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AN ACT
RELATING TO THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT; MAKING
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE EXPENSE OF THE FIFTY-SEVENTH
LEGISLATURE, FIRST SESSION, 2025, AND FOR OTHER LEGISLATIVE
EXPENSES, INCLUDING THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SERVICE, THE
LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION
STUDY COMMITTEE, THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE, THE HOUSE CHIEF
CLERK'S OFFICE, THE SENATE CHIEF CLERK'S OFFICE AND OTHER
EXPENSES OF THE LEGISLATURE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. SESSION EXPENSES.--
A. There is appropriated from the general fund for
the expense of the legislative department of the state of New
Mexico for the first session of the fifty-seventh legislature
for per diem and mileage of its members, for salaries of
employees and for other expenses of the legislature, eleven
million four hundred forty-seven thousand eight hundred
dollars ($11,447,800) or so much thereof as may be necessary
for such purposes.
B. The expenditures referred to in Subsection A of
this section are as follows:
(1) per diem for senators . . . . $550,700;
(2) per diem for members of the house of
representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $917,700; HB 1/ec
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(3) mileage traveled by members of the
senate going to and returning from the seat of government by
the usually traveled route, one round trip. . . . . . $7,800;
(4) mileage traveled by members of the house
of representatives going to and returning from the seat of
government by the usually traveled route, one round trip. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,900;
(5) salaries and employee benefits of senate
employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,500,000;
(6) salaries and employee benefits of house
of representatives employees. . . . . . . . . . . $3,490,700;
(7) for expense of the senate not itemized
above, two hundred twenty thousand four hundred dollars
($220,400). No part of this item may be transferred to
salaries or employee benefits;
(8) for expense of the house of
representatives not itemized above, five hundred six thousand
two hundred dollars ($506,200). No part of this item may be
transferred to salaries or employee benefits; and
(9) for session expenses of the legislative
council service, the joint billroom and mailroom and joint
legislative switchboard, two million two hundred forty-one
thousand four hundred dollars ($2,241,400) to be disbursed
upon vouchers signed by the director of the legislative
council service or the director's designee. HB 1/ec
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C. The expenditures for the senate shall be
disbursed on vouchers signed by the chair of the committees'
committee and the chief clerk of the senate or the chief
clerk's designee. The expenditures for the house of
representatives shall be disbursed on vouchers signed by the
speaker and chief clerk of the house or the chief clerk's
designee. Following adjournment of the session, expenditures
authorized pursuant to Paragraphs (1) through (8) of
Subsection B of this section shall be disbursed upon vouchers
signed by the director of the legislative council service or
the director's designee.
D. Under the printing contracts entered into for
the first session of the fifty-seventh legislature, the chair
of the committees' committee of the senate, subject to the
approval of the committee, and the speaker of the house of
representatives are authorized and directed to provide for
the printing of all bills, resolutions, joint resolutions,
memorials and joint memorials introduced in the senate or
house, the printing of the bill locator and the printing of
all necessary stationery required for use in the respective
houses. They are further directed to provide for the
purchase of all supplies necessary for use in the respective
houses within the appropriation provided. The orders for
printing, stationery and supplies shall be approved by the
chair of the committees' committee in the senate or by the HB 1/ec
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speaker of the house.
SECTION 2. BILLS AND OTHER PRINTED MATERIALS.--For the
first session of the fifty-seventh legislature, bills,
resolutions, joint resolutions, memorials and joint memorials
delivered to the printer shall be returned by the printer to
the joint billroom within forty-two hours after they are
ordered to be printed. The billroom personnel shall supply a
complete file of bills, resolutions, joint resolutions,
memorials, joint memorials and other printed distribution
materials to the following:
A. upon request, one copy to each member of the
house of representatives and the senate;
B. upon written request, one copy to each county
clerk, district judge, radio or television station and
newspaper and to the general library of each state-supported
institution of higher learning; and
C. upon written request, one copy to each state
department, commission, board, institution or agency, each
elected state official, each incorporated municipality, each
district attorney, each ex-governor, each member of the New
Mexico congressional delegation and each school district in
the state.
SECTION 3. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SERVICE.--There is
appropriated from the general fund to the legislative council
service for expenditure in fiscal year 2026, to be disbursed HB 1/ec
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upon vouchers signed by the director of the legislative
council service or the director's designee, the following:
Personal Services & Employee Benefits $10,122,400
Contractual Services 620,000
Other Costs 1,442,200
Total $12,184,600.
SECTION 4. LEGISLATURE.--There is appropriated from the
general fund, unless otherwise indicated, for the expense of
the legislative department, not provided for in Section 1 of
this act, for expenditure in fiscal year 2026, unless
otherwise indicated, to be disbursed on vouchers signed by
the director of the legislative council service or the
director's designee, the following:
A. for travel expenses of legislators other than
New Mexico legislative council members, on legislative
council business, for committee travel, staff and other
necessary expenses for other interim committees and for other
necessary legislative expenses, four million dollars
($4,000,000); provided that the New Mexico legislative
council may transfer amounts from the appropriation in this
subsection, during the fiscal years for which appropriated,
to any other legislative appropriation where they may be
needed;
B. for pre-session expenditures and for necessary
contracts, supplies and personnel for interim session HB 1/ec
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preparation, five hundred ten thousand dollars ($510,000);
C. for a statewide legislative intern program,
sixty-one thousand eight hundred dollars ($61,800);
D. for dues and fees of national organizations of
which the legislature is a member, four hundred sixty-five
thousand eight hundred dollars ($465,800);
E. for the legislative information system, for
fiscal years 2025 and 2026, three million one hundred
eighty-eight thousand nine hundred dollars ($3,188,900);
F. for the interim duties of the senate rules
committee, thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000);
G. for the contractual services of the capitol
buildings planning commission, two hundred fifty-seven
thousand five hundred dollars ($257,500);
H. for legislative district staff, including
salaries and benefits, information technology equipment and
software, furniture, supplies, office space and other
necessary support, fourteen million dollars ($14,000,000).
Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end
of fiscal year 2026 from the appropriation in this subsection
shall revert to the general fund;
I. for expenditure in fiscal years 2026 through
2028 from legislative cash balances for equipment, furniture,
upgrades and repairs for the state capitol complex, four
million dollars ($4,000,000); HB 1/ec
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J. for expenditure in fiscal years 2025 and 2026
from legislative cash balances for the ongoing planning,
output development and design of a legislative processing
system, five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000); and
K. for expenditure in fiscal years 2025 and 2026
from legislative cash balances for the New Mexico
legislature's support of the legislative clerks and
secretaries section of the national conference of state
legislatures to perform such functions as are necessary to
prepare for the 2025 annual meeting to be held in Santa Fe,
one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
SECTION 5. LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE.--There is
appropriated from the general fund to the legislative finance
committee, to be disbursed upon vouchers signed by the chair
of the committee or the chair's designated representative:
A. for expenditure in fiscal year 2026, the
following:
Personal Services & Employee Benefits $6,525,100
Contractual Services 386,000
Other Costs 549,600
Total $7,460,700;
B. for expenditure in fiscal year 2025, seven
hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) for ongoing
collaboration on the salary study related to the state's job
architecture for classified employees; and HB 1/ec
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C. for expenditure in fiscal year 2025, three
hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) to purchase
economic analysis software.
SECTION 6. LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE.--
There is appropriated from the general fund to the
legislative education study committee for expenditure in
fiscal year 2026, to be disbursed on vouchers signed by the
chair of the committee or the chair's designated
representative, the following:
Personal Services & Employee Benefits $1,686,200
Contractual Services 70,000
Other Costs 190,000
Total $1,946,200.
SECTION 7. HOUSE CHIEF CLERK.--There is appropriated
from the general fund to the legislative council service for
expenditure in fiscal year 2026 for the operation of the
house chief clerk's office, to be disbursed on vouchers
signed by the director of the legislative council service,
the following:
Personal Services & Employee Benefits $3,152,800
Contractual Services 444,400
Other Costs 72,600
Total $3,669,800.
SECTION 8. SENATE CHIEF CLERK.--There is appropriated
from the general fund to the legislative council service for HB 1/ec
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expenditure in fiscal year 2026 for the operation of the
senate chief clerk's office, to be disbursed on vouchers
signed by the director of the legislative council service,
the following:
Personal Services & Employee Benefits $2,804,800
Contractual Services 511,300
Other Costs 105,900
Total $3,422,000.
SECTION 9. OFFICIAL MASTER DATABASE OF LAWS--SELF-
PUBLICATION--FREE ACCESS TECHNOLOGY--HARD-COPY PUBLICATION.--
There is appropriated from the legislative cash balances for
the legislative department's share of the continued
development required for the master database of official
annotated laws of the state, markup language and tagging and
its use for legislative document systems and a tagged
database of the session laws and for the costs associated in
collaborating with the New Mexico compilation commission on
the ongoing development and expanding partnership role with
the New Mexico compilation commission in the self-publication
of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978 , including
technology for freely accessible laws and hard-copy
publication, four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for
expenditure during fiscal years 2025 and 2026.
SECTION 10. CATEGORY TRANSFER.--Amounts set out in
Sections 3 through 8 of this act are provided for HB 1/ec
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informational purposes only and may be transferred among
categories.
SECTION 11. PERFORMANCE MEASURES.--Each legislative
agency shall adhere to the performance measures specified in
its strategic plan and shall make reports as required in that
plan.
SECTION 12. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
peace, health and safety that this act take effect
immediately.