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<div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Joe Sabatini <<a href="mailto:jsabatini423@gmail.com">jsabatini423@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> March 16, 2019 at 11:48:10 PM MDT<br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>NMLA Legislative Bulletin #30</b><br>
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<p>NMLA Legislative Bulletin #30, 2019</p>
<p>The 2019 New Mexico Legislature adjourned at noon on Saturday, March 16.</p>
<p>Four bills of significance to libraries were passed during this session. Two other bills appropriated money for library-related projects.
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<p>BILLS AWAITING ACTION BY THE GOVERNOR</p>
<p>HB 430 LIBRARY PROCUREMENT CODE EXEMPTION Linda M. Trujillo <br>
Text of the bill: <a href="https://clicktime.symantec.com/3Wzz1b5R37DT6njRDCm5Nkm7Vc?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nmlegis.gov%2FSessions%2F19%2520Regular%2Fbills%2Fhouse%2FHB0430.html">
https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/house/HB0430.html</a><br>
ADVOCACY IS STILL NEEDED TO URGE THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN THIS BILL. See below for details.</p>
<p>SB 264 RURAL LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT, PROGRAM & FUND Gerald Ortiz y Pino <br>
The bill text is at: <a href="https://clicktime.symantec.com/3SxmFArPsugPy2AFhxKJp5h7Vc?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nmlegis.gov%2FSessions%2F19%2520Regular%2Fbills%2Fsenate%2FSB0264FSS.pdf">
https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0264FSS.pdf</a></p>
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The final amount appropriated for the fund was reduced by the Senate Finance Committee from $5 million to $1 million. It is likely that the sponsors will request full funding for the endowment in the 2020 Legislature.</p>
<p>SM 27 SCHOOL LIBRARY ASSESSMENT by Senator William Soules<br>
The Memorial was adopted by the Senate on a 43-0 vote on Sunday, March 10. Memorials do not require the Governor's signature. The text of the amended Memorial is attached.
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<p>HB 400 SCHOOL MEDIA LITERACY ADVISORY COMMITTEE by Antonio "Moe" Maestas, Matthew McQueen, Sheryl Williams Stapleton and Joy Garratt
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HB 400 passed the Senate on Thursday, March 14 by a vote of 31 - 4, with Senators William Burt, Mark Moores, William Scharer and Pat Woods voting no. The House concurred with the amended bill this morning. The bill now goes to the Governor for consideration.
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<p>The funding for the expenses of the advisory committee was provided in HB 548 APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES, Section 25, Paragraph A (2), for $137,000. This is the so-called "HB 2 Junior" bill which supplemented the General Appropriations Act. HB 548
passed both chambers and is under consideration by the Governor. </p>
<p>The Senate Education Committee amendment markup shows the changes made to the bill at the HB 400 Committee hearing on Thursday. These changes are shown by "SEC >text<SEC".<br>
<a href="https://clicktime.symantec.com/37Y3cusRGPzSH7FXeJwYehB7Vc?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nmlegis.gov%2FSessions%2F19%2520Regular%2FAmendments_In_Context%2FHB0400.pdf">https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/HB0400.pdf</a></p>
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The unannotated final bill text is not yet posted to the website.</p>
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*SB 280 CAPITAL OUTLAY EXPENDITURES by Carlos R. Cisneros and Jim R. Trujillo <br>
Senate Bill 280 appropriates $857,921,500 from general funds and $75,104,715 from other state funds, for a total of $933,026,215 for several hundred capital outlay projects around the state. Among those projects are 35 for libraries totalling $8,807,614. An
updated list of these projects is attached. The bill passed both chambers on unanimous votes and are now awaiting consideration by the Governor. The Governor can use a line item veto to reject any project in the capital outlay bill.
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<p>In addition to these projects, HB 548 APPROPRIATIONS & EXPENDITURES Patricia A. Lundstrom ("HB 2 Junior") also includes $50,000 "to expand library services in Anthony."</p>
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<p>Also funded in SB 280 was funding for the Library Broadband Infrastructue Fund, which had been created by HB 207 in the 2018 Legislature. In Section 32, Item 6, $1,000,000 is appropriated "for expenditure in fiscal years 2020 through 2023 to the library
broadband infrastructure fund for expenditure by the department of information technology for library broadband expansion and improvement statewide, including assessments and contracts, contingent upon the execution of a memorandum of understanding for use
of the funds with the cultural affairs department." This is less than the $1.6 million originally in SB 280, but more than the original $500,000 requested by the Interim Science, Technology and Telecommunications Committee last September.
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<p>We are advised that communications are needed to ask the Governor to sign HB 430 LIBRARY PROCUREMENT CODE EXEMPTION. Passage will expedite the acquisition of library materials by publicly-supported libraries, whether from local funding, state grants-in-aid
or by General Obligation Bond Issue funds. </p>
<p>The Governor's office phone number (505) 476-2200. You can also use the online contact form:
<a href="https://www.governor.state.nm.us/contact-the-governor">https://www.governor.state.nm.us/contact-the-governor</a></p>
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Here are suggestions for the message you might send:</p>
<p>Tell the Governor something like “My name is _________and I am the [position identification; director, friends of the library member, etc.] at the __________Library. HB 430 Library Procurement is a bill that I care greatly about and I request that the
governor signs it into law. It passed the Senate and House without opposition; it is simple and not controversial, yet it is critical for the hundreds of public, school, and state libraries across the state to be able to provide the materials their students
and communities need in the most cost effective way possible… [Add anything else you want to support here]. Thank you for your support of libraries!”
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<p>You can also use the contact information to request the Governor's support for the other bills and capital outlay requests noted above. She has until April 5th to act on legislation.
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<p>Joe Sabatini, Co-Chair<br>
Legislation Committee<br>
New Mexico Library Association</p>
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