Legislation - New Mexico - onPolitix

Geothermal pump tax credit refundability

Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:36:28 GMT

Relating to taxation; amending th egeothermal ground-coupled heat pump tax credits to provide for refundability of the tax credits; requiring reports.

Sceince of teaching reading requirement

Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:32:07 GMT

House Bill 74 adds to current teacher licensure requirements a “rigorous assessment of the
candidate's knowledge of the science of teaching reading” within the current New Mexico
teacher assessment examination.

Early K-3 plus pilot fund early allocation

Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:06:33 GMT

Relating to public scools; requiring early allocation of K-3 plus pilot project funds each year if money is available.

Income surtax, distribution and school funds

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:41:40 GMT

Relating to taxation; Amending the income tax act. Creating a graduated surtax for higher levels of taxable income; distributing to net receipts generated by the income tax surtax. Amending the public scholl fund to prevent fiscal year-end reversions.

Allow fusion voting

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:33:46 GMT

Relating to elections; allwoing a political party to nominate any qualified candidate to run under its part;y name in an election. Allwoing a candidate's name to appear more than once on a ballot. Amending and repealing section of the NMSA 1978 and reconciling multiple amendments to the same section of law in Laws 1993.

Air medal recipient license plates

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:27:55 GMT

Relating to motor vehicles; Providing for special registration plates for persons awarded the air medal by the United States Armed Forces.

Suspend effectiveness of some rules

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:22:55 GMT

Relating to State Rules; Enacting a new section of the State Rules Actto suspend the effectivenesss of certain rules.

Child daycare gross receipts deduction

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 01:24:33 GMT

Relating to taxation; providing a deduction from gross receipts for receipts from the state for child daycare services for eligible families.

City acquisition of abandoned cemeteries

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 01:16:55 GMT

Relating to cemeteries; providing for acquisition of abandoned cemeteries by municipalities; enacting a new section of chapter 3 article 40 NMSA 1978.

No funds for certain school education programs

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 01:08:05 GMT

Relating to higher education; prohibiting general fund distributions to public post-secondary educational institutions that have colleges of education or teacher perparation programs that do not instruct students in how to teach reading that is based on scientifically based reading research and the science of reading and which courses are aligned with state reading standards and meet other requirements.