0001|                            HOUSE BILL 649
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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|                           ANNA MARIE CROOK
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; ESTABLISHING REQUIREMENTS FOR
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0012|     SUN SCREENING MATERIAL; AMENDING AND ENACTING SECTIONS OF
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0013|     THE NMSA 1978.
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0014|     
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW
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0016|     MEXICO:
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0017|          Section 1.  Section 66-3-846 NMSA 1978 (being Laws
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0018|     1978, Chapter 35, Section 152) is amended to read:
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0019|          "66-3-846.  WINDSHIELDS MUST BE UNOBSTRUCTED AND
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0020|     EQUIPPED WITH WIPERS--WINDOWS MUST BE TRANSPARENT<u>--
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<u></u>0021| <u>    EXCEPTION</u>.--
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0022|               A.  No person shall drive any motor vehicle with
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0023|     any sign, poster or other nontransparent material upon or
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0024|     in the front windshield, windows to the immediate right
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0025|     and left of the driver or in the rearmost window if the
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0001|     latter is used for driving visibility, <u>except as provided
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<u></u>0002| <u>    in Section 66-3-846.1 NMSA 1978</u>.  The rearmost window is
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0003|     not necessary for driving visibility where outside
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0004|     rearview mirrors are attached to the vehicle.
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0005|               B.  The windshield on every motor vehicle except
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0006|     a motorcycle shall be equipped with a device for cleaning
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0007|     rain, snow or other moisture from the windshield, which
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0008|     device shall be so constructed as to be controlled or
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0009|     operated by the driver of the vehicle.

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0010|               C.  Every windshield wiper upon a motor vehicle
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0011|     shall be maintained in good working order."
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0012|          Section 2.  A new section of the Motor Vehicle Code,
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0013|     Section 66-3-846.1 NMSA 1978, is enacted to read:
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0014|          "66-3-846.1.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  SUN SCREENING
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0015|     MATERIAL ON WINDSHIELDS AND WINDOWS--REQUIREMENTS--
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0016|     VIOLATION--PENALTY.--
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0017|               A.  A person shall not operate on any street or
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0018|     highway a motor vehicle that is registered or required to
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0019|     be registered in this state if that motor vehicle has a
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0020|     sun screening material on the windshield or any window
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0021|     that does not comply with the requirements of this
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0022|     section.
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0023|               B.  Except as otherwise provided in this
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0024|     section, a sun screening material:
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0025|                    (1)  when used in conjunction with the
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0001|     windshield, shall be nonreflective, shall not be red,
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0002|     yellow or amber in color and shall be used only along the
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0003|     top of the windshield, not extending downward beyond the
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0004|     ASI line or more than five inches from the top of the
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0005|     windshield, whichever is closer to the top of the
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0006|     windshield; and 
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0007|                    (2)  when used in conjunction with the
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0008|     safety glazing materials of the side wings or side windows
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0009|     located at the immediate right and left of the driver, the
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0010|     side windows behind the driver and the rearmost window
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0011|     shall be nonreflective, shall have a light transmission of
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0012|     not less than twenty percent and shall be used only on the
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0013|     windows of a motor vehicle equipped with one right and one
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0014|     left outside rearview mirror.
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0015|               C.  Each manufacturer shall:
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0016|                    (1)  certify to the division that a sun
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0017|     screening material used by that manufacturer is in
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0018|     compliance with the nonreflectivity and light transmission
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0019|     requirements of this section;
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0020|                    (2)  provide a label not to exceed one and
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0021|     one-half square inches in size that:
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0022|                         (a)  is installed permanently and
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0023|     legibly between the sun screening material and each
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0024|     glazing surface to which it is applied;
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0025|                         (b)  contains the manufacturer's name,
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0001|     the date that the sun screening material was manufactured
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0002|     and the percentage of light transmission; and
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0003|                         (c)  is placed in the left lower
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0004|     corner of each glazing surface when facing the motor
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0005|     vehicle from the outside; and
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0006|                    (3)  include instructions with the sun
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0007|     screening material for proper installation, including the
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0008|     affixing of the label specified in this subsection.
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0009|               D.  No person shall:
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0010|                    (1)  offer for sale or for use any sun
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0011|     screening material for motor vehicle use not in compliance
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0012|     with this section; or
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0013|                    (2)  install any sun screening material on
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0014|     motor vehicles intended for operation on any street or
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0015|     highway without permanently affixing the label specified
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0016|     in Subsection C of this section.
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0017|               E.  The provisions of this section do not apply
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0018|     to a motor vehicle registered in this state in the name of
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0019|     a person, or the person's legal guardian, who has an
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0020|     affidavit signed by a physician or an optometrist licensed
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0021|     to practice in this state that states that the person has
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0022|     a physical condition that makes it necessary to equip the
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0023|     motor vehicle with sun screening material that is in
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0024|     violation of this section.  The affidavit shall be in the
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0025|     possession of the person with such a physical condition,
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0001|     or the person's legal guardian, at all times while being
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0002|     transported in the motor vehicle.
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0003|               F.  The light transmission requirement of this
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0004|     section does not apply to windows behind the driver on
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0005|     trucks, buses, recreational vehicles and motor homes.
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0006|               G.  The provisions of this section do not apply
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0007|     to motor vehicles that have sun screening material on the
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0008|     windshield or any window prior to the effective date of
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0009|     this section.
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0010|               H.  As used in this section:
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0011|                    (1)  "light transmission" means the ratio
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0012|     of the amount of total light that passes through a product
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0013|     or material, expressed in percentages, to the amount of
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0014|     the total light falling on the product or material;
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0015|                    (2)  "manufacturer" means any person
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0016|     engaged in the manufacturing or assembling of sun
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0017|     screening products or materials designed to be used in
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0018|     conjunction with motor vehicle glazing materials for the
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0019|     purpose of reducing the effects of the sun;
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0020|                    (3)  "nonreflective" means designed to
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0021|     absorb light rather that to reflect it; and
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0022|                    (4)  "sun screening material" means any
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0023|     film material, substance, device or product that is
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0024|     designed to be used in conjunction with motor vehicle
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0025|     safety glazing materials for reducing the effects of the
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0001|     sun.
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0002|               I.  Any person who violates any provision of
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0003|     this section is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and upon
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0004|     conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than
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0005|     seventy-five dollars ($75.00)."
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0006|          Section 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of
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0007|     the provisions of this act is July 1, 1997.                       State of New Mexico
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0008|                      House of Representatives
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0010|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0011|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0014|                                               February 20, 1997
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0017|   Mr. Speaker:
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0018|   
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0019|        Your CONSUMER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to
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0020|   whom has been referred
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0021|   
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0022|                        HOUSE BILL 649
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0023|   
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0024|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0025|   recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0002|        1.  On page 4, line 23, strike "trucks" and insert in lieu
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0003|   thereof "truck tractors".
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0004|   
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0005|        2.  On page 4, line 24, after "vehicles" insert ", multi-
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0006|   purpose passenger vehicles".
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0007|   
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0008|        3.  On page 4, line 24, after the period, insert "The
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0009|   provisions of this section shall not apply to motor vehicle
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0010|   glazing which complies with federal motor vehicle standards.".,
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0011|   
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0012|   and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE
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0013|   COMMITTEE.
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0015|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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<u></u>0021| <u>                                </u>                             Gay King, Chairman
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0024|   Adopted <u>                    </u>     Not Adopted <u>                    
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0001|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0003|                        Date <u>            </u>
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0005|   The roll call vote was<u> 8 </u> For<u> 0 </u> Against
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0006|   Yes:      8
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0007|             Excused:  Rios, Vigil
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0008|             Absent:   None
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0012|   G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0649                       State of New Mexico
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0013|                      House of Representatives
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0015|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0019|                                                   March 5, 1997
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0020|   
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0021|   
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0022|   Mr. Speaker:
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0023|   
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0024|        Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0025|   whom has been referred
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0001|   
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0002|                  HOUSE BILL 649, as amended
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0003|                               
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0004|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0005|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0006|   
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0007|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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<u></u>0013| <u>                                </u>                             Max Coll, Chairman
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0016|   Adopted <u>                    </u>     Not Adopted <u>                    
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0018|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0020|                        Date <u>            </u>
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0022|   The roll call vote was<u> 11 </u> For<u> 0 </u> Against
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0023|   Yes:      11
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0024|             Excused:  Bird, Picraux, Saavedra, Salazar, Wallace, Watchman
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0025|             Absent:   None
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0005|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0009|                                                  March 12, 1997
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0011|   Mr. President:
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0012|   
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0013|       Your CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to
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0014|   whom has been referred
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0015|   
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0016|                     HOUSE BILL 649, as amended
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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.
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0021|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0001|   __________________________________
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0002|                                Roman M. Maes, III, Chairman 
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0006|   Adopted_______________________   Not
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0007|   Adopted_______________________
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0008|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0012|                     Date ________________________
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0015|   The roll call vote was <u> 7 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0016|           Yes:    7
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0017|           No:     0
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0018|                Excused:     Fidel, Griego, Robinson
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0019|           Absent: None
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0023|                        FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0003|                                         October 23, 1997
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0006|   SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENT number <u>      </u> to HOUSE BILL 649, as
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0007|   amended
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0009|   AMENDMENT sponsored by SENATOR VERNON
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0012|       1.  On page 1, line 13, after the period insert
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0013|   "PROVIDING PENALTIES.".
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0019|                                    Senator L. Skip Vernon
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