0001|                       SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 74
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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|                              John Pinto
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO APPOINT A NATIVE AMERICAN AS A
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0012|     MEMBER OF THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION.
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0013|     
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0014|          WHEREAS, Edward T. Begay, a Navajo from Gallup, has been a
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0015|     member of the state highway commission for the past six years;
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0016|     and
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0017|          WHEREAS, he was preceded by Edward O. Plummer, another
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0018|     Navajo commissioner; and
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0019|          WHEREAS, New Mexico spends a significant amount of its
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0020|     highway transportation budget on tribal and pueblo highway
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0021|     routes; and
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0022|          WHEREAS, the governor has committed his administration to
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0023|     a government-to-government relationship with the sovereign
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0024|     Native American citizens of the state of New Mexico; and
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0025|          WHEREAS, the governor has made significant commitments to
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0001|     support in law and with financial investments Native American
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0002|     governments' economic development; and
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0003|          WHEREAS, highway and transportation infrastructure is one
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0004|     of the most important economic investments made in a large,
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0005|     rural state like New Mexico; and
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0006|          WHEREAS, it is crucial that members of the state highway
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0007|     commission reflect the geographic and cultural diversity of the
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0008|     state;
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0009|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0010|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the governor be requested to appoint a
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0011|     Native American as a member of the state highway commission;
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0012|     and
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0013|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0014|     transmitted to the governor.
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