February 1, 1999
Legislative Summary The Associated Press Monday, Jan. 1 INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE HB29S: Substitute bill on extended water leases.
HB338: Changes to animal injury and cruelty laws. Rios, Macko, Watchman, etc.
HB339: Changes the composition of the state Highway Commission. Silva.
HB340 GF: Children, Youth and Families, creates a child-care center in Las Cruces for nontraditional child-care hours in Doña Ana County. Rios, etc.
HB341: Cited as the Agricultural Employee Bargaining Act, this bill would allow agricultural employees to organize and bargain collectively with their employers. Rios, Williams Stapleton, Martinez, etc.
HB342: Amends the Income Tax Act to add a "zero bracket amount" definition to mean the maximum amount of taxable income in the first bracket of the tax rate table for a filing status, for which bracket the amount of tax due is zero. Russell, Vaughn, Mallory, etc.
HB343: Authorizes the accrual of interest on delinquent child support and spousal support payments at the rate established for other judgments. Garcia, Miguel, Martinez.
HB344 GF: Department of Public Education, funding for fiscal years 1999 and 2000 to provide summer reading programs in the Albuquerque Public Schools for first- and second-grade students performing significantly below the standard. Stewart, Picraux, Garcia, etc.
HB345: Amends the School Improvement Fund to allow schools to give money from the fund to teachers to purchase classroom materials and supplies. Stewart, Pederson, Beam, etc.
HB346 GF: Economic Development, funding to contract for business incubation services, statewide. Sanchez, Picraux, Silva, etc.
HB347: Establishes a drug-free residential zone for a dwelling including manufactured homes, condominiums and apartments used as a residence and the area within 1,000 feet of the exterior boundary of the dwelling. Taylor, James, Stewart, Hobbs, etc.
HB348: Authorizes the secretary of the Taxation and Revenue Department, in consultation with the Superintendent of Insurance and pursuant to the Procurement Code, to contract with an insurance carrier to issue minimum automobile liability policies that could be sold by the department. J.G. Taylor, Chavez, Saavedra, etc.
HB349: Changes in income taxes and refunds. Russell, Crook, Sandel, etc.
HB350: Allows commissioners of city housing authorities to hold another office or be employed by the city for which they serve as housing commissioner. Crook, Williams, Blanton, etc.
HB351: Authorizes state courts to give full faith and credit to orders of protection issued by courts of other states. Stewart, Picraux, Pederson, etc.
HB352 GF: Department of Public Education, funding for statewide media education and teacher training programs. Gonzales, Chavez, Williams Stapleton, etc.
HB353: Changes the Educational Retirement Act to specify that if a member did not exercise option B or C at retirement and dies during a period of re-employment, his beneficiary or estate must receive the member's retirement contribution plus interest. Stewart, Beam, Pederson, etc.
HB354: Amends safety belt law to require children four years and younger or less than 40 pounds to be secured in a car seat meeting state regulations. Stewart, Wallace, Knauer, etc.
HB355: Amends the open container law to make it unlawful for drivers or owners of buses, cabs or limousines to knowingly keep or allow to be kept open alcoholic beverages inside the motor vehicle. Pederson, Stewart, Beam, etc.
HB356: An appeal of an agency's final decision may be decided by the Court of Appeals directly, without a lower court decision. Pederson.
HB357: Expands the membership of the Juvenile Parole Board to five, up from three. Beam, Williams, Stewart, etc.
HB358 GF: State's Agency on Aging, funding various senior citizen programs. Salazar, Abeyta, Silva, etc.
HB359: District attorneys office, funding for 11th Judicial District, Division 2, repayment of an emergency loan to the state Board of Finance, convening a special grand jury and contracting for a special prosecutor in McKinley County. Pederson.
HB360: Makes it legal for everyone to carry a concealed loaded firearm or other type of deadly weapon unless they intend to use the weapon to commit a crime. Lutz, Russell, Blanton, etc.
HB361: Creates the Health Professions Review Act to establish a procedure for review of proposed changes in the scope of practice of health professionals licensed by the state. Heaton, Abeyta, Beam, etc.
HB362 GF: Children, Youth and Families, funding an increase in reimbursement rates for all child-care providers in accordance with the market rate survey, statewide. Sandoval, Varela, Wallace, etc.
HB363: Creates an exception to the law that allows automatic license renewal for any health facility licensed by the department that was subsequently certified to receive federal reimbursements and was fully accredited. Knauer, Gubbels, Picraux, etc.
HB364: Amends the law related to assistance animals. Knauer, Stewart, Varela, etc.
HB365: Allows a sentencing court to sentence a DWI offender to a court-approved alcohol or drug in-patient treatment program in lieu of a mandatory prison term. Pederson, Stewart, Beam, etc.
HB366: Approval for the protection of public officials and employees and citizens of the state against frivolous and nonconsensual common law liens by imposing limitations on the circumstances in which such liens may be recognized. Pederson.
HB367 GF: Department of Economic Development, funding for fiscal years 1999 and 2000 to contract for manufacturing extension services, statewide. Lujan, Sanchez, Whitaker, etc.
HB368: Prohibits the Law Enforcement Academy from charging post-secondary educational institutions for providing basic law enforcement training programs. Vigil, Knauer, Begaye, etc.
HB369 GF: Department of Finance and Administration Local Government Division, funding for fiscal years 1999 and 2000 to develop maps for land use planning and regulation, San Miguel County. Vigil, Salazar.
HB370 GF: University of New Mexico Board of Regents, funding for paying the operating expenses of the Corinne Wolfe Children's Law Center in Bernalillo County. Pederson, Knauer, Sandoval.
HB371: Changes the monetary range of petty misdemeanors, misdemeanors and felonies for theft crimes to make sentences consistent. Pederson.
HB372 GF: Department of Public Education, funding for developing Urban Agricultural Education Magnet Schools to integrate agricultural curricula into regular high school curricula, statewide. Williams Stapleton, Williams, Pearce, etc.
HB373 GF: Department of Public Education, funding for various programs and services, Bernalillo County. Williams Stapleton, Picraux, Stewart, etc.
HB374: Changes the distribution of the Motor Vehicle Suspense Fund to provide cities, counties and the state Parks Division a share of the revenue for local road and transportation purposes. Crook, Russell, Blanton, etc.
HJM27: Requests the state Highway and Transportation Department to complete the design and construction of the Lohman Avenue extension and interstate interchange in Las Cruces. Kissner.
HJM28: Asks the Legislative Education Study Committee, the Commission on Higher Education and the Department of Public Education to develop a plan and budget to teach Spanish to public school teachers. J.G. Taylor, Williams Stapleton, Miera, etc.
HJR08: Proposes a constitutional amendment to change the name of the state Highway Commission to the state Transportation Commission. Silva.
HJR09: Proposes to amend Article 11 of the Constitution to create an elected Commissioner of Insurance. The commissioner would be elected for a six-year term beginning January 1 following the year of the election. Saavedra, Varela, Abeyta, etc.
HCOR197: Appropriation to State Agency on Aging. Coll, Salazar, Saavedra, etc.
HCOR198: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division, funding for the police department and a recreation building in Tularosa, Otero County. Williams.
HCOR198: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department, funding for street improvements in Tularosa, Otero County. Williams.
HCOR199: Appropriation to Department of Public Education, funding for area vocational school in Ruidoso and Lincoln Counties. Williams.
HCOR200: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division, funding for Village Hall in Corona, Lincoln County. Williams.
HCOR201: Appropriation to Department of Public Education, funding for a new middle school cafeteria in Tularosa, Otero County. Williams.
HCOR202: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division, funding for classroom additions at the Nob Hill Childhood Center in Ruidoso, Lincoln County. Williams.
HCOR203: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division, funding for public bus shelters on Bridge Boulevard in Albuquerque's South Valley. Garcia.
HCOR204: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division, funding for parks in Albuquerque. Stewart.
HCOR205: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department, funding to complete improvements to Lohman Avenue in Las Cruces, Doña Ana County. Kissner.
HCOR206: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department, funding for Lohman Avenue Bridge over Interstate 25 in Las Cruces, Doña Ana County. Kissner
HCOR207: Appropriation to Department of Public Education, funding for equipment and educational technology for Bernalillo High School Tech and Career Center, Bernalillo County. Wallace.
HCOR208: Appropriation to Department of Public Education, funding for Algodones Elementary School Playground, Sandoval County. Wallace.
HCOR209: Appropriation to San Juan College Governing Board, funding for Health and Human Performance Center at San Juan College in Farmington, San Juan County. Sandel, Townsend, Taylor.
HCOR210: Appropriation to Department of Public Education, funding for technology at Armijo Elementary School in Albuquerque's South Valley. Garcia.
HCOR211: Roswell improvements. Parsons.
Passed in the House HB34: (67-0) Public records disclosure: settlements.
HB45: (66-1) Shorter PRC meeting notification.
HB47: (63-4) Crimes: robbery elements.
INTRODUCED IN THE SENATE SB308 GF: Increase the annual salaries of district attorneys. Campos, Rodarte, Stockard, etc.
SB309 GF: Agency on Aging, funding for providing senior citizen services in Chaves County. Jennings.
SB310 GF: Department of Public Education, funding for establishing a statewide Character Counts program. Jennings, Aragon, Vernon.
SB311 GF: Department of Health, $100,000 for contracting services for persons with human immunodefiency virus, including advocacy, coordination, prevention, information and referral services, statewide. Garcia, Cisneros, Maes, Feldman.
SB312: Would elevate a third offense for driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs to a fourth-degree felony. Vernon.
SB313: Would amend the Public Regulation Commission Act to define an "election cycle." Vernon.
SB314: Enacts the Personal Protection Act, which permits people to carry concealed loaded handguns but only with a license issued by Department of Public Safety after extensive background checks and extensive training. Lyons, McKibben, Ingle.
SB315: Makes changes to the Real Estate Appraisers Act. Griego.
SB316 GF: Department of Public Education, for distribution to school districts that recruit quality teachers from other states who have obtained National Board Certification, statewide. Boitano, Wilson, Vernon.
SB317: Would require each couple desiring to marry in New Mexico to complete a program in premarital education or counseling. Boitano, Duran, Gorham, etc.
SB318: For a couple divorcing on the grounds of incompatibility, the court would require a minimum of six hours of joint counseling in no less than three separate sessions. Boitano, Griego, Maes, etc.
SB319: Amends both the Low-Income Housing Trust Act and the Land Title Trust Fund Act to combine funding and provide for more effective use of the funds generated. Rodriguez, Griego, McKibben, etc.
SB320: Concerning the County Indigent Hospital Claims Fund, beginning in fiscal year 2000, those year-end balances in excess of either $200,000 or 30 percent of the yearly income would no longer be transferred to the County Supported Medicaid Fund. Rodriguez, Cisneros, Maes, etc.
SB321 GF: New Mexico State University Board of Regents, funding to support the New Mexico Department of Agriculture in providing technical assistance and technology transfer to small farms, Bernalillo County. Cisneros.
SB322: Allows a taxpayer to receive credit on gross receipts taxes on or after July 1, 1999, on certain services. Wilson, McKibben, Maes, etc.
SB323: Limits absentee balloting by allowing ballots to be mailed only by the county clerk upon the request of the voter. Eisenstadt, Feldman, Romero, etc.
SB324: Enacts the Job Protection Act extending benefits to employees who lose their jobs because of plant closings or mass layoffs. Cisneros, Feldman, McSorley.
SB325: Changes to the Charitable Solicitations Act. Feldman, Maes.
SB326: Amends utility law to limit the term "mutual domestic water association" to mean an association created and organized under certain 1947, 1949, or 1951 laws, or the Sanitary Projects Act. Garcia.
SB327 GF: Funding for DNA Identification System Fund. McSorley.
SB328: Referred to as the Usury Act, this law prohibits either making or extending an extension of credit at an interest rate above 45 percent. McSorley, Feldman.
SB329 GF: DFA Local Government Division, funding in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 for contracting a feasibility study to introduce natural gas into unserved communities in the Cordova to Vadito area of northern New Mexico. Cisneros.
SB330: Exempts the installation of a manufactured or mobile home from regulation under the Manufactured Housing and Zoning Act. Robinson.
SB331 GF: University of New Mexico Board of Regents, funding for women's sports. Robinson.
SB332: Prohibits those less than 18 years old from operating a motor vehicle on public highways between midnight and 5:00 a.m. except in certain emergencies and for driving to and from church, work or school. Gorham, Feldman, Adair, etc.
SB333 GF: Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regents, funding for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 to develop and offer a Baccalaureate Degree Program in Social Work in Roosevelt County. Ingle, Jennings, Nava.
SJM31: Requests the Legislature to fund a "no-holds barred, winner-take all wrestling match" between Governor Ventura and Governor Johnson. Aragon, Jennings, Vernon, etc.
SJM32: Asks the state Highway Commission to dedicate Interstate 25 as New Mexico Freedom Memorial Highway and Interstate 40 as United States Freedom Memorial Highway. Aragon, Jennings, Garcia, Vernon, Ingle.
SJM33: Requests that the Office of Cultural Affairs designate as the state book, "The New Mexico Experience: 1598-1998; A Confluence of Cultures" by Richard E. Peck. Romero, Maes, Eisenstadt.
SJM34: Requests that the Children, Youth and Families Department create a panel of experts to review sections of the Families in Need of Services Act in order to determine both what services exist and the gaps in those services. Feldman.
SJR10: Proposes a constitutional amendment that would recognize as legally valid only marriages between one man and one woman. Adair, Duran, Altamirano, etc.
SJR11: Proposes to amend Article 10 of the Constitution to make the positions of county clerk, treasurer, and assessor of Bernalillo County appointed positions. Feldman, Gorham, Campos.
SCOR303: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division, funding for a Roswell Neighborhood Park in Chaves County. Jennings.
SCOR304: Appropriation to Department of Public Education, funding for the Las Cruces High School Sports Complex and Stadium in Doña Ana County. Garcia.
SCOR305: Appropriation to Commission on Higher Education, funding for the Institute of American Indian Arts campus in Santa Fe. Griego.
SCOR306: Appropriation to Office of the State Engineer, for upgrade the upstream and downstream acequia sections in La Cienega, Santa Fe County. Griego.
SCOR307: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division to prepare site for construction and equip Phase II of the Moriarty Sports Complex. Griego.
SCOR308: Appropriation to New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs for additional facilities at Albuquerque's Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. Aragon.
SCOR309: Appropriation to New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs to match nonstate money for Math, Science and Technology Building at Santa Fe Indian School. Aragon.
SCOR310: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for Albuquerque's Rio Grande Pool, Bernalillo County. Aragon.
SCOR311: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for office space in Albuquerque. Aragon.
SCOR312: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department to improve County Road 370 in Lindrith, Rio Arriba County. Rodarte.
SCOR313: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department for improvements to County Roads 270, 271, 273, 274, 284, 250, 251 and 257 in Vallecitos, Rio Arriba County. Rodarte.
SCOR314: Appropriation to New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs for Mexican Springs Multipurpose Administration Complex, McKinley County. Pinto.
SCOR315: (Identical to SCOR314) Pinto.
SCOR316: (Identical to SCOR315) Pinto.
SCOR317: (Identical to SCOR316) Pinto.
SCOR318: Appropriation to Office of Cultural Affairs for Bosque Redondo Memorial and Museum in Fort Sumner, DeBaca County. Campos, Pinto.
SCOR319: (Identical to SCOR314-317) Pinto.
SCOR320: (Identical to SCOR314-317) Pinto.
SCOR321: (Identical to SCOR314-317) Pinto.
SCOR322: (Identical to SCOR314-317) Pinto.
SCOR323: (Identical to SCOR314-317) Pinto.
SCOR324: (Identical to SCOR314-317) Pinto.
SCOR325: (Identical to SCOR314-317) Pinto.
SCOR326: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department for pedestrian, equestrian and bicycle crossings to southwest Santa Fe Relief Route Project. Maes.
SCOR327: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department for improvements to Cortez Drive in Las Cruces, Doña Ana County. Rawson.
SCOR328: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for addition for to Santa Fe Business Incubator. Maes.
SCOR329: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for construction to the Santa Fe River Channel and other projects. Maes.
SCOR330: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department for drainage improvements and to install sidewalks on Cordova Road in Santa Fe. Maes.
SCOR331: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for Santa Fe Boys' and Girls' Club. Maes.
SCOR332: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department for extension of Governor Miles Road in Santa Fe. Maes.
SCOR333: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe. Maes.
SCOR334: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department for storm sewer service to the southwest sector of Santa Fe, Lea County. Maes.
SCOR335: Appropriation to state Agency on Aging for South Side Senior Center in Santa Fe. Maes.
SCOR336: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department for paving Botulph Road in Santa Fe. Maes.
SCOR337: Capital improvements in the Taos Municipal School District. Cisneros.
SCOR338: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for a Recreational Facility in Rio en Medio in Santa Fe. Cisneros.
SCOR339: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for interpretive center to house information staff, rest area and area displays in Red River, Taos County. Cisneros.
SCOR340: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for Sombrillo Multipurpose Youth Center, Santa Fe County. Cisneros.
SCOR341: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department for County Road 86 and Arroyo Seco Circle in Santa Fe. Cisneros.
SCOR342: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department for a concrete low water crossing structure for El Sitio County Road 88A in Santa Fe. Cisneros.
SCOR343: Appropriation to Department of Environment for water lines for the Vadito Water Association, Taos County. Cisneros.
SCOR344: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for a municipal parking lot in Red River, Taos County. Cisneros.
SCOR345: Appropriation to Office of the State Engineer for a diversion dam and repair the Acequia de Arriba in El Valle, Taos County. Cisneros.
SCOR346: Appropriation to Department of Environment for a water distribution system in El Rito, Taos County. Cisneros.
SCOR347: University of New Mexico English Department, for computer equipment and related technology and furnishings. McSorley.
SCOR348: Appropriation to Department of Public Education for Zia Elementary School Family Focus Center, Bernalillo County. McSorley.
SCOR349: Appropriation to Department of Public Education for projects in Grant County. Altamirano.
SCOR350: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for the Mimbres Valley Emergency Medical Services Ambulance Building, Grant County. Altamirano.
SCOR351: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for a domestic violence center in Silver City, Grant County. Altamirano.
SCOR352: Appropriation to Department of Public Education for projects at Elida Municipal Schools, Roosevelt County. Ingle.
SCOR353: Appropriation to Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regents for Greyhound Arena parking lot, Roosevelt County. Ingle.
SCOR353: Appropriation to Department of Environment to replace the water storage tank in Floyd, Roosevelt County. Ingle.
SCOR353: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department to replace curbs and gutters in Portales, Roosevelt County. Ingle.
SCOR354: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department for road repairs in Melrose, Curry County. Ingle.
SCOR355: Appropriation to Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regents for administration building at Eastern New Mexico University, Roosevelt County. Ingle.
SCOR356: Appropriation to Department of Public Education for Ranchvale Elementary School in Clovis, Curry County. Ingle.
SCOR357: Appropriation to Department of Public Education for programs at Portales High School, Roosevelt County. Ingle.
SCOR358: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for athletic fields at Manzano Mesa in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County. Robinson.
SCOR359: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for César Chavez Community Center Pool in Albuquerque, Robinson.
SCOR360: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for Mesa Verde Community Center in Albuquerque. Robinson.
SCOR361: Appropriation to University of New Mexico Board of Regents for the soccer fields at University of New Mexico, Bernalillo County. Robinson.
SCOR362: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for athletic fields in Santa Fe. Robinson.
SCOR363: Appropriation to Department of Public Education, educational technology at Manzano High School Cluster in Albuquerque. Robinson.
SCOR364: Appropriation to Department of Public Education for athletic program at Highland High School in Albuquerque. Robinson.
SCOR365: Appropriation to Department of Public Education for athletic fields at Van Buren Middle School in Albuquerque. Robinson.
SCOR366: Appropriation to University of New Mexico Board of Regents for football stadium. Robinson.
Bills passed in the Senate SB92: (29-0) New Mexico Mounted Patrol.
SJM09: Senator Louis Whitlock
SJM12: Wendell Chino, Apache leader.
SJM14: Workers' comp monitoring.
SJM31: Governors' athletic competition.
SM02: Judge Steve Herrera memorial.
SM04: Read Across America Day: MARCH 2, 1999.
GF: General fund appropriation
HCOR: House capital outlay request
SCOR: Senate capital outlay request.
