February 5, 1999
Legislative Summary The Associated Press Friday, Feb. 5 Introduced in the House HB105S: (substitute) Provides personal and corporate income tax credits for improvements in agricultural irrigation systems or water management methods.
HB474: Requires General Services Department to enter into a five-year lease with Los Lunas School District for three tracts of land making up the campus of the Los Lunas Hospital and Training Center. Luna.
HB475: Requires state Board of Education to identify standards measured by state assessment program and establish performance levels of proficiency. J.G. Taylor, Gonzales, Gubbels, etc.
HB476 GF: Requires Department of Finance and Administration to develop a pilot program to provide alternative educational opportunities. J.G. Taylor.
HB477 GF: Tourism Department, for Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Association, McKinley County. Pederson.
HB478: Amends Architectural Act to allow Board of Examiners for Architects to participate in board meetings by telephone conference or other similar communications. Pederson.
HB479: Creates a new level of punishment, imprisonment without possibility of release or parole, for certain capital felony offenders. Pederson.
HB480: Allows counties and municipalities to adopt a curfew ordinance to regulate the actions of children during both nighttime and daytime hours. Pederson.
HB481: Clarifies offense of failure to appear in court or meeting with a judicial officer. Pederson.
HB482: Prohibits anyone except licensed medical practitioners from performing tattoos, scarification and body piercing. Godbey.
HB483: Enacts County Election Administrator Act. Godbey, etc.
HB484 GF: State Agency on Aging, for Eagle Nest Senior Citizen Program, Colfax County. Abeyta.
HB485: Clarifies that a person who commits murder in the first degree while attempting to commit any felony may be charged with both crimes. Pederson.
HB486: Provides income tax credit for married taxpayers or a surviving spouse. Sandel, Knauer, Lujan, etc.
HB487: Amends Withholding Tax Act to require a pass-through entity doing business in the state to file a report and to withhold taxes. Sandel, Russell, Picraux, etc.
HB488: Requires a final decision to be made within 120 days of concluding a hearing on a public employee's appeal of denial of disability benefits. Rodella, Lujan, J.G. Taylor, etc.
HB489: Prohibits an insurer from imposing treatment limitations or financial requirements on mental health services if similar strictures are not imposed for other conditions. Sandel, Beam, M.H. Garcia, etc.
HB490: To provide state employees with insurance for mental health care coverage on a parity with coverage provided for any physical illness. Sandel, Hamilton, Coll, etc.
HB491: Gives judges authority to suspend sentences of delinquents. Martinez, Watchman, Begaye, etc.
HB492: Allows health care providers to provide prenatal, delivery and postnatal care to a minor. Beam, Garcia, Stewart, etc.
HB493 GF: University of New Mexico Board of Regents, for joint teacher institute with the Albuquerque Public Schools, Bernalillo County. Beam, Picraux, King, etc.
HB494: Provides that county commissioners are no longer required to quarter juvenile probation services. Miera, Irwin, Wallace, etc.
HB495 GF: To improve mathematics and science proficiency, increasing completion of high school and post-secondary school education. Begaye, Madalena, Beam, etc.
HB496: Creates new criminal offenses regarding arson. Miera, Pederson, Stewart, etc.
HB497: Requires health care providers to furnish a copy of the medical records of any person applying for disability benefits or appealing a denial of such benefits within 30 days of receiving a request. Beam, Picraux, Irwin, etc.
HB498: Provides deduction for certain retail sales of registered tribal distributors. Mallory, Vaughn, Crook, etc.
HB499: Requires FBI background checks on all applicants for employment in public school system. Vickers, Dana, Lutz, etc.
HB500: Provides that employees providing investigative services to federal government would be paid an hourly rate. Stapleton, Abeyta, Knauer, etc.
HB501: Creates Tobacco Settlement Permanent Fund and Tobacco Settlement Income Fund. Sanchez, Picraux, Townsend, etc.
HB502 GF: Office of Indian Affairs, to insure investments made on Indian land. Watchman, Begaye, Madalena.
HB503 GF: For construction of U.S. Highway 70 from Ruidoso to Roswell and increases principal amount of bonds for other state highway projects. Dana, Williams, Foley, etc.
HB504: Makes minor changes to state laws governing labeling of pharmaceuticals in compliance with federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Heath, Abeyta.
HJR011: Proposes to amend New Mexico Constitution dealing with run-off elections and candidates not receiving a majority of votes. Stewart, Beam, Lujan, etc.
HCOR371: Appropriation to Commission on Higher Education for digital transmission equipment for three educational television stations. Picraux, Sanchez, Lujan.
HCOR372: Appropriation to Educational Television Equipment Replacement Fund for three educational television stations. Picraux, Sanchez, Lujan.
HCOR373: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for Bel-Air and Miramontes Park in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County. Picraux, Lujan.
HCOR374: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for Mesa del Sol area in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County. Picraux, Beam.
HCOR375: Appropriation to Department of Public Education for Hodgin Elementary School in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County. Picraux, Gubbels.
HCOR376: Appropriation to Department of Public Education for Bel-Air Elementary School educational technology resources and facilities in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County. Picraux.
HCOR377: Appropriation to University of New Mexico Board of Regents for University of New Mexico Manufacturing Training and Technology Center in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County. Picraux, Beam.
HCOR378: Appropriation to University of New Mexico Board of Regents for north campus of University of New Mexico, Bernalillo County. Picraux, Beam.
HCOR379: Appropriation to Office of Indian Affairs for Upper Fruitland Chapter, San Juan County. Begaye.
HCOR380: Appropriation to Office of Indian Affairs for street-lighting project in Shiprock, San Juan County. Begaye.
HCOR381: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for McKinley County Courthouse in Gallup, McKinley County. Pederson.
HCOR382: Appropriation to Department of Public Education for athletic fields at Gallup High School, McKinley County. Pederson.
HCOR383: Appropriation to Department of Environment for waste water treatment facilities in Gallup, McKinley County. Pederson.
HCOR384: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for Na'nizhoozhi Alcohol Crisis Center in Gallup, McKinley County. Pederson.
HCOR385: Appropriation to University of New Mexico Board of Regents for UNM-Gallup branch, McKinley County. Pederson.
HCOR386: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for regional juvenile services center in Gallup, McKinley County. Pederson.
HCOR387: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department for U.S. Highways 666 and 264 from Gallup to the Yah-ta-hey Junction, McKinley County. Pederson.
HCOR388: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department to improve county roads in the vicinity of the Rock Springs Navajo Nation Chapter, McKinley County. Pederson.
HCOR389: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department to plan and perform assessment of engineering, archaeological, environmental and mitigation costs for reconstruction of the Nizhoni Boulevard in Gallup, McKinley County. Pederson.
HCOR390: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for community services building on the north side of Gallup, McKinley County. Pederson.
HCOR391: Appropriation to Office of State Engineer, acequia repairs in Chamita, Rio Arriba County. Salazar.
HCOR392: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department for improvements to Signal Road, Bernalillo County. Burpo.
HCOR393: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for park located one block north of Paseo del Norte on Eubank Blvd. and Altamont Little League in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County. Burpo.
HCOR394: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for Eastdale Little League Fields in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County. Burpo.
Bills passed in the House HB231: (65-0) Firearms at school.
Bills introduced in the Senate SB045S: Provides personal and corporate income tax credits for improvements in agricultural irrigation systems or water management methods.
SB420 GF: Department of Public Safety to combat increased drug and criminal activity in Questa, Taos County. Cisneros.
B421: Establishes Northern New Mexico Narcotics District Force in State Police Districts 1 and 7. Rodriguez, Campos, Fidel, etc.
SB422: Enacts Charitable Gaming Act, allowing qualified nonprofit organizations to conduct certain types of gaming activities to raise funds for charitable or political purposes. Jennings.
SB423: Rewrites entire Public Accountancy Act. Jennings, Maes, Stockard.
SB424: Requires nursing facilities to provide a minimum of 2.8 hours of direct personal nursing care per patient per day. Sanchez.
SB425: Removes from crime of arson legal element that an offender must be seeking to collect insurance for the loss. Lyons.
SB426 GF: Commission on Higher Education for high skills training programs at community colleges. Carraro, Maes, Campos, Duran, Jennings.
SB427: Creates Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund and Tobacco Settlement Income Fund. Carraro, Vernon.
SB428: Enacts Electric Utility Industry Restructuring Act of 1999. Sanchez, Payne, Cisneros, Feldman.
SB429: Clarifies that Indian children are state citizens entitled to services available to others. Tsosie, Griego, Feldman, etc.
SB430: Authorizes Board of Education to test effectiveness of charter school districts. Romero, Carraro, Cisneros, etc.
SB431: Creates the Health Care Act to provide for comprehensive care. Aragon, Howes, Feldman, etc.
SB432: Provides a deduction for certain retail sales of registered tribal distributors. Leavell, Smith.
SB433: For purposes of Intergovernmental Tax Credit for oil and gas production on Indian lands to include lands held in trust by an individual Indian. Tsosie, Pinto, Stockard, Garcia.
SB434: Requires local school districts to develop policies and procedures to conduct background checks on school volunteers who have unsupervised access to students. Duran, Rawson, Carraro, etc.
SB435: Clarifies provision that a decedent's children are jointly entitled to personal property allowance with no surviving spouse. McSorley.
SB436: Allows Department of Health to include budget request for cost-of-living increase for developmental disabilities physical therapists. McSorley.
SB437: Extends period of time to file an interlocutory appeal. McSorley.
SB438: Provides a time frame for Finance Authority's sale of revenue bonds to finance court automation systems. McSorley.
SB439: Allows Supreme Court candidates to solicit campaign contributions of persons directly regulated by the Supreme Court -- lawyers, court reporters and other magistrates. McSorley.
SB440: Encourages resolution of public disputes by state departments and agencies. McSorley, Kidd, Romero, etc.
SB441: Creates Teen Court Act to establish procedures, administration and funding for teen courts. Leavell, Stockard.
SB442: Requires workers' compensation claims by New Mexico Works Act participants must be separately recorded and maintained. Wilson, Lopez, Garcia.
SB443: Gives school districts the authority to conduct random urinalysis testing on teachers if there is a reasonable suspicion. Ingle, Carraro, Gorham, etc.
SB444: For determining person's welfare eligibility, exempts child support received by a custodial parent. Gorham, Lopez.
SB445 GF: For staff of Legislative Finance Committee. Altamirano, Fidel, Smith.
SB446: For Indian Affairs Committee, exempts some federal impact aid from state Equalization Guarantee Distribution. Tsosie, Pinto, Howes, etc.
SB447: Decreases statute of limitations on construction projects due to a defective or unsafe real property physical improvement. Vernon, Payne.
SB448: Amends Motor Vehicle Code to double penalty assessments for speeding in marked highway construction zone. Vernon.
SJR014: Proposes transfer of state land to Valencia County ownership for detention center and judicial complex. Sanchez, Fidel.
SJR015: Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow a member of the bar who volunteers to serve without compensation as a district judge pro tempore and who has practiced law for at least six years prior to his designation to serve as a district judge pro tempore. McSorley.
SCOR561: Appropriation to Department of Public Education for technology at Cleveland Middle School in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County. Vernon.
SCOR562: Appropriation to state Aviation Fund for airport improvement program. Ingle.
SCOR563: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department for pedestrian bridge at intersection of Tramway and Montgomery in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County. Payne.
SCOR564: Appropriation to Department of Public Education for Los Lunas Middle School science building, Valencia County. Sanchez.
SCOR565: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for First Care Family Health Center's dental and eye care in Artesia, Eddy County. Jennings.
SCOR566: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for parking lot on Hahn Street bounded by South Virginia Avenue and East Reed Street in Roswell, Chaves County. Jennings.
SCOR567: Appropriation to Department of Public Education for technology at Petroglyph Elementary, Marie Hughes Elementary, Chamiza Elementary, Sierra Vista, Cibola High and Lyndon Baines Johnson Middle schools in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County. Carraro.
SCOR568: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for Sierra Vista Pool and Tennis Complex, Paradise Meadows Park and Ventana Ranch Community Park in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County. Carraro.
SCOR569: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for Rio Rancho Fire Department, Sandoval County. Carraro.
SCOR569: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department for traffic signals in Rio Rancho, Sandoval County. Carraro.
SCOR570: Appropriation to Department of Public Education for musical instruments at Lyndon Baines Johnson Middle School, Bernalillo County. Carraro.
SCOR571: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for Bernal Community Center, San Miguel County. Griego, Campos.
SCOR572: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department for County Road B43B in South San Isidro, San Miguel County. Griego, Campos.
SCOR572: Appropriation to Department of Environment for water well, pump house and tank supply line in South San Isidro, San Miguel County. Griego, Campos.
SCOR573: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department for County roads B51A and B43 in Pecos, San Miguel County. Griego, Campos.
SCOR574: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for Estancia Fire Department and other projects, Torrance County. Griego, Campos.
SCOR574: Appropriation to Department of Environment for sewer projects in Estancia, Torrance County. Griego, Campos
SCOR575: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department for projects in Socorro, Colfax and Guadalupe counties. Lyons.
SCOR576: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for Anderson-Abruzzo International Balloon Museum in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County. Gorham.
SCOR577: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division for balloon launch field and multipurpose sports field at Balloon Fiesta Park in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County. Gorham.
SCOR578: Appropriation to state Armory Board for Oñate Complex infrastructure, Santa Fe County. Vernon.
Bills passed in the Senate SB100: (35-0) Anderson-Abruzzo museum.
