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NM 2008 Legislature
Updated 2/12/08
For more detailed information on any of these
bills please
go to the NM
Legislative Web Site at
http://legis.state.nm.us/lcs/default.asp.
Key Bills NMRC is
Supporting
Support
Community Recycling Efforts
This is a memorial
brought in by NMRC and is sponsored by Rep. Joni Marie
Gutierrez from Las Cruces. It asks the NM Environment
Department to work with NMRC to develop funding mechanisms
to support local recycling programs with significant grants
and technical support. It also asks NM Economic Development,
NM Tax & Revenue and the Office of the Governor to work with
NMRC to develop business incentives for recycled-content
manufacturers and recycling processors. NMED, Conservation
Voters NM, Dairy Producers of NM and Dell have stood up to
support in committee. NM SWANA and UNM Wild Friends have
expressed support for the bill as well.
HJM19 - Rep. Joni Marie Gutierrez
- Failed
House Energy and Natural
Resources Committee - Passed 1/25
House Floor - Passed 1/29
Senate Rules Committee -
Passed 2/10
Senate Conservation Committee
- 2/11 failed 5-4 vote
State Electronics Procurement and Recycling
This memorial is
sponsored by Sen. Dede Feldman of Albuquerque. Sen Feldman
has been a champion of both recycling and e-waste issues.
The memorial is brought in with support from NMRC, NMED, NM
Conservation Voters, Dell, NM SWANA, General Services
Division and the NM E-waste Stakeholders group. The bill
directs NMED to host a new stakeholder group to develop
environmentally-preferable electronics purchasing and
disposal guidelines for the state purchasing department to
use for all state agencies.
SJM11 - Sen. Dede Feldman
- PASSED
Senate Rules - Passed 1/30
Senate Conservation -
Passed 2/5
Senate Floor - Scheduled for
2/8
House Energy and Natural
Resources - Passed 2/11
House Floor - Passed 2/11
Expand State Capitol Recycling
This memorial is
sponsored by Sen. Michael Sanchez from Belen and is brought
in by the UNM Wild Friends program. This is a youth program
of students age 10-18 that select a bill topic each year.
This year they wanted to tie in recycling as a way to
conserve our wild life. The memorial asks for the state
capitol to set-up a full-fledged recycling program and to
lead by example.
SJM20 - Sen. Michael Sanchez -
PASSED
Senate Rules - Passed 1/23
Senate Public Affairs - Passed 1/29
Senate Floor - Passed 1/31
House Business and Industry - Passed 2/7
House Floor - Passed 2/10
Other Recycling or
Solid Waste Related Bills
NMFA
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND PROJECTS
Loan funds
available to many projects around the state, one of which is
for a "Recycling and Manufacturing Plant in McKinley
County".
HB245 - Rep.
Daniel Silva
General Appropriations Act
Includes
line item #50 for $3 million for the Solid Waste Facility
Grant Fund
SB78
HB7
Community Bicycle Donation
and Repair Program
HB329 - Rep.
Miguel Garcia
Sale of Recycled Metals Act
This bill deals with the
punitive and tracking aspects of stolen recycleable metals.
SB281- Sen.
Phil Griego - PASSED with amendments
Resource and Energy Efficient
Buildings
A structural
renovation of a building financed to any extent under the
Severance Tax Bonding Act shall include an upgrade or
replacement, using green building practices, of at least two
of the following building systems, if they originally exist:
(1) heating, ventilation and air conditioning;
(2) lighting; and
(3) water, plumbing, drainage and waste disposal.
SB 403 -
Sen. Pete Campos
+++++++
NM 2007 Legislature
The text of each bill is
available below on the bill number hyperlink. Just click on
the bill number you want to see text for.
Bills that
Passed Relating to Recycling and Solid Waste:
Sustainable Building
Tax Credits
This bill provides tax incentives for
commercial and residential buildings to receive green
building certification. Once certified the builder is able
to receive tax credits. NMRC supports this bill because the
green building accreditation process encourages jobsite
recycling, material reuse and recycled-content products, as
well as requires planning for where recyclables will be
collected once the building is in operation.
HB 534 - Rep.
Peter Wirth
SB 543 - Senator
Dede Feldman
Penalties for Used Oil
Violations
SB266 - Senator Phil Griego
Create Surplus Property Bureau
SB313 - Senator Phil Griego
Study Uses for Dairy Biomass
SJM57 - Senator Mary Kay Papen
Water and Sanitation District
Authority HB1032 - Rep. Gonzales
Bills That Did Not Get Through
Committees In Time
Local Recycling and Waste
Collection Assistance
HB84/SB 193, sponsor by Rep. Jeanette
Wallace and Senator Dede Feldman respectively. The act
requests a $1 million general fund recurring appropriation
starting in fiscal year 2008 to provide grant dollars to
local communities for electronic waste and household
hazardous waste collection events.
HB 84 -
Representative Jeanette Wallace
House Business and Industry Committee - Passed
House Appropriations and Finance Committee - Passed
House Floor
SB 193
- Senator Dede Feldman
Senate Conservation Committee - Passed
Senate Finance Committee - Passed
Senate Floor
Coalition to Combat Illegal
Dumping
House Joint Memorial 6. entitled
"Requesting the Creation of a Coalition for a Clean NM to
Combat Illegal Dumping Throughout the State" is sponsored by
Representative Don Tripp.
House Energy and Natural Resources - Passed 1/29
House Floor - Passed 1/31
Senate Rules - Passed 2/14
Funding a Task Force on
Illegal Dumping
HB180, entitled "Making an Appropriation to the Department
of Environment to Pay for Expenses of a Task Force on
Illegal Dumping", also sponsored by Rep. Don Tripp asks for
a one-time $100,000 general fund appropriation.
HB180 - Rep. Don Tripp
House Health and Government Affairs - Passed
House Appropriations and Finance Committee - Passed
House Floor
SB 939 - Sen. Dede Feldman
Senate Conservation Committee - Passed
Senate Finance Committee - Passed
Senate Floor
Solid Waste Facility
Grant Fund
This bill requests a refresh of the Solid
Waste Facility in the amount of $5 million to support
smaller communities come into compliance with the Solid
Waste regulations with infrastructure to close small
landfills, update transfer stations and build recycling
centers.
HB 440 - Rep.
Jose Campos
House Health and Government Affairs Committee - Passed
House Appropriations and Finance - Passed
House Floor
Phone Directory and
Unsolicited Mail Delivery
This bill is targeting source reduction
and allowing for households to opt-out of receiving
unsolicited phone book delivery to their home or business.
NMRC has not taken a position on this bill, but is tracking
it.
HB 700 - Rep.
Peter Wirth
House Building and Industries Committee - Heard 2/15, will
bring back to committee. No vote on 2/15. Rescheduled,
House Judiciary Committee
Consumer Information
Technology Recycling Act
This bill requests computer manufacturers
to be responsible for the collection and proper recycling of
end-of-life equipment of their products.
SB 1184 - Sen. Mary Jane Garcia
SB1184 - Senate Public Affairs Substitute
bill
Senate Public Affairs Committee - Passed
Senate Judiciary Committee - Passed
Senate Floor - Failed 20-17
NM as Energy Conservation
Leader
The memorial includes a
couple paragraphs on recycling: “Whereas, New Mexicans
should be encouraged to conserve resources and recycle
paper, cardboard, plastic, glass and aluminum to help reduce
waste;” and another statement “Be it further resolved that
the state recommend that all NM schools recycle paper,
cardboard, plastic, aluminum and glass and participate in
the programs known as “energy schools teaching about
resource savings”.
HM64 and HJM12 - Rep. Mimi Stewart
HM64, which then
became HJM12:
House Consumer and
Public Affairs - Passed
House Floor -
Passed
Senate Rules
Senate
Conservation
Senate Floor
Sale of Salvage Vehicles to
Recyclers
SB 933 - Sen. James Taylor
Senate Public Affairs
Senate Conservation
Prescription Medication
Donations
HB 46 - Rep. John Heaton
House Consumer and Public Affairs - Passed
House Health and Government Affairs - Passed
House Judiciary - Passed
House Floor - Passed
Senate Finance
Senate Conservation
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NM 2006 Legislature
Electronic Waste Recycling
Pilot Program
Senator
Feldman created
this bill to
provide funding to conduct a voluntary electronic waste
recycling program.
SB388 -
Senator Dede Feldman - Died
Support E-Waste Collection
and Recycling
This
memorial was proposed in conjunction with the SB388 funding
request to support e-waste collection and recycling around
the state.
SM14 - Senator Dede Feldman -
Died
Solid Waste Facility
Grant Fund
This bill requests a refresh of the Solid
Waste Facility in the amount of $5 million to support
smaller communities come into compliance with the Solid
Waste regulations with infrastructure to close small
landfills, update transfer stations and build recycling
centers.
HB 286 - Rep.
Jose Campos - Died
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NM 2005 Legislature - RAID SB142
Passes, as well as SJM9
The New Mexico
Recycling Coalition has worked with the New Mexico
Environment Department over the past year to create the
Strategic Plan to
Transform the Economics of Recycling in New Mexico. As
a result of the Plan, two pieces of legislation have been
developed and introduced into the House and Senate.
Recycling and Illegal Dumping Act
HB269/SB142, sponsored
by Rep. Jeanette Wallace and Senator Dede Feldman
respectively, is the
Recycling and Illegal Dumping Act, which repeals and
replaces the Tire Recycling Act; reallocates
existing grant funds
from tire recycling fund
to broader recycling and
illegal dumping abatement goals; increases tracking of
scrap tire generation and hauling to reduce illegal tire
dumps; and
creates the Recycling
Alliance, a
state level advisory board
with representatives from
state, local and tribal governments, industry and non-profit
organizations that
will generate the
State Recycling Plan to
increase recycling in New Mexico
and advise on grant
funding.
HB269 - Rep. Jeannette Wallace
House Energy
& Natural Resources Committee - passed
House
Judiciary - passed
House
Appropriations and Finance - pushed to House Floor
House Floor
- passed 3/10/04
Senate
Corporations and Transportation - passed
Senate
Finance - passed
Senate Floor
-
SB142 - Sen. Dede Feldman
Senate
Conservation Committee - passed
Senate
Judiciary - passed
Senate Floor
- passed 3/10/04
House Energy
& Natural Resources Committee - passed
House
Judiciary - passed
House Floor
- passed
Signed by Governor into Law
Recycling Equipment Tax
Credit
HB247/SB715,
sponsored by Representative
Rhonda King and Senator
Phil Griego respectively, is a Recycling Equipment Tax Credit, enabling
businesses to receive a 10% tax credit on gross receipts tax
(GRT), compensating or withholding tax when they purchase
recycling-related equipment. The
intent of this bill is to attract and expand businesses that
process recyclables, manufacture products from recycled
materials and increase the number of businesses that
recycle.
HB247
- Rep. Rhonda King
House
Consumer and Public Affairs Committee - passed
House Floor
- passed
Senate
Corporations and Transportation - passed
Senate
Finance - passed
Senate Floor
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SB715 - Rep. Phil Griego
Senate
Corporation and Transportation Committee - passed
Senate
Finance - stalled, did not come up for consideration
Senate Floor
Study Electronic Waste
Senator
Feldman created and passed this memorial that requested the
New Mexico Environment Department to look at and evaluate
the status of electronic waste, its problems and to
recommend a plan for proper disposal.
SJM9 -
Senator Dede Feldman - PASSED
PLEASE Go to the NM
Legislative Web Site for final bill versions at at
http://legis.state.nm.us/lcs/default.asp.
2004 Recycling
Memorial - HJM-5 "Develop NM Recycling Plan"
The
NMRC in conjunction with the New Mexico Environment Department:
Solid Waste Bureau and the Department of Economic Development
ubmitted Memorials to the House and Senate to develop a Strategic Plan for Transforming the Economics of Recycling in New Mexico.
The
Memorials (SJM6 and HJM5), passed February 17, 2004, and are a follow-up to the
Transforming the
Economics of Recycling Workshop that the NMRC hosted in
2003. The proposed plan will identify opportunities to:
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Create new markets that do not currently exist in New Mexico and transform existing waste streams into revenue generating commodities;
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Access both human resources and state of the art research capabilities to develop both low and high-tech jobs for rendering waste into valuable
resources;
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Attract and increase investment in the manufacturing sector;
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Expand community-based industries such as family owned timber mills, and construction and demolition recovery operations, local manufacture of recycled products, soil remediation, water conservation and landscaping using recycled products to name a few;
and
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Realize the true value of
waste commodities; and cultivate new employment options.
To
view the Memorial HJM5
click here
(SJM6 is the same).
Dede Feldman was the sponsor in the Senate and Jeannette
Wallace is the sponsor in the House of Representatives. Below
is the history of the Bill:
House
Joint Memorial 5
House Government and Urban Affairs
Committee - passed
House Floor - passed
Senate
Public Affairs Committee - passed
Senate
Floor - PASSED
Senate
Joint Memorial 6
Senate Rules and
Means Committee - passed
Senate Conservation
Committee - passed
Senate
Floor - waiting to be heard
Senate
Floor - tabled indefinitely
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