[Nmtriblibs] FW: NMLA 2023 Legislative Bulletin #5

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Subject: NMLA 2023 Legislative Bulletin #5

NMLA 2023 Legislative Bulletin #5                                                February 5, 2023

 COMMITTEE HEARINGS

Rural Libraries Endowment Fund. Senate Bill 214 appropriates $37 million to the fund. The bill will be heard in the Senate Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Committee on Tuesday morning, February 7th. It is the second of four bills scheduled to be heard.

San Miguel County Rural Libraries. Senate Bill 258 appropriates $42,000 for rural library services in San Miguel County.  The bill will be heard in the Senate Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Committee on Tuesday morning, February 2nd. It is the third of four bills scheduled to be heard.

These two bills were scheduled to be heard on February 2nd, but the Committee did not get to them.

SENATE INDIAN, RURAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Senator Shannon D. Pinto, Chair
Senator Bill O'Neill, Vice Chair
Senator Ron Griggs-Ranking Member, Senator Benny Shendo, Jr.
Senator Joshua A. Sanchez, Senator Daniel A. Ivey-Soto

AGENDA
DATE                                     TIME               ROOM
Tuesday, February 7, 2023   9:30AM               303

SB 25 FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE MATCHING FUND (MUÑOZ)
SB 214 RURAL LIBRARIES ENDOWMENT FUND (ORTIZ Y PINO/HERRERA)
SB 258 SAN MIGUEL LIBRARY SERVICES (STEFANICS/CAMPOS)
SB 33 TRIBAL & PUEBLO LAW ENFORCEMENT (SHENDO/LITTLE)

For public participation please click on the link to join the ZOOM WEBINAR:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4330437643

or via telephone US: +1 719 359 4580
Webinar ID 433 043 7643

To provide written comments please email SIRC.Zoom at nmlegis.gov<mailto:SIRC.Zoom at nmlegis.gov>
For viewing purposes only: Meeting may be viewed via webcast at
www.nmlegis.gov<http://www.nmlegis.gov>
(Click on the Webcast tab and select Indian, Rural, and Cultural Affairs)

National History Day Program Schools
Senate Bill 270 by Senator Hemphill appropriates $200,000 to the Department of Cultural Affairs to support schools that participate in the National History Day Program. The New Mexico State Library would contract with the New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities to assist them in conducting the annual New Mexico History Day competition in public and other schools. SB 270 was heard in the Senate Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Department on February 3rd. It was given a do-pass recommendation on a 5-0 vote, and is now awaiting a hearing in the Senate Finance Committee.

The webcast is at https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20230205/-1/70728
Testimony on SB 270 begins at 10:06:00. Committee questions begin at 10:11:45. The vote is at 10:22:10. State Librarian Eli Guinnee served as the expert witness for Senator Hemphill. The bill text is below.

Joe Sabatini, Co-Chair
NMLA Legislation Committee

 Bill Texts

SENATE BILL 214
56TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2023
INTRODUCED BY Gerald Ortiz y Pino and Susan K. Herrera

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE RURAL LIBRARIES ENDOWMENT FUND. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION. --Thirty-seven million dollars ($37,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the rural libraries endowment fund for expenditure in fiscal year 2024 and subsequent fiscal years for the purposes of the fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.



SENATE BILL 258
56TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2023
INTRODUCED By Elizabeth "Liz" Stefanics and Pete Campos and Ambrose Castellano

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION FOR SAN MIGUEL COUNTY TO PROVIDE LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR RURAL AREAS OF THE COUNTY.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION. --Forty-two thousand dollars ($42,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the local government division of the department of finance and
administration for expenditure in fiscal year 2024 for San Miguel county to provide library and community services in rural areas of the county. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2024 shall revert to the general fund


SENATE BILL 270
56TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2023
INTRODUCED BY Siah Correa Hemphill

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE CULTURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT SCHOOLS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE NATIONAL HISTORY DAY PROGRAM.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION. --Two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the library division of the cultural affairs department for expenditure in fiscal year 2024 to support schools that participate in the national history day program. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2024 shall revert to the general fund.
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