0001|                          SENATE MEMORIAL 27
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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|                          ROMAN M. MAES III
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0010|                              A MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE, JUDICIAL AND EXECUTIVE BRANCHES OF
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0012|     GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE THAT THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO HAS A STATE-
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0013|     OF-THE-ART TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK BY THE YEAR 2001.
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0014|     
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0015|          WHEREAS, New Mexico is enjoying unprecedented population
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0016|     and economic growth that far outstrips the national average,
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0017|     yet New Mexico also remains one of the most rural states in
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0018|     the union; and
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0019|          WHEREAS, this dichotomy presents unique challenges to

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0020|     meet and serve the telecommunications needs of a diverse
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0021|     population that ranges from nuclear physicists to isolated
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0022|     ranchers; and
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0023|          WHEREAS, the citizens and government of New Mexico have
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0024|     consistently demonstrated their commitment to education and
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0025|     schools by providing generous funding and state-of-the-art
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0001|     learning technologies; and
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0002|          WHEREAS, the citizens and government of New Mexico are
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0003|     committed to affordable telecommunications service for all New
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0004|     Mexicans; and
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0005|          WHEREAS, the state of New Mexico has a substantial
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0006|     interest in attracting research, education, industry and
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0007|     technology at higher and higher levels to ensure that New
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0008|     Mexico continues to be the pre-eminent state in the west; and
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0009|          WHEREAS, the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 has
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0010|     changed the regulatory and competitive environments for
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0011|     telecommunications in an effort to promote competition and
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0012|     reduce regulation that will secure lower prices and higher
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0013|     quality services for American telecommunications consumers and
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0014|     encourage rapid deployment of new telecommunications
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0015|     technologies; and
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0016|          WHEREAS, access to, connection with, and inclusion in the
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0017|     rapidly evolving telecommunications network is not a luxury
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0018|     but is a necessity if New Mexico is to fulfill its commitment
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0019|     to its citizens, businesses and schools;
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0020|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE
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0021|     OF NEW MEXICO that the three branches of the government of the
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0022|     state of New Mexico be requested to take all necessary and
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0023|     proper steps to ensure that by the year 2001, the state of New
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0024|     Mexico has access to all possible informational, technological
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0025|     and educational resources through a state-of-the-art
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0001|     telecommunications network; and
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0002|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the three branches of the
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0003|     government of the state of New Mexico be requested to take all
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0004|     necessary and proper steps to ensure universal
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0005|     telecommunications service to all citizens of New Mexico; and
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0006|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the three branches of the
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0007|     government of the state of New Mexico be requested to take all
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0008|     necessary and proper steps to protect New Mexico consumers by
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0009|     ensuring fair and equal application of regulations and rules
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0010|     to all telecommunications providers; and
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0011|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0012|     sent to the president pro tempore of the senate, the speaker
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0013|     of the house of representatives, the chief justice of the
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0014|     supreme court and the governor.
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