0001|                            SENATE BILL 80
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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|                           PATRICK H. LYONS
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0008|            FOR THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE
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0009|     
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION; AUTHORIZING THE USE
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0012|     OF CERTAIN TRANSPORTATION FUNDS FOR OTHER TRANSPORTATION-
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0013|     RELATED SERVICES.
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0014|     
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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 22-8-26 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1967,
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0017|     Chapter 16, Section 76, as amended) is amended to read:
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0018|          "22-8-26.  TRANSPORTATION DISTRIBUTION.--
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0019|               A.  Money in the transportation distribution of the
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0020|     public school fund shall be used only for the purpose of making
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0021|     payments to each school district for the to and from school
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0022|     transportation costs of students in grades kindergarten through
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0023|     twelve attending public school within the school district and
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0024|     of three- and four-year-old children who meet the state board
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0025|     approved criteria and definition of developmentally disabled
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0001|     and for transportation of students to and from their regular
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0002|     attendance centers and the place where vocational education
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0003|     programs are being offered.
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0004|               B.  In the event a school district's transportation
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0005|     allocation exceeds the amount required to meet obligations to
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0006|     provide to and from transportation, three- and four-year-old
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0007|     developmentally disabled transportation and <s>[vocation]</s>
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0008|     <u>vocational</u> education transportation, the district shall
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0009|     <s>[revert]</s> <u>use the</u> remaining transportation funds <s>[to the
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<s></s>0010| <s>    transportation distribution in the department]</s> <u>for other
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<u></u>0011| <u>    transportation-related services.  The district shall submit a
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<u></u>0012| <u>    report to the department regarding expenditures for other
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<u></u>0013| <u>    transportation-related services pursuant to Section 22-8-29
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<u></u>0014| <u>    NMSA 1978</u>.
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0015|               C.  In the event the sum of the proposed
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0016|     transportation allocations to each school district exceeds the
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0017|     amounts in the transportation distribution, the allocation to
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0018|     each school district shall be reduced in the proportion that
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0019|     the local school district allocation bears to the total
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0020|     statewide transportation distribution.
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0021|               D.  Local school boards, with the approval of the
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0022|     state transportation director, may provide additional
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0023|     transportation services <s>[pursuant to Section 22-16-2 NMSA
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<s></s>0024| <s>    1978]</s> to meet established program needs."
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0025|          Section 2.  Section 22-8-29 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1967,
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0001|     Chapter 16, Section 78, as amended) is amended to read:
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0002|          "22-8-29.  TRANSPORTATION <s>[DISTRIBUTIONS]</s>
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0003|     <u>DISTRIBUTION</u>--REPORTS--PAYMENTS.--
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0004|               A.  Prior to November 15 of each year, each local
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0005|     school board of a school district shall report to the state
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0006|     transportation director, upon forms furnished by the state
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0007|     transportation director, the following information concerning
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0008|     the district's operation on the fortieth day of school:
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0009|                    (1)  the number and designation of school bus
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0010|     routes in operation in the school district; 
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0011|                    (2)  the number of miles traveled by each
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0012|     school bus on each school bus route, showing the route mileage
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0013|     in accordance with the type of road surface traveled;
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0014|                    (3)  the number of students transported on the
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0015|     fortieth day of school;
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0016|                    (4)  the projected number of students to be
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0017|     transported in the next school year;
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0018|                    (5)  the percentage of unpaved or unimproved
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0019|     roads <s>[utilized]</s> <u>used</u> by school buses in the school
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0020|     district; <s>[and]</s>
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0021|                    (6)  the seating capacity, age and mileage of
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0022|     each bus <s>[utilized]</s> <u>used</u> in the district for student
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0023|     transportation; <u>and</u>
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0024|                    <u>(7)  the prior year's expenditures for other
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<u></u>0025| <u>    transportation-related services made from remaining
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<u></u>0001| <u>    transportation funds</u>. 
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0002|               B.  Each local school board of a school district
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0003|     maintaining a school bus route shall make further reports to
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0004|     the state transportation director at other times specified by
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0005|     the state transportation director.  
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0006|               C.  The state transportation director shall certify
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0007|     to the state superintendent that the allocations from the
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0008|     transportation <s>[distributions]</s> <u>distribution</u> to each school
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0009|     district are based upon the transportation distribution formula
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0010|     established in the Public School Code.  The allocations for the
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0011|     first six months of a school year shall be based upon the
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0012|     tentative transportation budget of the school district for the
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0013|     current fiscal year.  Allocations to a school district for the
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0014|     remainder of the school year shall adjust the amount received
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0015|     by the school district so that it equals the amount the school
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0016|     district is entitled to receive for the entire school year
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0017|     based upon the November 15 report and subject to audit and
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0018|     verification.
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0019|               D.  The department shall make periodic installment
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0020|     payments to school districts during the school year from the
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0021|     transportation <s>[distributions]</s> <u>distribution</u>, based upon the
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0022|     allocations certified by the state transportation director."
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0024|   
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0025|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0001|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0004|                                               February 13, 1997
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0006|   Mr. President:
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0007|   
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0008|       Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0009|   
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0010|                           SENATE BILL 80
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0011|   
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0012|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0013|   recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0014|   PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
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0015|   
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0016|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0021|   __________________________________
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0022|                                Cynthia Nava, Chairman 
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0023|   
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0001|   Adopted_______________________   Not
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0002|   Adopted_______________________
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0003|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0006|                     Date ________________________
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0009|   The roll call vote was <u> 8 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0010|           Yes:    8
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0011|           No:     0
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0012|                Excused:     Gorham, Pinto
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0013|           Absent: None
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0016|   S0080ED1
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0020|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0021|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997              SB 80/a
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0024|                                               February 19, 1997
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0025|   
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0001|   Mr. President:
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0002|   
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0003|       Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been
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0004|   referred
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0005|   
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0006|                           SENATE BILL 80
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0007|   
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0008|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0009|   recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0010|   
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0011|       1.  On Page 1, line 12, strike "OTHER" and insert in lieu
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0012|   thereof "TO AND FROM SCHOOL".
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0013|   
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0014|       2.  On Page 2, line 10, strike "other" and insert in lieu
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0015|   thereof "to and from school".
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0016|   
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0017|       3.  On Page 2, line 12, strike "other" and insert in lieu
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0018|   thereof "to and from school".
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0019|   
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0020|       4.  On Page 3, line 23, strike "other" and insert in lieu
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0021|   thereof "to and from school".,
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0022|   
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0023|   and thence referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE. 
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0024|                
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0025|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0004|   __________________________________
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0005|                                Shannon Robinson, Chairman 
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0006|   
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0007|   Adopted_______________________   Not
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0008|   Adopted_______________________
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0009|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0010|   
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0011|                     Date ________________________
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0012|   
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0013|   The roll call vote was <u> 5 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0014|           Yes:    5
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0015|           No:     0
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0016|                Excused:     Adair, Feldman, Rodarte, Smith
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0017|           Absent: None
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0019|   S0080PA1                                          .117477.1/a
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