0001| SENATE BILL 1155
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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| CYNTHIA NAVA
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; AMENDING THE INCENTIVES FOR SCHOOL
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0012| IMPROVEMENT ACT TO PROVIDE REWARDS TO SCHOOLS THAT PERFORM
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0013| HIGHER THAN EXPECTED; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE INCENTIVES
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0014| FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT FUND.
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0016| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017| Section 1. Section 22-13A-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989,
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0018| Chapter 137, Section 1) is amended to read:
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0019| "22-13A-1. SHORT TITLE. [This act] Chapter 22, Article
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0020| 13A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Incentives for School
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0021| Improvement Act"."
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0022| Section 2. Section 22-13A-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989,
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0023| Chapter 137, Section 2) is amended to read:
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0024| "22-13A-2. PURPOSE.--The purpose of the Incentives for
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0025| School Improvement Act is to provide financial incentives to
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0001| [school districts in order to improve the academic performance
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and school behavior of students] individual schools that
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0003| exceed expected academic performance."
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0004| Section 3. Section 22-13A-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989,
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0005| Chapter 137, Section 4) is amended to read:
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0006| "22-13A-4. PROGRAM CREATED--ADMINISTRATION--PROGRAM
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0007| APPROVAL.--The "incentives for school improvement program" is
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0008| created. The program shall be administered by the department.
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0009| The department shall develop a standardized method to measure
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0010| the progress of students enrolled in public schools
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0011| [electing to participate in the program] in school districts
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0012| throughout the state. The standardized method developed shall
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0013| be reviewed and approved by the state board."
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0014| Section 4. Section 22-13A-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989,
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0015| Chapter 137, Section 5) is amended to read:
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0016| "22-13A-5. PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION--MEASUREMENT CRITERIA.-
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0018| A. The department shall develop a formula by which
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0019| to measure school achievement in the areas of academic
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0020| performance [and student behavior. This formula shall include
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a factor which takes into account the number of students at
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risk of school failure in attendance at a school] with
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0023| consideration of socioeconomic variables. The product of this
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0024| formula shall take the form of a composite rating assigned to
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0025| each school [participating in the program] in every school
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0001| district.
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0002| B. Academic performance shall be measured by:
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0003| (1) nationally standardized test scores;
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0004| (2) graduation competency scores; and
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0005| (3) other factors deemed relevant by the
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0006| department.
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0007| [C. Student behavior shall be measured by:
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(1) dropout rates;
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(2) graduation rates;
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(3) attendance rates; and
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(4) other factors deemed relevant by the
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department.
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D. The students at risk of school failure factor
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shall be measured by:
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(1) the number of bilingual program units
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received by the school;
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(2) the number of low-income students as
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measured by federal poverty guidelines; and
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(3) other factors deemed relevant by the
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department]
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0021| C. The socioeconomic variables shall be measured
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0022| by:
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0023| (1) the percentage of student mobility rates;
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0024| (2) the percentage of limited English-
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0025| proficient students using criteria established by the federal
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0001| office of civil rights;
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0002| (3) the percentage of students eligible for
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0003| free and reduced-fee lunches; and
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0004| (4) other factors deemed relevant by the
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0005| department.
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0006| [E.] D. Annually, the department shall assign a
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0007| new composite rating to [all schools electing to participate
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in the program] each school. The department shall compare
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0009| the new rating to the previous annual rating. Schools
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0010| increasing their composite rating shall be ranked in order. The
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0011| schools evidencing the greatest increase in rating shall re-
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0013| ceive monetary disbursements from the fund."
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0014| Section 5. Section 22-13A-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989,
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0015| Chapter 137, Section 6) is amended to read:
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0016| "22-13A-6. FUND CREATED.--
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0017| A. There is created in the state treasury the
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0018| "incentives for school improvement fund". The fund shall
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0019| consist of any state money appropriated to the fund, any
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0020| federal money allocated to the state for the purposes of
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0021| [this] the Incentives for School Improvement Act,
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0022| undistributed annual balances and earnings of the fund and any
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0023| gifts or bequests made to the fund. The state treasurer shall
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0024| invest the fund as other state funds are invested. The balance
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0025| remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not
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0001| revert to the general fund.
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0002| B. The fund [shall be expended by the
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superintendent of public instruction] is appropriated to the
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0004| department for the purpose of implementing and administering
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0005| the Incentives for School Improvement Act. No more than one-
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0006| half of one percent of the fund [shall] may be retained by
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0007| the [state superintendent] department for administrative
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0008| purposes.
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0009| C. Money in the fund other than that used for
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0010| administrative purposes shall be distributed directly to [the
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New Mexico elementary, middle and secondary] schools
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0012| evidencing the greatest improvement [based upon their
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composite rating] as determined by the department.
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0014| Disbursements shall by made only to that number of schools
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0015| constituting not more than ten percent of the student
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0016| membership in the state. Distributions shall be made
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0017| proportionately to schools that qualify. Money received by a
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0018| school from the fund shall not be [utilized] used for
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0019| salaries, [or] salary increases or bonuses. Money shall be
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0020| [utilized for school improvement purposes] used as
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0021| determined by the school principal and teachers in cooperation
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0022| with other school employees and the community."
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0023| Section 6. APPROPRIATION.--One million three hundred
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0024| thousand dollars ($1,300,000) is appropriated from the general
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0025| fund to the incentives for school improvement fund for
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0001| expenditure in fiscal year 1998 for the purpose of implementing
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0002| and administering the Incentives for School Improvement Act.
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0003| Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
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0004| fiscal year 1998 shall revert to the general fund.
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0007| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0008| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0011| March 4, 1997
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0013| Mr. President:
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0015| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0017| SENATE BILL 1155
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0019| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0020| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0021| FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0023| Respectfully submitted,
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0004| Cynthia Nava, Chairman
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0008| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0010| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0013| Date ________________________
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0016| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against
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0017| Yes: 6
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0018| No: 0
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0019| Excused: Boitano, Duran, Gorham, Maloof
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0020| Absent: None
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0002| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE SB 1155/a
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0003| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0006| March 17, 1997
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0008| Mr. President:
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0010| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0012| SENATE BILL 1155
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0014| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0015| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0017| 1. On page 1, lines 13 and 14, strike "; MAKING AN
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0018| APPROPRIATION TO THE INCENTIVES FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT FUND".
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0020| 2. On page 4, line 25, strike "one-half of one" and insert
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0021| in lieu thereof "three".
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0023| 3. On page 5, strike lines 16 through 22 in their entirety.
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0003| Respectfully submitted,
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0009| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman
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0005| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0007| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0010| Date ________________________
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0013| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against
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0014| Yes: 6
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0015| No: None
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0016| Excused: Eisenstadt, Ingle, Lyons, McKibben, Smith
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0017| Absent: None
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0023| State of New Mexico
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0024| House of Representatives
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0001| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0002| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0005| March 21, 1997
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0008| Mr. Speaker:
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0010| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0012| SENATE BILL 1155, as amended
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0014| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0015| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0017| Respectfully submitted,
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0022| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman
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0025| Adopted Not Adopted
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0002| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0004| Date
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0006| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against
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0007| Yes: 8
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0008| Excused: Mallory, McSherry, Nicely, Trujillo, W.C. Williams
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0009| Absent: None
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