New Mexico House of Representatives
Brian Egolf, Speaker of the House
Sheryl Williams Stapleton, House Majority Floor Leader
Doreen Y. Gallegos, House Majority Whip
D. Wonda Johnson, House Majority Caucus Chair
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Upcoming Legislative Interim Committee Meetings - October 30 through November 3, 2017
SANTA FE, NM – The following legislative interim committees are meeting the week of October 30 through November 3, 2017
October 30 – November 1, 2017 @ 10:00 a.m. – Land Grant Committee (LGC), 2933 N.M. Highway 47, Tomé, NM
Agenda Items: Tomé Status Update; Business Development Training Opportunities: K:12 and Adult Programs; Business Planning and Challenges at Cañon De Carnué Land Grant-Merced; Anton Chico Economic Development Center (ACEDC) Status Update; TBD; Public Comment
October 31, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m. – LGC, Tour: Town of Tomé Land Grant Merced
October 30-31, 2017 @ 10:00 a.m. – Revenue Stabilization and Tax Policy Committee (RSTP), State Capitol, Room 322, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: Auditing Oil and Gas Equipment for Tax Purposes; County Government Property Tax Issues; Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) Progress Report: Tax Gap, Audit and Compliance and Fraud; Tax Collection Efforts; State and Tribal Gasoline Taxes and Implications of Dual Taxation
October 31, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m. – RSTP – State Capitol, Room 322, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: Annual Report: Locomotive Fuel Tax Deduction; Connect America Fund Update and Proposal to Promote the Deployment of Broadband Telecommunications Services in New Mexico; Proposal for a New Property Tax Valuation Method for the Conservation of Unimproved Land; Proposal for a Deduction from Gross Receipts for Construction of Non-Residential Solar Projects
November 1-3, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m. – Legislative Health and Human Services Committee (LHHS), State Capitol, Room 317, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: Rio Arriba Behavioral Health Investment Zone Update; Primary Care Safety Net Update; Public Comment; Report of the J. Paul Taylor Early Childhood Task Force; Early Childhood Screening; Health Insurance Market Update
November 2, 2017 @ 8:30 a.m. – LHHS – Opioid Crisis Response Summit, Santa Fe Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy Street, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: Overview of the Opioid Use Crisis in New Mexico; Opioid Prescribing Practices; Overdose Death Prevention: Increasing Access to Narcan; Role of Pharmacies in the Prevention of Opioid Overdoses; Access to Medically Assisted Treatment Providers; Expand Medically Assisted Treatment Providers and Services; Medically Assisted Treatment in Correctional Facilities; Roundtable Discussions: What Can the Legislature Do to Help Turn the Curve on Drug Overdose Deaths? Conclusions: Wrap-Up Discussion
November 3, 2017 @ 9:10 a.m. – LHHS – State Capitol, Room 317, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: 2017 New Mexico Health Care Workforce Committee; Senate Memorial 38 (2017 Regular Session): Study Incidence of Strangulation in Domestic Violence; New Mexico Adult Guardianship Study Commission (AGSC) Report; Oversight of Contract Guardians and Conservators; Public Comment
November 1-2, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m. – New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee (NMFA), Eastern New Mexico University, Campus Union Building, 1500 S. Avenue K, Portales, NM
Agenda Items: Efficiency and Safeguard Provisions in Statute, Rules and Contracts for State Grants, Loans and Tax Incentive Programs; New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority Update: Existing Challenges to Timely Expenditure of Funds Process Improvement; Regional Water Infrastructure Funding and Water Infrastructure Team Update; Water Trust Board Update: Existing Challenges to Timely Expenditure of Funds Process Improvement; Public Comment
November 2, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m. – NMFA – Clovis Community College, Main Building – Board Room (Room 512), 417 Schepps Boulevard, Clovis, NM
Agenda Items: Statewide Broadband Infrastructure: Capital Programs and Projects and Federal and Other Funding Sources Availability; Spaceport Authority Update and Outlook; Public Comment
November 3, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m. – Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee (RHMC), State Capitol, Room 321, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: Methane Capture/Venting and Flaring; Update: Los Alamos National Laboratory Chromium Plume Cleanup; Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Funding; Interim Spent Fuel Storage; Update: Kirtland Air Force Base Fuel Spill Status and Legacy Military Waste Disposal; Discussion of Proposed Legislation for Endorsement; 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.
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Joseph Martinez
Leadership Assistant for Speaker Egolf
Joseph.Martinez@nmlegis.gov
(505) 986-4782
Fax # (505) 986447