0001|                       SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 18
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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|                           PATRICK H. LYONS
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THAT THE STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION
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0012|     DEPARTMENT OBTAIN COUNTIES' APPROVAL PRIOR TO DESIGNATING
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0013|     STATE ROADS  THE RESPONSIBILITY OF COUNTIES TO MAINTAIN.
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0014|     
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0015|          WHEREAS, the state highway and transportation department
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0016|     told Union county and other county officials in December 1997
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0017|     that the department has the authority to determine whether a
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0018|     road is the responsibility of the county or the state; and
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0019|          WHEREAS, the department has told some county officials
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0020|     that counties will have the obligation to maintain some state
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0021|     highways; and
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0022|          WHEREAS, many counties do not have the equipment or the
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0023|     budgets to maintain state highways; and
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0024|          WHEREAS, state highways are essential to the economy and
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0025|     welfare of rural citizens;
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0001|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0002|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state highway and transportation
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0003|     department be asked to obtain the approval of boards of county
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0004|     commissioners prior to designating state roads the
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0005|     responsibility of counties to maintain; and
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0006|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the New Mexico legislative
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0007|     council be requested to direct the appropriate committee to
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0008|     study the responsibility of the state highway and
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0009|     transportation department to maintain state roads and report
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0010|     findings and recommendations to the legislative council by
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0011|     November 1, 1998; and
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0012|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0013|     transmitted to the secretary of highway and transportation and
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0014|     to the New Mexico legislative council.
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