Legislative Interim Committees for the Week of August 28, 2017

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Published: 26 August 2017 26 August 2017

August 28, 2017 @ 10:00 a.m. - Legislative Council (LC), State Capitol, Room 307
Agenda Items: Interim Committee Requests; Legislative Staff Compensation Update; Litigation Update; Tax Study Update; Request for Use of Chambers; Staff Reports

August 29-30, 2017 @ 10:00 a.m. – Land Grant Committee (LGC), San Miguel del Bado Senior Center, 279 State Route 3, Ribera, NM

Agenda Items: San Miguel del Bado Land Grant-Merced Status Update; Requested Election Code Changes for Land Grants-Merced; Land Grant Council; United States Forest Service Follow-Up to Questions Raised at July Committee meeting; Department of Game and Fish Update; Public Comment. August 30 @ 9:00 a.m. - Tour of San Miguel del Bado Land Grant-Merced

August 30 – September 1, 2017 @ 9:00a.m. – Legislative Education Study Committee (LESC), UNM Taos, Bataan Hall, 121 Civic Plaza Dr., Taos, 87571

Agenda Items: No Time to Lose: Teaching and Learning in High Performing Countries and the United States – NCSL & Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy; State Auditor Review of PED's Use of State Chartered Charter School 2 Percent Set-Aside. August 31 @ 9:05 a.m. – Strategic Initiatives of UNM Taos Branch; Strategic Initiatives of Local School Districts and Taos Pueblo; Consensus General Fund Revenue Forecast FY18 and FY 19; Diversity and Inclusion in the Classroom; Director's Report – Administrative Rule Making, LESC August Newsletter; Community Input. September 1 @ 8:30 a.m. – College of Education Program Approval Process; College of Education Report Card Development

August 31 – September 1, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m. – Economic & Rural Development Committee (ERD), Cimarron High School, 165 North Collision Avenue, Cimarron, NM

Agenda Items: Tourism and Ranching; TBD Philmont Scout Ranch; Supporting In-State Industries with Government Procurement; Deploying Broadband in Rural NM; Colfax County Aquifer Mapping and Its Importance to Economic Development; Health Care Development in Colfax County; Rural Health Care Access and Health Care As a Job Recruitment Tool; TBD – New Mexico Association of Commerce and Industry; Health Insurance and Provier Access in Rural Markets; Public Comment. September 1 @ 9:00 a.m. – Transforming New Mexico's Energy Future; Opportunities and Barriers: Developing Wind Infrastructure; Moving New Mexico Toward 100% Clean Renewable Energy; 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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