SB 353 — SEARCH & RESCUE EMERGENCY RESPONSES

SENATEAN TAX,ACT BUSINESSRELATING ANDTO TRANSPORTATIONSEARCH COMMITTEEAND SUBSTITUTERESCUE FOREMERGENCY SENATERESPONSE; BILL 353 57TH LEGISLATURE - STATEOFNEWMEXICO- FIRST SESSION, 2025 This document may incorporate amendments proposed by a committee, but not yet adopted, as well as amendments that have been adopted during the current legislative session.

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hPROVIDING gRESPONSE oPROTOCOLS ANFOR ACTFEDERAL, tSTATE, hrLOCAL gOR eTRIBAL iAGENCIES kWHEN RELATINGNEW TOMEXICO SEARCH AND RESCUE EMERGENCYIS RESPONSE;REQUIRED IN SEARCH AND RESCUE EMERGENCIES.

AMENDING8 THEBE hIT rENACTED iBY sTHE SEARCHLEGISLATURE ANDOF RESCUETHE ACT;STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

PROVIDINGSECTION RESPONSE1. PROTOCOLS FOR h , t, FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL AGENCIES WHEN NEW MEXICO SEARCH e u g e b l e e h AND RESCUE IS REQUIRED IN SEARCH AND RESCUE EMERGENCIES.

nSection d24-15A-3 dNMSA i1978 =(being =Laws o1978, hChapter l107, ]Section b3, ,das iamended) ais ºamended eto BEread: IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

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Section 24-15A-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978, d m :

b e d s º o t n = .230850.4AIC March 14, 2025 (3:11pm) s k m e e a n e d r e l u [ A d STBTC/SB 353 Chapter 107, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:

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"state SAR control agency" means the department hPage 1 of public safety;

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"state SAR mission initiator" means the New t hr g e i k Mexico state police officer so appointed and SAR trained;

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"state SAR resource officer" means the official h , t, located within the department of public safety responsible for e u g e b l e e h coordinating SAR resources and administering the state SAR n d d i = = o h plan;

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"field coordinator" means a person certified by r i = r t e w d the board with special training and expertise responsible for mthe aefficient norganization oand dconduction mof :a SAR mission;

b e d s º o t n = .230850.4AIC March 14, 2025 (3:11pm) s k m e - 2 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d STBTC/SB 353 the efficient organization and conduction of a SAR mission;

"civil air patrol" means the civil air patrol division of the department of military affairs and an air force auxiliary responsible for coordinating air searches [which ] that are authorized by the AFRCC;

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"SAR emergency" means an incident requiring STBTC/SB 353 urgent SAR assistance;

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"tribe" or "tribal" includes federally g o recognized Indian nations, tribes and pueblos." t hr g e SECTION 2.

A new section of the Search and Rescue Act is i k h r i s enacted to read:

h"SAR , t, "[NEW MATERIAL] SAR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROTOCOL--PROTOCOL--STANDARDIZED e u g e b l STANDARDIZED SEARCH AND RESCUE CRITERIA.-- e e h n d d i A.

The state SAR resource officer, in consultation = = o h l ] b ,d i a º e with local, state, federal and tribal emergency responders, r i = r t e w d search and rescue volunteer organizations and the board, shall mestablish astandardized ncriteria ofor dnotifying mthe :state SAR control agency of a SAR emergency.

b e d s º o t n = .230850.4AIC March 14, 2025 (3:11pm) s k m e - 3 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d STBTC/SB 353 establish standardized criteria for notifying the state SAR control agency of a SAR emergency.

The state SAR resource officer shall provide training to local, state, federal and tribal emergency response entities, public HGEICºsafety service»HGEIC HGEICºsafety»HGEIC answering points and volunteer SAR organizations in the protocols for reporting a SAR emergency.

Unless specified otherwise in a memorandum of agreement between the state SAR control agency and the local jurisdiction where a SAR emergency is located, local and STBTC/SB 353 state emergency response entities and public HGEICºsafety service»HGEICanswering hPage HGEICº3 safety»HGEIC answering points responsible for emergency g o t hr response shall promptly notify the state SAR control agency by g e i k phone or other approved communication technology of a potential h r i s need of state SAR personnel and resources.

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Notification to the state SAR control agency of e u g e b l e e h a SAR emergency shall not prevent the deployment of other n d d i = = o h agencies' personnel or resources pursuant to a request for aid, l ] b ,d i a º e including fire departments, law enforcement agencies and r i = r t e w d m a n o emergency medical services." dSECTION m3. :

b e d s º o t n = .230850.4AIC March 14, 2025 (3:11pm) s k m e - 4 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d STBTC/SB 353 SECTION 3.

"[NEW"SAR MATERIAL] SAR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROTOCOLS--PROTOCOLS--NOTIFICATION NOTIFICATION OF AGENCIES WITH RELEVANT EMERGENCY RESPONSE JURISDICTION.--AfterJURISDICTION.-- After being notified of a SAR emergency, the state SAR control agency shall promptly notify the entity that requested assistance and other appropriate authorities having jurisdiction, including affected land management agencies if a SAR emergency has occurred on the agency's or agencies' land, that state SAR personnel and resources have been activated.

If the state SAR control agency receives the STBTC/SB 353 initial notification of a SAR emergency, the SAR control Page 4 agency shall promptly notify the affected authorities having jurisdiction of where the local SAR h u » r emergency is anticipated to be located and whether resources or t h g e personnel have been deployed.

In the event that the state SAR l i h r control agency is unable to deploy SAR resources for a SAR i s h , e h emergency, the SAR control agency shall facilitate and assist t u g e b l in securing alternate SAR resources to support the affected e e , gh n d d i jurisdiction." = = o h l ] b ,d i a º r SECTION 4.

EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the e r = t e w d provisions of this act is January 1, 2026.

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