[Nmtriblibs] FW: NMLA 2022 Legislative Bulletin # 21

[Moore, Patricia, DCA]

Forwarded on behalf of: Joe Sabatini <jsabatini423 at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2022 4:31 PM
Subject: NMLA 2022 Legislative Bulletin # 21

Legislative Bulletin # 21                                                                              April 11, 2022

Special Session Outcome

The Special Session of the 2022 Legislature met on April 5th and completed the two items in their call on the same day.  The vetoed regular session Senate Bill 48, the so-called "Junior Appropriations Bill '' which appropriated around $50 million in projects was reintroduced as Senate Bill 1 with virtually no changes. The bill was amended to "provide an exception to Legislative confidentiality" and require that "the legislative council service shall publish on the legislative website a searchable list of the appropriations contained in this act as it passed the legislature, the name of each legislator who allocated a portion of the appropriation and the amount of the verified allocation. The list shall be published no earlier than the day after the governor signs this act and no later than thirty days after adjournment of the third special session of the fifty-fifth legislature."

Once again, Senate Bill 1 had four library capital outlay projects for $240,000.

"(5) in Dona Ana county:
(a) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the Anthony library;

 (c) eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) for the Thomas Branigan library in Las Cruces to implement a community adult learning initiative; to provide no-cost learning opportunities, including language courses, basic education and civics; to educate staff to better serve Spanish-speakers; and to partner with rural libraries in the area to increase access and programming for farm workers and migrants;

10) in Luna county, eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) for a children's museum and library in Deming;

(13) in Sandoval county:
 (b) thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for computer programs and speakers at the Martha Liebert library in Bernalillo; ..."

Governor Lujan Grisham signed Senate Bill 1 on April 8th. There were no line-item vetoes.



Joe Sabatini, Co-Chair
NMLA Legislation Committee

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