriation is seventy thousand
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0020|     dollars ($70,000) that may be used by the economic development
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0021|     department for program administration of the development
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0022|     training fund.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance
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0023|     remaining at the end of fiscal year 1998 shall not revert to
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0024|     the general fund.
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0001|                          State of New Mexico
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0002|                      House of Representatives
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0003|   
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0004|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0005|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0008|                                                February 6, 1997
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0011|   Mr. Speaker:
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0012|   
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0013|        Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom
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0014|   has been referred
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0015|   
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0016|                        HOUSE BILL 512
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0017|                               
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0018|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0019|   recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0020|   APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0021|   
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0022|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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<u></u>0003| <u>                                </u>                             Fred Luna, Chairman
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0006|   Adopted <u>                    </u>     Not Adopted <u>                    
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0008|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0010|                        Date <u>            </u>
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0012|   The roll call vote was<u> 12 </u> For<u> 0 </u> Against
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0013|   Yes:      12
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0014|             Excused:  Varela
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0015|             Absent:   None
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0018|   G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0512                       State of New Mexico
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0019|                      House of Representatives
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0020|   
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0021|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0022|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0025|                                                  March 15, 1997
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0003|   Mr. Speaker:
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0004|   
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0005|        Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0006|   whom has been referred
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0007|   
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0008|                        HOUSE BILL 512
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0009|                               
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0010|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0011|   recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0012|   
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0013|        1.  On page 1, line 15, before the period insert ";
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0014|   DECLARING AN EMERGENCY".
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0015|   
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0016|        2.  On page 5, between lines 11 and 12, insert the following
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0017|   new sections:
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0018|   
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0019|        "Section 2.  Section 21-19-11 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1983,
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0020|   Chapter 299, Section 5, as amended) is amended to read:
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0021|   
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0022|        "21-19-11.  FUNDS CREATED.--
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0023|   
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0024|             A.  There is created in the state treasury the
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0025|   "development training fund".  Money appropriated to the fund or
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0001|   accruing to it through gifts, grants, repayments or bequests
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0002|   shall not be transferred to any other fund or be encumbered or
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0003|   disbursed in any manner except as provided in Section 21-19-7
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0004|   NMSA 1978.  Money in the fund shall not revert at the end of any
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0005|   fiscal year. <u>Money in the fund is appropriated to the economic
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<u></u>0006| <u>  development department.</u>  Money in the fund shall be expended
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0007|   <s>[only as provided]</s> <u>upon warrant drawn by the secretary of
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<u></u>0008| <u>  finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the
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<u></u>0009| <u>  secretary of economic development or his authorized
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<u></u>0010| <u>  representative to carry out the purposes specified</u> in Section
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0011|   21-19-7 NMSA 1978.
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0012|   
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0014|             B.  There is created in the state treasury the
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0015|   "development fund".  Money appropriated to the fund or accruing
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0016|   to it through gifts, grants, repayments or bequests shall not be
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0017|   transferred to any other fund or be encumbered or disbursed in
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0018|   any manner except as provided in this subsection.  Money in the
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0019|   fund shall not revert at the end of any fiscal year.  Money in
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0020|   the fund shall be administered by the economic development
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0021|   department or its successor for the purpose of making low-
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0022|   interest loans to political subdivisions of the state so that
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0023|   they can construct or implement projects necessary to provide
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0024|   services that will encourage the location of industry in the
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0025|   political subdivisions.  The economic development department
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0001|   shall coordinate these loans with the local government division
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0002|   of the department of finance and administration pursuant to the
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0003|   New Mexico Community Assistance Act.  Money in the fund shall be
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0004|   expended as provided in Section 21-19-10 NMSA 1978."
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0005|   
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0006|        Section 3.  TEMPORARY PROVISION--APPROPRIATION OF FUND
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0007|   BALANCES.--The economic development department may expend money
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0008|   in the development training fund in the 1997 and subsequent
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0009|   fiscal years that was appropriated in prior fiscal years to carry
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0010|   out the purposes of Section 21-9-7 NMSA 1978.".
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0011|   
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0012|        3.  Renumber the succeeding section accordingly.
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0013|   
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0014|        4.  On page 5, line 14, after "1998" insert "and subsequent
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0015|   fiscal years".
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0016|   
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0017|        5.  On page 5, line 21, after the period strike the
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0018|   remainder of the line and strike all of lines 22 and 23.
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0019|   
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0020|        6.  On page 5, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following
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0021|   new section:
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0022|   
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0023|        "Section 5.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0024|   peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.".
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0002|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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0008|                                                               Max Coll, Chairman
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0011|   Adopted <u>                    </u>     Not Adopted <u>                    
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0013|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0015|                        Date <u>            </u>
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0017|   The roll call vote was <u>10 </u> For <u> 1 </u> Against
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0018|   Yes:      10
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0019|             No:       Bird
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0020|             Excused:  Buffett, Garcia, M.H., Marquardt, Picraux, Salazar,
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0021|             Watchman
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0022|             Absent:   None
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0003|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0009|   Mr. President:
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0011|       Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0012|   
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0013|                     HOUSE BILL 512, as amended
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0014|   
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0015|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0016|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0017|   
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0018|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0023|   __________________________________
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0024|                                Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman 
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0003|   Adopted_______________________   Not
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0004|   Adopted_______________________
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0005|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0009|                     Date ________________________
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0012|   The roll call vote was <u> 6 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0013|           Yes:    6
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0014|           No:     None
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0015|                Excused:     Aragon, Eisenstadt, Ingle, Lyons, McKibben
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0016|           Absent: None
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