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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Forwarded on behalf of Joe Sabatini…<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Patricia<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>New Mexico State Library / Development Bureau<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Joe Sabatini <jsabatini423@gmail.com> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 17, 2023 10:48 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] NMLA 2023 Legislative Bulletin #1<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NMLA 2023 Legislative Bulletin #1</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> January 17,
2023</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Legislative Bulletin is a summary of library legislation during the 2023 Legislature, provided by the Legislation Committee of the New Mexico Library Association.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The 2023 Legislative session started today, Tuesday, January 17th. This will be a 60-day session, ending at noon on Saturday, March 18th. February 16th is the last day for
new bills to be introduced. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">NMLA Legislative Day will be Friday, January 27. Please ask library supporters, including your local board members and friends’ groups to save the date and plan to be there.
We are putting together a legislative briefing from 8:30 to 9:30 am to review library legislative prospects.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Rural Library Endowment Fund</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Governor’s budget includes an additional $15 million appropriation to the endowment fund, which would bring it to $28 million. The Legislative Finance Committee proposed
budget also requests $15 million. Senator Ortiz y Pino has indicated that he is seeking support to appropriate $37 million, which would bring the fund to the $50 million originally envisioned to provide sufficient revenue to qualifying libraries to insure
ongoing financial stability.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Tribal Libraries</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">There will be continued efforts by the Tribal Education Alliance (TEA) to address education inequities identified in the Yazzie/Martinez case. Their main proposal is to
establish a Tribal Education Trust Fund, which could provide consistent and stable funding for tribal community-based education, including for staffing and operating tribal libraries, into perpetuity. Rep. Derrick Lente will once again sponsor TEA bills.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sustained funding for State Library Bookmobile program vehicles.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Capital Outlay Requests “to plan, design, construct, repair, renovate, repair, equip and furnish, etc.” libraries. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Joe Sabatini, Co-Chair</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">NMLA Legislation Committee</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Here is additional information about Bookmobile capital outlay needs:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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