Upcoming Legislative Interim Committee Meetings September 18 through 22, 2017

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Published: 15 September 2017 15 September 2017

SANTA FE, NM – The following legislative interim committees are meeting the week of September 18 through September 22, 2017

September 18, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m. - Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force (PSCOOTF), State Capitol, Room 307, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: Consensus Revenue Projections and Public School Capital Outlay; What Happens to All of That Money? A Look at Completed Projects Opening this Fall; What Happens to Old, Abandoned School Buildings? Examination of Issues Related to Realistic, Economical Disposal of Abandoned, "Unusable" School Facilities and Possible Solutions; Charter Schoo Risk Review; Who Owns Charter School Facilities?; Where Are All of the Children? A Look at the Background and Current Status of the State's Use of the Geographic Information System

September 19 - 20, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m. - New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee (NMFA), War Eagles Air Museum, 8012 Airport Road, Santa Teresa, NM
Agenda Items: Colonias Infrastructure Update: Existing Challenges to Timely Expenditure of Funds Process Improvement; Border Authority Update; Working Lunch: Border Development Initiatives; Statewide Broadband Infrastructure: Capital Programs, Projects, Federal and Other Funding Source Availability; Film Production Financing: Former Programs and Initiatives and Emerging Opportunities September 20, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m. - Barbara Hubbard Room, Pan American Center, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM. - Agenda Items: Spaceport Authority Update and Outlook; Economic Development Department Local Economic Development Act and Catalyst Fund Update; Business Incubators, Accelerators and Venture Capital in New Mexico; Public Comment

September 20 - 22, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m. - Legislative Health and Human Services Committee (LHHS), Science and Technology Center Rotunda, University of New Mexico, 801 Lomas Boulevard SE, Albuquerque, NM
Agenda Items: Updates from the University of New Mexico; Results First; Centennial Care 2.0 Concerns; Medicaid Revenue Enhancement; Centennial Care Update. September 21@ 9:00 a.m. – Agenda Items: Access to Contraceptive Coverage: Report of the Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Task Force; Poison and Drug Information Task Force; Duty to Report Abuse and Neglect; Sexual Assault Prevention and Sexual Assault Prevention and Sexual Assault Examination Kit Update; Public Comment. September 22 @ 9:00 a.m. -Agenda Items: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Decisions; Public Comment

September 21, 2017 @ 10:00 a.m. - Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee (RHMC), University of New Mexico-Los Alamos, 4000 University Drive, Los Alamos, NM
Agenda Items: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Update; TBD; Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Community Involvement and Investment in New Mexico; LANL Overview; Community Concerns; TBD; Public Comment

September 22, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m. - Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee (MVAC), Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitors Center, Angel Fire, NM
Agenda Items: National Veterans Wellness and Healing Center; Not Forgotten Outreach; Navy League of the United States New Mexico Council; Veterans' Services Department (VSD) - Update; Healing America's Heroes Program; Albuquerque Fisher House

September 22, 2017 @ 9:30 a.m. - Transportation Infrastructure Revenue Subcommittee, State Capitol Room 322, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: Modal Program: Ports of Entry, Transit and Trail, Traffic Safety; Trucking Super Center I-40 Proposal Update; Overview of Municipal Transportation Challenges Statewide; Roadway Dust Mitigation; Transportation Challenges Facing County Governments; Follow-Up Subcommittee Questions

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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