SANTA FE, NM - The following legislative interim committees are meeting the week of August 29 through September 2, 2016.
August 29, 2016 @ 9:00 a.m. - Investments & Pensions Oversight Committee
State Capitol, Room 322, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: Retirement Insecurity of Private Sector Workers and State Reform Efforts; Policy Considerations; Economic Effects of Retirement Benefit Distributions; Update from the State Investment Council on the Status of Legal Claims
August 29-31, 2016 @ 10:00 a.m. - Indian Affairs Committee
Sky City Casino Hotel & Conference Center, Pueblo of Acoma, NM
Route 66 Casino Hotel, Pueblo of Laguna, NM
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM
Agenda Items: August 29: Status Update Pueblo of Acoma; Update on Protecting Cultural Properties (HJM1 - 2016); Indian Affairs Department Updates on Tribal Infrastructure Fund & the State-Tribal Collaboration Act; Public Comment; August 30: Status Update Pueblo of Laguna; School Funding, Impact Aid & Ongoing Public Education Lawsuits; Uranium Cleanup Efforts; Public Comment; August 31: Status Update IPCC; Update on Health Services Provided to Native Americans in Light of the 1952 Contract Between UNM Health Sciences Center, Indian Health Service & Bernalillo County; Albuquerque Indian Center Update & Funding Challenges; Update on the Gathering of Nations PowWow; Public Comment
August 31, 2016 @ 9:00 a.m. -Military & Veterans' Affairs Committee
CNM Richard Barr Room, Albuquerque, NM
Agenda Items: New Mexico National Guard Update; Veterans' Services Department Update; Central New Mexico Community College Ingenuity Program; CNM Veterans' Resource Center; Tour of CNM Campus & Veterans' Resource Center; Sale of Tabs by Veteran Service Organizations; City of Albuquerque Veterans' Services Office; Army OneSource Program; Museum of the American Military Family; Warrior Farmer Project
September 1-2, 2016 @ 9:00 a.m. - Economic & Rural Development Committee
Daniels Leadership Center, New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, NM
Agenda Items: September 1: Economic Development Updates from Roswell & Chaves County; Liquor Licensing Policy Revisions - State Perspective; Liquor Licensing & Its Role in Economic Development; Liquor Licensing Policy Revisions from Industry Perspective; Industrial Hemp; Public Comment; September 2: MainStreets Program Successes in Clovis & Lovington; Improving Access to Dental Care; Building a Smarter Energy Infrastructure Through a Balanced Energy Mix; Public Comment
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.