0001| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 69
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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| JAMES G. TAYLOR
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0010| A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011| REQUESTING THAT ALL COUNTIES PROVIDE RESIDENTS THE OPTION TO
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0012| DECLINE COUNTY WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES.
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0014| WHEREAS, as a consequence of inadequate revenues to
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0015| operate expensive solid waste facilities that comply with
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0016| environmental protection agency requirements, many counties
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0017| have had to consolidate landfill and other solid waste
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0018| facilities; and
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0019| WHEREAS, closure of landfills and the attendant increase
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0020| in distances traveled and costs incurred by residents for
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0021| waste disposal have increased litter and illegal dumping
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0022| throughout the state; and
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0023| WHEREAS, many counties are trying to cope with the litter
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0024| and illegal dumping problem by establishing publicly financed
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0025| curbside waste collection services to be paid for from service
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0001| charges on all residents in their jurisdictions; and
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0002| WHEREAS, because New Mexico is one of the poorest states,
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0003| with a per capita income ranking of about forty-seventh in the
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0004| nation, making public services such as curbside waste
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0005| collection mandatory is unfair to low-income residents; and
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0006| WHEREAS, many subdivisions, neighborhoods and community
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0007| associations contract with private waste collection services,
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0008| and mandatory public waste collection charges to residents of
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0009| these areas is unfair because they would be paying double for
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0010| services already provided;
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0011| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0012| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that all counties that establish mandatory
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0013| services, such as curbside trash collection, be requested to
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0014| provide residents the option not to participate in trash
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0015| collection services so that low-income residents are not
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0016| unfairly taxed and residents already paying for services are
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0017| not unfairly treated; and
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0018| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0019| transmitted to all boards of county commissioners.
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