[Nmtriblibs] FW: [EXTERNAL] NMLA 2023 Legislative Bulletin #8

[Moore, Patricia, DCA]

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From: Joe Sabatini <jsabatini423 at gmail.com>
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] NMLA 2023 Legislative Bulletin #8

NMLA 2023 Legislative Bulletin #8                                                  February 15, 2023

BILLS INTRODUCED

Senate Joint Resolution 9, Anti-Donation Clause Constitutional Amendment, is sponsored by Senators Jerry Ortiz y Pino and George Muñoz. It asks voters to modify the Anti-Donation Clause of the New Mexico Constitution to allow state government to provide direct funding to organizations not presently eligible to receive them. Among these organizations could be non- profit 501(c) (3) rural libraries in unincorporated areas.
The Fiscal Impact Report says “Should the constitution be amended, SJR9 could lead to large transfers of public funds—by both the state and local public bodies—to private organizations and individuals, outside and not subject to traditional rules of contract and government procurement that ordinarily constrain the transfer of public money to private entities.” If voters adopt the amendment, the Legislature will have to pass enabling legislation specifying requirements for eligibility and oversight. SJR 9 was scheduled to be heard in the Senate Rules Committee today, but the Committee had to adjourn before they got to it. The bill text is at   <goog_1135195180> https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/resolutions/senate/SJR09.pdf


COMMITTEE HEARINGS

Rural Libraries Endowment Fund. Senate Bill 214 appropriates $37 million to the fund. The bill is scheduled to be heard by the Senate Finance Committee tomorrow morning. It is fourth on the agenda. There is a major bill ahead of it, and committees sometimes are not able to hear all of the bills on their agenda. If it is not heard, then it could be heard on Friday afternoon, after the Senate Floor Session. Supporters should be prepared to testify when it comes up.

SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE

SENATOR GEORGE MUÑOZ, CHAIRMAN, SENATOR NANCY RODRIGUEZ, VICE-CHAIRWOMAN, SENATOR WILLIAM E. SHARER - RANKING MEMBER, SENATOR WILLIAM F. BURT, SENATOR SIAH CORREA HEMPHILL, SENATOR PETE CAMPOS, SENATOR MICHAEL PADILLA,
SENATOR CRYSTAL R. DIAMOND, SENATOR JEFF STEINBORN,
SENATOR ROBERTO "BOBBY' GONZALES, SENATOR PAT WOODS

Meeting may be viewed via Webcast at www.nmlegis.gov<http://www.nmlegis.gov>

AGENDA

Thursday, February 16, 2023    9:30 AM or call of the Chair  Room 322

SB 131/a PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING CHANGES (STEWART/BRANDT)
SB 307/a LICENSED TEACHER PREP AFFORDABILITY (STEWART)
CS/SB 292 CARLSBAD/ EDDY COUNTY GROSS RECEIPTS (KERNAN/BROWN)
SB 214 RURAL LIBRARIES ENDOWMENT FUND (ORTIZ Y PINO/HERRERA)

For public participation and to register for Zoom, send email to
SFC.Zoom at nmlegis.gov<mailto:SFC.Zoom at nmlegis.gov>

To attend meeting via Zoom, click the following link:
http://us02web.zoom.us/j/8300773742
 Meeting ID: 830 077 3742 Zoom Call: +1 699 900 9128
Sonya Snyder, Committee Secretary, Rm 325, Ext 4363


SJR 9 Anti Donation Clause, will be heard in the Senate Rules Committee on Friday morning.

SENATE RULES COMMITTEE
Senator Katy M. Duhigg, Chairwoman, Senator Leo Jaramillo, Vice-Chairman,
Senator Mimi Stewart, Senator Stuart Ingle, Ranking Member, Senator Brenda G. McKenna, Senator Linda M. Lopez, Senator Gregory A. Baca, Senator Gerald Ortiz y Pino Senator Mark Moores, Senator Elizabeth "Liz" Stefanics, Senator Cliff R. Pirtle

Meeting may be viewed via Webcast at www.nmlegis.gov<http://www.nmlegis.gov>
(Click on the webcast tab and select Senate Rules Committee)

AGENDA
Friday, February 17, 2023    9:00 AM   Room 321

SJR 6 ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS, CA (SEDILLO LOPEZ/POPE)
SJR 8 FOREIGN NATION-OWNED PROPERTY TAXES, CA (PIRTLE)
SJR 9 ANTI-DONATION CLAUSE, CA (ORTIZ Y PINO/MUÑOZ)
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**For public participation please click on the link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3396422464, or via telephone at 1 346 248 7799,
meeting ID: 339 642 2464.
To provide written comments or to register to speak email
SRC.zoom at nmlegis.gov<mailto:SRC.zoom at nmlegis.gov>.
Pat Oliver-Wright, Committee Secretary, Room 320 - 4746


CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECTS
The list of capital outlay requests has just been released. There are around forty individual projects for public, school, academic and tribal libraries. Overall, over two thousand requests were posted. Several hundred projects might actually receive funding.

A complete list of library requests will follow in an upcoming bulletin. Or check the list at: https://www.nmlegis.gov/Publications/Capital_Outlay/Requested%20Projects%20by%20County%2023.pdf


Joe Sabatini, Co-Chair
NMLA Legislation Committee



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