0001| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 41
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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| WILLIAM E. PORTER
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0010| A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011| REQUESTING THAT A TASK FORCE BE ESTABLISHED TO DEVELOP AND
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0012| ANALYZE STRATEGIES AND RECOMMEND METHODS OF FUNDING A
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0013| STATEWIDE CLIMATE PROGRAM.
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0015| WHEREAS, weather and climate play extremely influential
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0016| and significant roles in the natural world, and knowledge of
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0017| climate and climatic processes is important to the health and
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0018| well-being of New Mexicans; and
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0019| WHEREAS, to meet the need for climatic knowledge, forty-
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0020| nine of the fifty United States have established an office of
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0021| state climatologist; and
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0022| WHEREAS, New Mexico is a leader in the use of climatic
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0023| information to improve agricultural production and assess the
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0024| effect of climate on the natural environment; and
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0025| WHEREAS, the purpose of the office of state climatologist
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0001| is to assist the state in understanding and responding to
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0002| natural and man-induced climatic processes and their
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0003| implications, to cooperate with the federal government in
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0004| activities relating to climate studies and advisory services
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0005| and to promote and disseminate a general knowledge of the
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0006| climatology of the state;
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0007| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0008| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that a task force be created to develop
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0009| strategies to help New Mexico maintain leadership in the use
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0010| of climatic information to assess the effect of climate on the
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0011| natural environment, agricultural production, land and natural
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0012| resources and human health, and to make recommendations on key
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0013| issues, such as financing the collection and dissemination of
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0014| climatic information to educate the national population and
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0015| the tourist industry about the healthy and unique climate of
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0016| New Mexico that makes the state not only an exemplary place to
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0017| live and visit but also an ideal place to locate industry and
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0018| associated jobs; and
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0019| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of the task force
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0020| include the state climatologist and be appointed by the dean
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0021| of the college of agriculture and home economics at New Mexico
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0022| state university; and
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0023| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0024| distributed to the dean of the college of agriculture and home
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0025| economics at New Mexico state university and to the state
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