0001| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 7
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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| GARY K. KING
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0008| FOR THE REGULATION COMMISSION REORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
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0009|
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0010| A JOINT RESOLUTION
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0011| PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 11, SECTION 2 OF THE
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0012| CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO TO DEFINE THE PUBLIC REGULATION
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0013| COMMISSION'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR UTILITY REGULATION.
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0015| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016| Section 1. It is proposed to amend Article 11, Section 2
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0017| of the constitution of New Mexico to read:
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0018| "The public regulation commission shall have
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0019| responsibility for [chartering and regulating business
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0020| corporations in such manner as the legislature shall provide.
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0021| The commission shall have responsibility for] regulating
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0022| public utilities, including electric, natural gas and water
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0023| companies [transportation companies, including common and
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0024| contract carriers; transmission and pipeline companies,
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0025| including] and telephone, telegraph and information
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