February 16, 1999
Legislative Summary The Associated Press Tuesday, Feb. 16 Introduced in the House HB33S (substitute): Creates a government entity to coordinate individual and central state executive agency information technology, renames commission as "Information Technology Commission."
HB38S (substitute): Removes State Parks Division from Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department and creates State Parks Department.
HB48S (substitute): A smaller-scale revision the Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act.
HB333S (substitute): Creates a task force to study and recommend to Legislature ways of diverting children from a life of crime.
HB690 GF: Funding respite care services for families of persons with Alzheimer's disease. J.P. Taylor.
HB691: Prohibits state Motor Vehicle Division employees or contractors from releasing personal information obtained in connection with licensing, titling or other procedures. Sanchez, Pederson, Martinez, etc.
HB692 GF: Federal funding for a dedicated fusion energy lab. Martinez, Sanchez.
HB694: Creates a Dual Taxation Study Tax Force. Watchman, Begaye.
HB695: Requires an employee of a temporary services employer who has completed an assignment to contact his employer for reassignment. Russell.
HB696: Requires school buses manufactured on or after January 1, 1997, to have safety belts for each permanent seat. Russell.
HB697: Limits liability of governments or government employees for Y2K computer failures. Burpo, Roberts, Wallace, etc.
HB698: The Environmental Policy Act. Mallory.
HB699: Statewide services for persons with human immunodeficiency virus. Knauer.
HB700: Expands powers and duties of Interstate Stream Commission. Knauer, Beam.
HB701: Approves certain probation rules for nonviolent offenders 18, 19 or 20 years of age. Chavez.
HB702: Allows individual school bus owner-operators to convert his contract to a fleet operator contract. Rodella, Lujan, Gonzales, etc.
HB703 GF: To combat increased drug and criminal activity in northern Santa Fe County and southern and central Rio Arriba County. Rodella, Gonzales, Salazar, Lujan.
HB704 GF: For child day care and after-school care services in the Canjilon area, Rio Arriba County. Rodella.
HB705 GF: For alcoholism treatment services in Embudo, Mora and Las Vegas areas in the north, Rio Arriba, Mora and San Miguel counties. Rodella, Salazar, Gonzales, Lujan.
HB706: Authorizes Public Regulation Commission to regulate rates of telephone yellow pages advertising. M.P.Garcia.
HB707: Freezes property-tax valuations for owners of single-family dwellings that are age 65 or older. Garcia, Rios, Lujan, etc.
HB708: Adds to Patient Protection Act to clarify the liability of managed care plans. Heaton, Martinez, etc.
HB709: Clarifies and restricts political subdivisions. Heaton, Martinez, Salazar.
HB710: Amends Banking Act. Whitaker, Irwin, Sandel, etc.
HB711: Repeals entire Mandatory Financial Responsibility Act. Taylor, Thomas, Lutz, etc.
HB712 GF: For bulletproof vests for Torrance County Sheriff's Office in McIntosh, Torrance County. King.
HB713: Establishes a separate State Cafeteria Plan group insurance contribution schedule for state employees. Wallace, Williams Stapleton, Varela, etc.
HB714: Increases to a third-degree felony the crime of aggravated battery on a peace officer. Mohorovic, Mallory, Crook, etc.
HB715 GF: For state veterans' cemetery at Fort Stanton, Lincoln County. Williams, Salazar, Parsons, etc.
HB716 GF: Professional development programs for teachers in Torrance and Santa Fe counties King, Knauer, Lujan, etc.
HB717 GF: For serial photography and preparing topographic maps and digital data sets, Santa Fe County. King, Knauer, Varela.
HB718: Broadens definition of "education technology equipment" under Education Technology Equipment Act. Picraux, Sandoval.
HB719: Designates second Friday in February of each year as "African-American Day." Williams Stapleton, Saavedra, Madalena, Stell.
HB720: Waives one-year state residency requirement for some applicants seeking to receive job training provided by Industrial Training Board. Whitaker, Sandel, Pearce, etc.
HB721: Abolishes all agencies of state government in 2002 and creates a Sunset Commission. Taylor, Thomas, Hobbs, Pearce, etc.
HB722: Funding vocational programs for students. Foley, King, Williams, etc.
HB723: Eliminates role of resource consultants in Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act. Miera.
HB724: Amends parts of Disability Retirement Act. Lujan, Varela.
HB725: Enshrines "Red or Green?" as official state question. Lujan, M.H. Garcia, Irvin, etc.
HB726 GF: Training and certification program for private school bus inspectors. Vigil, Gonzales, Salazar, etc.
HB727 GF: Funding Character Counts programs. Williams, Stewart, Pearce, etc.
HB728 GF: For 75th anniversary celebration of US Route 66. King, Silva, Picraux, etc.
HJR014: Amends constitutional donation clause for donations to Women In Military Service for America Memorial Foundation. Foley, Mallory, Vaughn, etc.
HCOR664: State hydrographical survey. Stell.
HCOR665 STB: Pecos River acquisitions. Stell.
HCOR666: Artesia Roselawn Elementary. Stell.
HCOR667: Artesia senior center. Stell.
HCOR668: Artesia industrial park. Stell.
HCOR669: Artesia center technology. Stell.
HCOR670: Artesia vocational center. Stell.
HCOR671: Artesia streetscape plan. Stell.
HCOR672: Artesia High School. Stell.
HCOR673: Hope water system. Stell.
HCOR674: Hope Ditch Association. Stell.
HCOR675: Carlsbad middle schools. Stell.
HCOR676: Carlsbad High School. Stell.
HCOR677: Carlsbad bleachers. Stell.
HCOR678: Carlsbad erosion project. Stell.
HCOR679: Carlsbad effluent project. Stell.
HCOR680: Carlsbad library. Stell.
HCOR681: Carlsbad Conference Center. Stell.
HCOR682: Carlsbad Museum. Stell.
HCOR683: Carlsbad city parks. Stell.
HCOR684: Carlsbad multipurpose building. Stell.
HCOR685: Artesia activity field. Dana.
HCOR686: Bloomfield schools. Townsend.
HCOR687: Baca multipurpose center. Martinez.
HCOR688: Casamero Lake multipurpose center. Martinez.
HCOR689: Cuba schools. Rodella, Martinez.
HCOR690: Rio Arriba Search and Rescue. Rodella.
HCOR691: San Miguel senior center. Vigil.
HCOR692: San Isidro road improvements. Vigil.
HCOR693: Albuquerque snow park shelter. Hawkins, Stewart.
HCOR694: New Mexico State University technology systems. Stell.
HCOR695: Santa Fe Agua Fria medical center. Knauer, Varela, Lujan.
HCOR696: Santa Fe community college. Knauer, Varela, Coll, Lujan.
Bills passed in the House HB31: Tax amnesty program. 64-2.
Introduced in the Senate SB52S: Rules on transfer, sale of state parks.
SB77S: Creates a registration and notification system for sex offenders, known as "Megan's Law."
SB599: Provides for 8th Judicial District's Division 1 judge to reside and maintain his principal office in Taos County. Lyons.
SB600 GF: For Gallup northside senior center, McKinley County. Pinto, Cisneros, Rodarte, etc.
SB601: Establishes Elementary and Secondary School Voucher Act. Carraro.
SB602: Includes "mutual domestic water consumer associations" among entities planning water rights. Garcia.
SB603 GF: For personal care services under Medicaid. Carraro.
SB604: Repeals authorization of Health Policy Commission. Adair.
SB605: Allows school bus owner-operators to convert their contracts to fleet operator contracts. Lyons.
SB606: Reduces price of a license to sell fireworks. Vernon, Sanchez, Jennings, etc.
SB607: Allows an adult to petition court for appointment as a permanent guardian for a child who suffered, or is at risk of suffering, abuse, neglect or abandonment. Vernon.
SB608 GF: For positions in Native American studies program at University of New Mexico, Bernalillo County. Pinto, Cisneros, Rodarte, etc.
SB609 GF: For after-school vocational education and special education in Tohatchi, McKinley County. Pinto, Cisneros, Fidel, Nava.
SB610 GF: For veterans' services in Gallup, McKinley County. Pinto, Cisneros, Fidel, Nava.
SB611: Shortens time period for sale of property or utility facility owned by a municipality. Macias.
SB612: Creates Office Complex Acquisition Fund. Aragon.
SB613: Requires federally licensed firearms dealers to provide safety locks or locked containers for firearms. Lopez.
SB614 GF: Transportation services for welfare-to-work participants. Lopez.
SB615: Requires electric utilities to offer "net metering" systems to all customers. Romero, Carraro, Feldman, McKibben.
SB616: Creates a Transportation Coordinating Council. Lopez.
SB617 GF: For Rio Grande High School cluster human services collaborative, Bernalillo County. Lopez.
SB618: Enacts Public Campaign Finance Option Act. Feldman, Romero, McSorley, etc.
SB619 GF: American Sign Language as a foreign language elective course for students. Rodriguez, Maloof, Nava.
SB620: Creates the Y2K Financial Protection Act. Adair.
SB621: Repeals Criminal and Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council. Adair.
SB622 GF: For Teacher Merit Pay Task Force. Gorham, Vernon, Romero.
SB623: Provides distribution from cigarette taxes be made to University of New Mexico School of Medicine Medical Trust Fund. Wilson, McKibben, Aragon, etc.
SB624: Repeals Border Development Act and Border Authority. Aragon.
SB625 GF: To advertise and promote efforts for economic development opportunities. Maes, Maloof, Aragon, etc.
SB626: Requires Environmental Improvement Board or local boards to render a decision on applications for operating permits relating to Clean Air Act within 180 days. Macias.
SB627: Community service rules for children convicted of DUI. Griego.
SB628 GF: Funding for U.S. Route 66 75th anniversary. Griego.
SB629: Changes election law rules on major party status. Smith.
SB630: Provides an exemption from gross receipts tax for nursing homes, intermediate care facilities and adult day care facilities. Smith.
SB631: Provides that cotton boll weevil control committees would cease. Smith.
SB632 GF: For physical rehabilitation at southern New Mexico Rehabilitation Center in Roswell, Chaves County. Adair, Jennings.
SB633 GF: For county-by-county study of water demands. Ingle, Jennings.
SJR21: Amends constitution to establish system of voluntary public financing of campaigns. Feldman, Romero, Aragon.
SJR22: Amends constitution to authorize initiative amendments or state law changes. Adair.
SJR23: Amends constitution to allow unopposed candidates to automatically be elected to office without voting. Lyons, Duran.
SCOR858: New Mexico Boys' School improvements. Lyons.
SCOR859: Doña Ana recreation park. Garcia.
SCOR860: La Joya acequia. Fidel.
SCOR861: Laguna Pueblo home renovations. Fidel.
SCOR862: Laguna Pueblo irrigation systems. Fidel.
SCOR863 STB: Laguna Rainbow Center. Fidel.
SCOR864: Socorro sheriff's department. Fidel.
SCOR865: Laguna Pueblo family center. Fidel.
SCOR866: Laguna Pueblo health center. Fidel.
SCOR867: Hobbs oil conservation office. Leavell.
SCOR868: Alamogordo Space Hall of Fame. Duran.
SCOR869: Albuquerque District 21 schools. Davis.
SCOR870: Albuquerque women's resource center. Davis.
SCOR871: Twin Lakes Highway 666 upgrade. Pinto.
SCOR872: Southern New Mexico correctional facility. Rawson.
SCOR873: Albuquerque blind training center. Rawson.
SCOR874: Wagon Mound schools. Cisneros.
SCOR875: Questa cultural center. Cisneros.
SCOR876: University of New Mexico Taos campus. Cisneros.
SCOR877: Taos Tribal court building. Cisneros.
SCOR878: Taos Pueblo equipment. Cisneros.
SCOR879: Mesilla Elementary. Macias.
SCOR879: Mesilla town hall. Macias.
SCOR880: Doña Ana road improvements. Macias.
SCOR881: Las Cruces sewer system. Macias.
SCOR882: Artesia senior center. Jennings.
SCOR883: Artesia health clinic. Jennings.
SCOR884: Artesia community center. Jennings.
SCOR885: Artesia road improvements. Jennings.
SCOR886: Albuquerque District 10 schools. Gorham.
SCOR887: Albuquerque North Valley sewer project. Gorham.
SCOR887 Albuquerque sewer projects. Gorham.
SCOR888 STB: Albuquerque clinic parking lot. Gorham.
SCOR889: Albuquerque Hispanic cultural center. Aragon.
SCOR890: Los Padillas pool. Aragon.
SCOR891: Television broadcast equipment. Nava.
SCOR892: Digital transmission equipment. Nava.
SCOR893: Telecommunications infrastructure. Nava.
SCOR894: Santa Rosa water and sewer. McKibben, Campos.
Bills passed in the Senate SB21: Tax payment method. 30-0
SB86: 911 emergency surcharge. 25-11
SB110: Promote quality teachers. 33-2
SB174S: Grandparents' visitation. 36-0
SB373: Toll-free calling statewide. 24-11
SB445: LFC staffing. 34-1
GF, General fund appropriation; STB, Severance tax bonds, HCOR, House capital outlay request; SCOR, Senate capital outlay request.
