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New Mexico Statutes Chapter 2. Legislative Branch § 2-19-1. Tobacco settlement revenue oversight committee created; membership; duties

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. There is created a joint interim legislative committee that shall be known as the “tobacco settlement revenue oversight committee”.

B. The tobacco settlement revenue oversight committee shall be composed of six members. Three members of the house of representatives shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and three members of the senate shall be appointed by the committees' committee of the senate or, if the senate appointments are made in the interim, those members shall be appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate after consultation with and agreement of a majority of the members of the committees' committee. Members shall be appointed from each house so as to give the two major political parties in each house the same proportionate representation on the tobacco settlement revenue oversight committee as prevails in each house.

C. The tobacco settlement revenue oversight committee shall:

(1) monitor the use of tobacco settlement revenue and meet on a regular basis to receive and review evaluations of programs receiving funding from tobacco settlement revenues;

(2) prepare recommendations, based on its program evaluation process, of program funding levels for the next fiscal year. The recommendations shall be made available to the New Mexico legislative council and the legislative finance committee on or before December 15 preceding each session; and

(3) make recommendations as necessary for changes in legislation regarding use of the tobacco settlement revenue.

D. The staff for the tobacco settlement revenue oversight committee shall be provided by the legislative council service.

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