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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>From:</b> Joe Sabatini <jsabatini423@gmail.com> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 15, 2023 11:19 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] NMLA 2023 Legislative Bulletin #16<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">NMLA 2023 Legislative Bulletin #16
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">March 15, 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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">FLOOR ACTIONS</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"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">HB 2, the General Appropriations Act</span></b><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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The House concurred with Senate amendments to HB 2, the General Appropriations Act, by a voice vote. The Senate had amended the bill to add $130 million in additional appropriations.
By accepting the Senate’s changes, the HB 2 budget now goes to the Governor for her signature.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The webcast is at:</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20230313/-1/72339">https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20230313/-1/72339</a></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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Discussion begins at 3:01:45. There are no comments relating to libraries. The vote is taken at 3:41.45 pm.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The text of the bill after the Senate amendments is at
<a href="https://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0002FC1.pdf">https://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/house/HB0002FC1.pdf</a></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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">HB 2 continues to include the original budget funding for the New Mexico State Library and the following additional provisions relating to 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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Section 4. FISCAL YEAR 2024 APPROPRIATIONS.</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">K. PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORT</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(5) Indian education 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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Appropriations:</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(a) Other 20,000.0 20,000.0</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The secretary of public education, in collaboration with the assistant secretary for Indian education, shall develop a methodology to allocate the twenty million dollar
($20,000,000) general fund appropriation to tribal education departments, tribal libraries, Native American language programs,</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">school districts and charter schools based on operational needs and student enrollment.</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Section 5. SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS. --The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund or other funds as indicated for the purposes specified.</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(86) CULTURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT 15,000.0 15,000.0</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For the rural libraries endowment fund. [$15 million]</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Section 10. FUND TRANSFERS.-The following amounts are transferred in fiscal year 2024 from the general fund or other funds as indicated for the purposes specified.</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:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(7) 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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The transfer to the rural library endowment fund contained in Subsection 2 of Section 11 of Chapter 54 of Laws 2022 is from the general fund and not the appropriation contingency
fund of the general 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:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Section 13. CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS AUTHORIZED.</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(30) the cultural affairs department may request budget increases up to seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) from other state funds from the cultural affairs
department enterprise fund, the museum and historic sites program of the cultural affairs department may request budget increases up to one million dollars ($1,000,000) from other state funds,
<u>the library services program of the cultural affairs department may request budget increases from other state funds in the rural libraries program fund for rural library grants
</u>and the preservation program of the cultural affairs department may request budget increases up to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) from other state funds for archaeological services or historic preservation services;</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"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">SB 147, Tax Changes</span></b><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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This large bill includes provision to exempt governments from paying gross receipts tax for “digital products” that are loaned to the public. It was heard by the House Taxation
and Revenue Committee on March 8<sup>th</sup>. The webcast is at:</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20230308/-1/72221">https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20230308/-1/72221</a></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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The bill summary begins at 10:17:30 am. The digital products section is mentioned at 10:24:45. Public comment begins at 10:27:30. The committee gave a unanimous do-pass
recommendation at 10:29:30. </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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The bill comes to the House floor on March 13<sup>th</sup>. The webcast is at
<a href="https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20230313/-1/72300">
https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20230313/-1/72300</a></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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Rep. Harper presents the bill beginning at 1:30 pm. At 1:35:50, he notes the digital products section. Voting begins at 1:38. The bill passes by a vote of 59 – 0. SB 147
now goes to the Governor for her signature. </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"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">HB 505, Capital Outlay Projects</span></b><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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">On Saturday, March 11th, the full House debated and passed HB 505 with some minor amendments, by a vote of 39 to 26. Rep. Lente again mentioned the tribal library construction
funding in his summary of the bill.</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The webcast for the session is at
<a href="https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20230311/-1/72277">
https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20230311/-1/72277</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Consideration of HB 505 begins at 3:15 pm. The vote begins at 5:13:45 pm.</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Today, the full Senate debated and passed HB 505 by a vote of 27 to 13.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The webcast is at
</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20230313/-1/72340">https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20230313/-1/72340</a></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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The bill is presented at 3:05:30 pm. The bill totals $2.2 billion, with 2,888 individual projects. An amendment to delete the proposed reproductive health facility failed.
Debate on the full bill resumes at 3:42. The vote begins at 4:07. The bill passed by a vote of 27-13. HB 505 now goes to the Governor for her signature. The Governor can line-item-veto any project in the bill. </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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A spreadsheet showing the thirty-four library projects in HB 505 was an attachment to Legislative Bulletin # 15. </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"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">HOUSE FLOOR STATUS </span></b><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"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">House Bill 147, Indian Education Funds Distribution</span></b><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"><a name="_Hlk129379301"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">HB 147 is on the Thursday, March 16th House agenda. </span></a><a name="_Hlk128597843"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128597843"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">It
is the fifth item on the “Third Reading of Legislation” calendar.</span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> This allows tribal education entities including tribal libraries to retain funds granted for programs.</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"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Senate Bill 270, National History Day Program Schools</span></b><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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">SB 270 was awaiting a hearing in the House Appropriations and Finance Committee. The State Library would receive $200,000 to contract with the New Mexico Endowment for the
Humanities to conduct this program in schools. Instead, the Senate Finance Committee included this funding in the HB 2/3 General Appropriations Act. The Senate passed HB 2/3 as amended, and today the House concurred with the amended bill. </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"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">COMMITTEE HEARING
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Senate Finance Committee Substitute For Senate Bill 192, Additional Appropriations and Confidentiality</span></b><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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This is the bill that is often called the “Junior Bill.” It is where appropriations which did not get included in the General Appropriations Act (HB 2) or the Capital Outlay
Projects bill (SB 505) get funded. Eight library project appropriations are included in this 46 page bill. Senate Bill 192 passed the Senate on February 22nd on a 35-0 vote.</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Today, the House Appropriations and Finance Committee heard and made major additions to SB 192. The webcast is at</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20230313/-1/72324">https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20230313/-1/72324</a></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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Discussion begins with the adoption of amendments at 3:59 pm. Discussion of the amended bill begins at 4:05. At 4:12, the Committee gives the bill a do-pass recommendation
by a vote of 14-0. The bill now goes to the House floor. Once it passes the House, the Senate will need to concur with the House amendments.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Here are the library projects in SB 192 and legislators who put in capital outlay project requests for them. </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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">SECTION 3. GENERAL CONTROL FISCAL YEAR 2023 APPROPRIATIONS.</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">B. to the local government division of the department of finance and administration,</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(22) in San Miguel county:</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(b) seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000)</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">for services and food distribution at El Valle community center and</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">for the Villanueva library;</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk129813393"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Representatives Patricia Roybal Caballero, Joseph Sanchez, Martin R. Zamora and Ambrose Castellano and Senators Pete Campos and Elizabeth "Liz" Stefanics
included this project in their capital outlay requests.</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk129813393"></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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(23) in Sandoval county:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(i) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for programming, equipment or materials at the Placitas community library;</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk129813659"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This project was not in any legislator’s capital outlay request.</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk129813659"></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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(o) eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000) to purchase a library sorter for Rio Rancho;</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Representatives Alan T. Martinez, Kathleen Cates, Jason C. Harper and Joshua N. Hernandez and Senator Brenda G. McKenna included this project in their capital outlay requests.</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(24) in Santa Fe county:</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(a) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">for programming, equipment and materials at the Edgewood community</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">library;</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This project was not in any legislator’s capital outlay request.</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(d) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">for programming, equipment and materials at the Vista Grande public</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">library;</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This project was not in any legislator’s capital outlay request.</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(26) in Socorro county:</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(a) one hundred fifty thousand dollars</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">($150,000) for improvements for the library, jail and rodeo grounds in Magdalena;</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"><a name="_Hlk129813174"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Representatives Tara Jaramillo and Gail Armstrong and Senators Gregory A. Baca, Crystal R. Diamond and Siah Correa Hemphill included this project
in their capital outlay requests.</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk129813174"></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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">SECTION 5. AGRICULTURE, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">FISCAL YEAR 2023 APPROPRIATIONS</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A. to the cultural affairs department,</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(13) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for library services in four communities in Lincoln county;</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"><a name="_Hlk129812815"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This appropriation likely was initiated by</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Senator Liz Stefanics. She
had made capital outlay requests for the public libraries in her district in 2020, 2021 and 2022. The four public libraries in Lincoln County are Capitan, Carrizozo, Corona and Ruidoso.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">SECTION 9. HIGHER EDUCATION FISCAL YEAR 2023</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">APPROPRIATIONS</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:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">D. to the board of regents of New Mexico highlands university, one hundred sixty-five thousand dollars ($165,000) is appropriated to purchase learning materials and related
equipment for the Thomas C. Donnelly library and the athletic department. </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Senator Pete Campos included the athletic department portion of this appropriation in his capital outlay requests, but the Donnelly Library portion was not in any legislator’s
request. </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:13.5pt;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:13.5pt;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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