SANTA FE, NM – The following legislative interim committees are meeting the week of November 13 through November 17, 2017

November 13 - 14, 2017 @ 8:30 a.m. - Water and Natural Resources Committee (WNR), State Capitol, Room 322, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: Rural Electric Cooperative Rates for Retail Customers Who Consume the Majority of Electricity from a Local Distribution Cooperative; Changing the Renewable Portfolio Standard; Natural Gas Venting and Flaring: Report on Senate Memorial 102 (2017) and Responses; Distributed Solar Energy Financing Issues; Follow-Up Report from the New Mexico Central Arizona Project (NM CAP) Entity; Required Reports from the Interstate Stream Commission and State Engineer
November 14, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m. - WNR, State Capitol, Room 322, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: Texas v. New Mexico and Colorado, No. 141, Original: Status and Litigation Update (Executive Session-Closed to the Public); Lower Rio Grande Water Users and Elephant Butte Irrigation District (EBID): Negotiations on Water Management in the Lower Rio Grande and Related Issues; Energy Redevelopment Bonding Act Proposal;

November 13, 2017 @ 10:00 a.m. - Investments and Pensions Oversight Committee (IPOC), State Capitol, Room 307, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: Retiree Health Care Authority (RHCA); Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA); Educational Retirement Board (ERB); State Investment Council (SIC) Transparency;

November 15 - 17, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m. - Legislative Education Study Committee (LESC), State Capitol, Room 322, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) No Time to Lose Welcome and Introductions - NCSL Staff; Career Technical Education in High Performing Countries and the United States; CareerWise Colorado - CareerWise Staff (invited); CarE
eer Technical Education in New Mexico: Gadsen Independent School District Staff (invited): Farmington Municipal Schools Staff (invited); Community Imput
November 16, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m. - LESC, State Capitol, Room 322, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: National External Diploma Program; FY19 Health and Risk Insurance Requests: New Mexico Public Schools Insurance Authority (NMPSIA) and Albuquerque Public Schools; Senate Joint Memorial 1: Innovative Assessment Pilot; Potential Committee Sponsored Legislation; End-of-Course Exam Changes; Director's Report
November 17, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m. - LESC, State Capitol, Room 322, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: Teacher of the Year; National History Day

November 14 - 17, 2017 @ 8:30 a.m. - Legislative Finance Committee (LFC), State Capitol, Room 307, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: Staff Briefings (Executive Session); Energy Minerals and Natural Resources Department; General Services Department; New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority; State Investment Council; Public Defender Department; Department of Information Technology; Department of Public Safety; New Mexico Lottery Authority
November 15, 2017 @ 8:30 a.m. - LFC, State Capitol, Room 307, Room 307, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: Staff Briefings (Executive Session); Aging and Long-Term Services Department; LFC Progress Report: Aging Network; Department of Finance and Administration; and Special DFA-Appropriations--Duffy Rodriguez, Secretary, Department of Finance and Administration; Office of Superintendent of Insurance; Attorney General; Staff Reports; Economic Development Department; Miscellaneous Committee Business
November 16, 2017 @ 8:00 a.m. - LFC, State Capitol, Room 307, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: Staff Briefings (Executive Session); District Attorneys/Administrative Office of the District Attorneys; Secretary of State; Workforce Solutions Department; Administrative Office of the Courts; District Courts; Metropolitan Court
November 17, 2017 @ 8:00 a.m. - LFC, State Capitol, Room 307, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: Program Evaluation: Longitudinal Student Performance Analysis - Impact of School, Teacher and Program Interventions; Tourism Department

November 16 - 17, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m. - Legislative Health and Human Services Committee (LHHS), State Capitol, Room 321, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: Senate Memorial 99 (2017 Regular Session) State Agency Health Expenditures Study; Interagency Benefits Advisory Committee Cost and Utilization Trends; Public Comment; Centennial Care 2.0 Waiver Application Impact Analysis; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Court Order Compliance Update
November 17, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m. - LHHS, State Capitol Room 321, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: Early Childhood Services Collaboration: Report Pursuant to Senate Memorial 23 (2017); Developing a Primary Care Workforce in New Mexico Communities; Public Comment; Endorsement Review of Legislation for 2018 Regular Session

 

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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