0001|                       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 1
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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|                            KIP W. NICELY
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0010|                          A JOINT RESOLUTION
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0011|     PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 4, SECTION 16 OF THE
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0012|     CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO REQUIRING A MINIMUM APPROPRIATION OF
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0013|     NOT LESS THAN FIFTY PERCENT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE GENERAL
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0014|     APPROPRIATION BILL AND MANDATORY TESTING.
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0016|     BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|          Section 1.  It is proposed to amend Article 4, Section 16
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0018|     of the constitution of New Mexico to read:
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0019|          "The subject of every bill shall be clearly expressed in
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0020|     its title, and no bill embracing more than one subject shall be
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0021|     passed except general appropriation bills and bills for the
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0022|     codification or revision of the laws; but if any subject is
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0023|     embraced in any act which is not expressed in its title, only
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0024|     so much of the act as is not so expressed shall be void. 
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0025|     General appropriation bills shall embrace nothing but
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0001|     appropriations for the expense of the executive, legislative
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0002|     and judiciary departments, interest, sinking fund, payments on
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0003|     the public debt, public schools and other expenses required by
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0004|     existing laws; but if any such bill contain any other matter,
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0005|     only so much thereof as is hereby forbidden to be placed
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0006|     therein shall be void. <u>Beginning January 1, 2003, no general
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<u></u>0007| <u>    appropriation bill shall become law if the general fund
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<u></u>0008| <u>    appropriation for public schools in that bill is less than
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<u></u>0009| <u>    fifty percent of the total general fund appropriation therein
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<u></u>0010| <u>    for the executive, legislative and judiciary departments;
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<u></u>0011| <u>    provided that, as a condition for public school appropriations
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<u></u>0012| <u>    in the general appropriation bill, the legislature shall enact
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<u></u>0013| <u>    appropriate laws to provide annual mandatory standard
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<u></u>0014| <u>    performance testing of public school students in all grades of
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<u></u>0015| <u>    public school with the test results being made available to the
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<u></u>0016| <u>    legislature sixty days prior to the commencement of the
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<u></u>0017| <u>    legislative session</u>.  All other appropriations shall be made
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0018|     by separate bills."
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0019|          Section 2.  The amendment proposed by this resolution
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0020|     shall be submitted to the people for their approval or
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0021|     rejection at the next general election or at any special
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0022|     election prior to that date which may be called for that
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0023|     purpose.
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