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SB 193
WATER QUALITY CONTROL COMMISSIONERS
- Legislative URL:
- SB 193 on nmlegis.gov
- Emergency Clause:
- No
- Germane:
- N/A
- Location:
- - OTHER -
- Action:
- [2] SRC/SCONC-SRC API.
- Issue(s):
- Water Quality & Supply
Related Legislators
- Bill Sponsor:
- Phil Griego
Related Documents
- Downloads:
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Introduced
Fiscal Impact Report
Summary
The bill makes several changes to the composition of the Water Quality Control Commission, specifically:
- removing the Secretary of the Health Department; the Directors of the Game & Fish Department, the State Parks Division and the Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources; and, the Chair of the Oil Conservation Commission (or their designees) from the Commission;
- eliminating the entities represented by those positions as constituent agencies of the Commission (except for the Health Department as it is not a constituent agency under current law);
- adding the Secretary of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department to the Commission;
- reducing the number of public members from 4 to 3;
- requiring that a majority of the members present at a meeting concur in an action of the Commission for it to be valid rather than requiring that at least 6 members who are present concur.
The bill extends the Commission’s sunset date to July 1, 2019 and allows it to continue operating until July 1, 2020.
Date of Summary: 1/23/2013