Upcoming Legislative Interim Committee Meetings July 18-22, 2016

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Published: 15 July 2016 15 July 2016

SANTA FE, NM - The following legislative interim committees are meeting the week of July 18 through July 22, 2016.

July 18-20, 2016 @ 10:00 a.m. - Indian Affairs Committee
Ramah Navajo Chapter House, Mountain View, NM
Navajo Division of Transportation-Tse Bonito Office, Mentmore, NM
UNM-Gallup, Gallup, NM
Agenda Items: July 18: Status Update; Update on NM Native American Charter Schools; Tribal Courts & Tribal Jurisdiction; Navajo Peacemaking Project; Public Comment; July 19: Status Update; Spiritual & Cultural Exploitation of Scared Ceremonial Dances; NM Small Loan Industry & Impact of Newly Proposed Federal Consumer Protection Rules; Dental Therapists; Economic Effects of the Loss of Coal Industry Jobs on Northwest New Mexico; Public Comment; July 20: Status Update; Discussion of Proposed Land Division of Fort Wingate; Safety Concerns at the Intersection of Sundance Road Near Fire Rock Casino; Public Comment

July 21, 2016 @ 10:00 a.m. - Military & Veterans' Affairs Committee
San Juan College School of Energy, Merrion Room, Farmington, NM
Agenda Items: White Sands Missile Range Update; NM National Guard Update; Veterans' Services Department Update; San Juan College Veteran Center; Navajo Nation Veterans' Issues; Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc.

July 21-22, 2016 @ 9:00 a.m. - Revenue Stabilization & Tax Policy Committee
State Capitol, Room 322, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: July 21: NM Tax System Overview & General Fund Revenue Sources; Constitutional Constraints on Tax Policy & What States Are Doing to Tax Internet Sales; July 22: Discussion of Good Jobs First's Report - "Slicing the Budget Pie for Big Business: How Three States Allocate Economic Development Dollars, large Companies Versus Small"; Results from NM First's Statewide Town Hall on Economic Development

July 22, 2016 @ 10:00 a.m. - Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force
State Capitol, Room 307, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: Update on the Zuni Lawsuit; Public School Capital Outlay Council Standards-Based Grant Awards - 2016-17 Funding Cycle, Project Status Report & Schools Opening This Fall; PSCOC Financial Plan; Charter Schools - Progress Toward Public Facilities Deadline; Public Education Department Suggested Legislation - Amendments to the Public School Capital Improvements Act (SB9) and the Public School Buildings Act (HB33)

All interested persons are welcome and encouraged to attend any of the interim committee public meetings. For more information and detailed agendas, please go to the legislative website at http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/. All meetings held at the Capitol are webcast at http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/webcast/default.aspx.

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