0001|                           SENATE BILL 253
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                         TIMOTHY Z. JENNINGS
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO THE GOVERNOR; PRIVATIZING SECURITY AND PROTECTION FOR THE GOVERNOR
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0012|     AND HIS FAMILY; MAKING TRANSFERS.
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0014|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015|          Section 1.  Section 29-2-27 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 125, Section
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0016|     1, as amended) is amended to read:
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0017|          "29-2-27.  SECURITY FOR THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE.--
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0018|               ~[A.  The New Mexico state police shall provide security and protection for
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0019|     the governor and security and protection for the governor's family.  The extent and manner
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0020|     in which the security is provided shall be determined by the governor and the chief of the
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0021|     New Mexico state police.
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0022|               B.]~ |A.|  The New Mexico state police shall provide security and protection
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0023|     for the legislature while it is in session.
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0024|               |B.  The governor's office may contract, in compliance with the Procurement
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0025|     Code, with a private security firm to provide security and protection for the governor and
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0001|     his family.|"
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0002|          Section 2.  TEMPORARY PROVISION--BUDGET TRANSFERS.--
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0003|               A.  On the effective date of this act, appropriations to the department of
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0004|     public safety for the governor's security bureau are transferred to the office of the
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0005|     governor.  Money transferred shall be used only to contract for security and protection for
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0006|     the governor and his family.
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0007|               B.  On the effective date of this act, appropriations to the office of the
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0008|     governor to pay per diem and travel expenses of state police serving as security for the
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0009|     governor and his family are transferred to the contractual services category of the office of
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0010|     the governor to contract for security and protection for the governor and his family.  Money
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0011|     transferred shall be used only for the purpose of this subsection.         
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0012|               C.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining from transfers for
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0013|     contracting for security and protection of the governor and his family shall revert to the
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0014|     general fund at the end of fiscal year 1999.
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0015|          Section 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is
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0016|     July 1, 1998.
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