Legislative Interim Committee Meetings for the Week of September 26, 2016

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Published: 23 September 2016 23 September 2016

SANTA FE, NM - The following legislative interim committees are meeting the week of September 26-30, 2016.

September 26, 2016 @ 10:00 a.m. - Tobacco Settlement Revenue Oversight Committee - CANCELLED AND TO BE RESCHEDULED
Inn of the Mountain Gods, 287 Carrizo Canyon Road, Mescalero, NM
Agenda Items: New Mexico Allied Council on Tobacco - Tobacco Prevention Coalition; Update on Tobacco Cessation Programs Funded Through the Indian Affairs Department; IAD Funding/Budget Requests; Human Services Department Services Funded by Tobacco Settlement Revenue; HSD Funding/Budget Requests; Public Comment

September 27-28, 2016 @ 10:00 a.m. - Indian Affairs Committee - CANCELLED AND TO BE RESCHEDULED
Inn of the Mountain Gods, 287 Carrizo Canyon Road, Mescalero, NM
Agenda Items: September 27: Update from New Mexico Legal Aid-s Native American Program; Public Service Company of New Mexico Tribal Infrastructure Investments & Workforce Training Update; Update from the United States Forest Service; Public Comment; September 28: Tour of Mescalero Apache Reservation

September 27, 2016 @ 9:00 a.m. -Legislative Finance Committee - Sunset/Sunrise Subcommittee
State Capitol, Room 322, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: Summary of Government Restructuring Task Force Report; Overview of Texas Sunset Review Process; Sunset/Sunrise Process; Board of Examiners for Architects; Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers & Professional Surveyors; Board of Veterinary Medicine; State Early Learning Advisory Council; State Racing Commission; Boards & Commissions; Athletic Commission; Board of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine; Board of Funeral Services; Interior Design Board; Private Investigations Advisory Board; Public Accountancy Board; Real Estate Appraisers Board

September 28-30, 2016 @ 8:30 a.m. - Legislative Finance Committee
State Capitol, Room 322, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: September 28: Health Notes - Prescription Drugs; Pharmaceutical Industry, Health Plans & Advocates Panel; Indian Affairs Department; Veterans- Services Department; Department of Health - Preview of FY18 Appropriations Request; US Department of Energy Contract Renewal for National Laboratories & Effect on General Fund Revenues; Miscellaneous Committee Business; September 29: New Mexico Lottery Authority; Insurance Revenue Audit; Petroleum Industry Update; New Mexico Department of Corrections - Preview of FY18 Appropriations Request; Subcommittee A & B Agency Updates; September 30: Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Update; Children, Youth & Families Department - Preview of FY18 Appropriation Request; Early Childhood Care & Education Workforce Development

September 29-30, 2016 @ 10:00 a.m. - Water & Natural Resources Committee
New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Fidel Center, Ballroom B, Socorro, NM
Agenda Items: September 29: NMIMT Report on Aquifer Mapping & Other Research Projects; Regional Water Planning Status & Regional Water Governance Study Group Report; Lower Rio Grande Alternative Administration & Ground Water Management; Forest & Watershed Restoration Projects & Funding; Texas vs. New Mexico Litigation Update; Committee Tour of New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources; September 30: San Agustin Plains Proposed Appropriation Concerns; Colorado River Drought Contingency Planning & Cooperative Water Management Operations in the Middle Rio Grande; State Land Office Watershed Restoration Proposal; Laun-Dry Spill Status & Ground Water Regulations; Committee Tour

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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