0001| SENATE BILL 359 | 0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| MANNY M. ARAGON | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| CREATING A JOINT INTERIM LEGISLATIVE FEDERAL FUNDS TASK FORCE; | 0012| MAKING AN APPROPRIATION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. FEDERAL FUNDS TASK FORCE CREATED-- | 0016| TERMINATION.--There is created a joint interim legislative | 0017| task force, which shall be known as the "federal funds task | 0018| force". The task force shall function from the date of its | 0019| appointment until of December 1 prior to the first session of | 0020| the forty-fourth legislature. | 0021| Section 2. MEMBERSHIP--APPOINTMENT--VACANCIES.-- | 0022| A. The task force shall be composed of six | 0023| legislative members and four nonlegislative members. Three | 0024| members of the house of representatives, one of whom shall be | 0025| a member of the legislative finance committee, shall be | - 1 - 0001| appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, and | 0002| three members of the senate, one of whom shall be a member of | 0003| the legislative finance committee, shall be appointed by the | 0004| committees' committee of the senate, or, if the senate | 0005| appointments are made in the interim, by the president pro | 0006| tempore of the senate after consultation with and agreement of | 0007| a majority of the members of the committees' committee. | 0008| B. Members shall be appointed from each house so | 0009| as to give the two major political parties in each house the | 0010| same proportional representation on the task force as prevails | 0011| in each house; however, in no event shall either party have | 0012| less than one member from each house on the task force. | 0013| Vacancies on the task force shall be filled by appointment in | 0014| the same manner as the original appointments. The speaker of | 0015| the house of representatives and the president pro tempore of | 0016| the senate shall each appoint a co-chairman. | 0017| C. No action shall be taken by the task force if a | 0018| majority of the total membership from either house on the task | 0019| force rejects such action. | 0020| D. Two nonlegislative members of the task force | 0021| who do not serve ex officio shall be appointed by the speaker | 0022| of the house of representatives and the president pro tempore | 0023| of the senate and shall represent advocates for recipients of | 0024| federal funds. | 0025| E. Two additional nonlegislative members shall be: | - 2 - 0001| (1) the secretary of finance and | 0002| administration or his designee; and | 0003| (2) the secretary of human services or his | 0004| designee. | 0005| F. The public members shall be paid per diem and | 0006| mileage in accordance with the provisions of the Per Diem and | 0007| Mileage Act. | 0008| Section 3. DUTIES.--After its appointment, the task | 0009| force shall hold one organizational meeting to develop a work | 0010| plan and budget for the ensuing interim. The work plan and | 0011| budget shall be submitted to the New Mexico legislative | 0012| council for approval. Upon approval of the work plan and | 0013| budget by the New Mexico legislative council, the task force | 0014| shall: | 0015| A. identify the major sources of federal funds | 0016| received by the state; the federal requirements for receiving | 0017| and expending each major source of funds; the programs | 0018| developed by the state for the expenditure of the federal | 0019| funds; and the state and federal authority for the development | 0020| and implementation of the programs; and | 0021| B. determine if New Mexico's current process for | 0022| receiving and expending federal funds can be improved to avoid | 0023| duplication of effort, to strengthen state control over | 0024| programs implemented in New Mexico and to ensure that New | 0025| Mexico is obtaining the maximum benefit from the utilization | - 3 - 0001| of state and federal money. | 0002| Section 4. SUBCOMMITTEES.--Subcommittees shall be | 0003| created only by majority vote of all members appointed to the | 0004| task force and with the prior approval of the New Mexico | 0005| legislative council. A subcommittee shall be composed of at | 0006| least one member from the senate and one member from the house | 0007| of representatives, and at least one member of the minority | 0008| party shall be a member of the subcommittee. All meetings and | 0009| expenditures of a subcommittee shall be approved by the full | 0010| task force in advance of such meeting or expenditure, and the | 0011| approval shall be shown in the minutes of the task force. | 0012| Section 5. REPORT.--The task force shall make a report | 0013| of its findings and recommendations for the consideration of | 0014| the first session of the forty-fourth legislature. The report | 0015| and suggested legislation shall be made available to the New | 0016| Mexico legislative council and the legislative finance | 0017| committee on or before December 15 preceding that session. | 0018| Section 6. STAFF.--The staff for the task force shall be | 0019| provided by the legislative council service. | 0020| Section 7. APPROPRIATION.--Fifty thousand dollars | 0021| ($50,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the | 0022| legislative council service for expenditure in fiscal years | 0023| 1998 and 1999 for the purpose of paying the salaries and | 0024| expenses of the technical, legal, clerical and stenographic | 0025| assistants, for necessary equipment and supplies used in | - 4 - 0001| carrying out the provisions of this act and for reimbursing | 0002| the per diem and mileage expenses of the task force. Any | 0003| unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of | 0004| fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the general fund. Payments | 0005| from the appropriation shall be made upon vouchers signed by | 0006| the director of the legislative council service or the | 0007| director's authorized representative. | 0008| Section 8. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public | 0009| peace, health and safety that this act take effect | 0010| immediately. | 0011|  |