March 11, 1998
SENATE EXECUTIVE MESSAGE NO. 67
The Honorable Manny M. Aragon and
Members of the Senate
Executive-Legislative Building
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503
Honorable President and Members of the Senate:
I have this day VETOED and am returning SENATE BILL 79, as amended, without emergency clause, passed by the Forty-Third Legislature, Second Session, 1998.
This legislation creates an eight member "Gaming Oversight Committee" as a joint interim legislative committee. This bill is vetoed for two reasons. First, the legislature has already established a Gaming Control Board consisting of five members, confirmed by the Senate, to establish policy with regard to as well as oversee gaming in the State of New Mexico. As a state agency, this board is reliant on the legislature for appropriation for its budget. As such, the Gaming Control Board will be subject to legislative oversight and therefore, this "Gaming Oversight Committee" would prove duplicative and unnecessary. Second, if this legislature believes this committee is necessary they have the power to form an interim study committee through the legislative council.
Sincerely,
Gary E. Johnson
Governor
RECEIVED FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR:
Time: _____________________ By:_____________________________
Secretary of State
Date ______________________
Time:______________________
Date_______________________ By:_____________________________
Chief Clerk of the Senate
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