[Nmtriblibs] FW: NMLA Legislative Bulletin #12

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NMLA Legislative Bulletin #12                                                                                                                                                      February 4, 2024

COMMITTEE HEARINGS

The House Taxation & Revenue Committee will hear HB 308, the General Obligations Bonds bill, at 8:30 am on Monday, February 5th. The Committee meets in Room 317. HB 308 is first on the agenda.

The webcast is at:
https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/Harmony/en/View/UpcomingEvents/20240205/-1

To participate: Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86372062936

Or One tap mobile:
 +13462487799,,86372062936# US (Houston)
Webinar ID: 863 7206 2936


CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUESTS
The Senate Finance Committee is presently working on selecting project requests to be placed in SB 275, the Capital Outlay Projects Bill.  An almost complete listing of individual legislators' requests can be examined at: https://nmlegis.gov/Legislation/BillFinder/Capital_Outlay_Requests?Year=24
(Requests by Senator Joseph Cervantes and Senator Daniel Ivey-Soto are not yet posted.)

A preliminary count shows that 217 library capital outlay projects were submitted by 25  Senators and 40 Representatives.  Most of the projects were submitted by more than one legislator, using a fixed mount. For example, five San Juan County legislators put in the same request and cost amount for a project for the Bloomfield Public Library.

Counting distinct projects regardless of how many legislators included them in their individual requests, there were 2 academic library projects, 14 projects for the Albuquerque Bernalillo County library, 11 projects for other public libraries, 4 tribal public library projects, 24 Albuquerque Public School projects, and one project for a school in Gallup for a total of 56 distinct projects.  Amounts requested vary from $44,000 to $6,000,000.

A spreadsheet will be posted in the bulletin as soon as all the legislator request pages become available.

Joe Sabatini, Co-Chair
NMLA Legislation Committee

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