0001| HOUSE BILL 600
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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| RICHARD T. KNOWLES
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO PER DIEM AND MILEAGE OF LEGISLATIVE MEMBERS;
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0012| AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978 TO COMPLY WITH
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0013| ARTICLE 4, SECTION 10 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO.
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0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016| Section 1. Section 2-1-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1955,
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0017| Chapter 2, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
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0018| "2-1-8. SESSION PER DIEM AND MILEAGE OF MEMBERS.--Each
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0019| member of the legislature shall receive [as per diem expense
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the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for each day's
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attendance during each session and twenty-five cents ($.25) per
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mile for each mile traveled in going to and returning from the
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seat of government by the usual traveled route once each
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session] per diem at the internal revenue service per diem
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0025| rate in effect on January 1 of each year for the city of Santa
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0001| Fe for each day's attendance during each session of the
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0002| legislature and the internal revenue service standard mileage
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0003| rate in effect on January 1 of each year rounded to the nearest
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0004| whole cent for each mile traveled in going to and returning
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0005| from the seat of government by the usual traveled route, once
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0006| each session as defined by Article 4, Section 5 of the
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0007| constitution of New Mexico."
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0008| Section 2. Section 2-1-9 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1971,
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0009| Chapter 1, Section 11, as amended) is amended to read:
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0010| "2-1-9. OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL--IN-STATE TRAVEL.--
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0011| A. Out-of-state travel of members, officers and
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0012| employees of the legislative branch of government shall be
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0013| exempt from approval by any member of the executive branch.
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0014| B. Members of the legislature serving on official
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0015| business for interim committees shall receive per diem at the
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0016| [rate of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) a day] internal
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0017| revenue service per diem rate in effect on January 1 of each
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0018| year each day served, including travel time, and the cost of
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0019| public transportation by the shortest, most direct route or
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0020| mileage for each mile traveled by privately owned automobiles
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0021| at the [rate of twenty-five cents ($.25) a mile] internal
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0022| revenue service standard mileage rate in effect on January 1 of
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0023| each year rounded to the nearest whole cent or by privately
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0024| owned aircraft at the rate of [thirty cents ($.30)] ten
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0025| cents ($.10) more than the rate paid for privately owned
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0001| automobiles per air mile on official business of the
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0002| [committee] committees within the state, by the shortest,
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0003| most direct route.
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0004| C. Reimbursement for out-of-state travel on
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0005| committee business shall be as follows:
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0006| (1) the cost of the tickets on public
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0007| transportation by the shortest, most direct route; or
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0008| (2) mileage at the same rates established for
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0009| in-state travel if private automobiles or airplanes are used,
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0010| based on official mileage by the shortest, most direct route;
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0011| [and]
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0012| (3) per diem for the number of days spent in
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0013| travel and on committee business; and
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0014| (4) in no event, however, shall the
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0015| reimbursement for out-of-state travel exceed the dollar amount
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0016| that would be due if the member had used first class public air
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0017| transportation by the shortest, most direct route."
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0020| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0021| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0024| March 16, 1997
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0001| Mr. President:
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0003| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been
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0004| referred
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0006| HOUSE BILL 600, as amended
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0008| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0009| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0010| FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0012| Respectfully submitted,
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0017| __________________________________
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0018| Shannon Robinson, Chairman
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0022| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0023| Adopted_______________________
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0024| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0002| Date ________________________
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0005| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against
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0006| Yes: 6
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0007| No: 0
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0008| Excused: Adair, Boitano, Vernon
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0009| Absent: None
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0014| H0600PA1
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0016| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0017| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0020| March 18, 1997
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0022| Mr. President:
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0024| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0001| HOUSE BILL 600, as amended
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0003| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0004| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0006| Respectfully submitted,
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0011| __________________________________
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0012| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman
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0016| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0017| Adopted_______________________
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0018| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0022| Date ________________________
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0025| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against
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0001| Yes: 6
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0002| No: None
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0003| Excused: Aragon, Eisenstadt, Ingle, Lyons, McKibben
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0004| Absent: None
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0007| H0600FC1
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0008| State of New Mexico
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0009| House of Representatives
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0011| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0012| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0015| February 13, 1997
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0018| Mr. Speaker:
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0020| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0021| whom has been referred
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0023| HOUSE BILL 600
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0024|
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0025| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0001| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0003| 1. On page 1, line 24, after "service" insert "maximum
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0004| federal".
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0006| 2. On page 1, line 24, after "rate" strike the remainder of
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0007| the line and strike all of line 25 through "year".
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0009| 3. On page 2, line 2, after "rate" strike the remainder of
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0010| the line and strike all of line 3 through "cent".
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0012| 4. On page 2, line 17, strike "in effect on January 1 of
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0013| each year" and insert in lieu thereof "as provided in Section 2-
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0014| 1-8 NMSA 1978".
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0016| 5. On page 2, line 22, after "rate" strike the remainder of
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0017| the line and strike all the underscored material on line 23.
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0019| 6. On page 2, strike all of line 24 and line 25 and insert
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0020| in lieu thereof:
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0022| "at the air mileage rate set out by the regulations governing the
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0023| Per Diem and Mileage Act adopted by the department of finance and
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0024| administration on".
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0001| Respectfully submitted,
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0006| Max Coll, Chairman
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0009| Adopted Not Adopted
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0011| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0013| Date
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0015| The roll call vote was 13 For 0 Against
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0016| Yes: 13
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0017| Excused: Heaton, Marquardt, Taylor, Watchman
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0018| Absent: None
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