SJM 11 — CABINET REDUCTION TASK FORCE

SENATE RULES COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 11 54TH LEGISLATURELEGISLATURE- - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION,SESSIO, 2019 INTRODUCED4 BY Bill Tallman 6 8 10 A JOINT MEMORIAL REQUESTING THE NEW MEXICO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO CONVENEASSIGN AAN TASKINTERIM FORCECOMMITTEE TO STUDY PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE REDUCTION IN CABINET DEPARTMENTS AND TO MAKE FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS.

1516 WHEREAS, in December 2009, Governor Bill Richardson e t 17 appointed a committee on government efficiency and requested ew tl 17n d 18 recommendations on efficiency measures that could be taken in w= l= n19 d 18 the 2010 legislative session to reduce governmental =a =l 19i a le r 20 expenditures by at least fifty million dollars ($50,000,000);

i a et rm 20m 21 and ad tr me m22 21 WHEREAS, the committee on government efficiency used the dc r e 22s k 23 following criteria for evaluating cost-saving opportunities:

c e sa kn 23b 24 the amount of money to be saved if adopted, ease and timing of eu a[ n b 24 implementation, mandatory obligations, economic impact of u.214441.2 [SRC/SJM 11 implementing change, span of control and agency size and better .212370.1 alignment with corresponding or related federal agencies;

and 6 WHEREAS, during the 2010 regular legislative session, House Bill 237 was passed, creating a government restructuring task force to further explore the findings from the 2009 committee on government efficiency;

and 12 WHEREAS, the government restructuring task force found that the proliferation of departments and agencies was a serious concern;

and WHEREAS, the government restructuring task force e e 17 recommended eliminating, merging and realigning certain e e 17n d 18 agencies for cost savings, efficiency and effectiveness;

and e= e= nl d] 1819 WHEREAS, several bills were introduced during the 2011 =a = l ]r 19i 20 legislative session to implement the government restructuring at le ra it 20 task force recommendations, but none of the bills passed;

and tm em a21 te d WHEREAS, during her term, Governor Susana Martinez mr me 2122 c e dr c 23 discussed the consolidation of several departments, but no r e 22a cn eb r24 c 23 action was taken;

and eu a[ n b 24 WHEREAS, the need to look at cost-saving measures, such as u.214441.2 [- 2 - SRC/SJM 11 the elimination or consolidation of agencies in state .212370.1government, - 2 - government is still relevant;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico legislative council be requested to conveneassign aan newinterim taskcommittee force to study the previous recommendations of the 2010 government restructuring task force 6 and to determine if its recommendations are relevant for further legislative action;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the newinterim taskcommittee forceassigned beby createdthe toNew beMexico composedlegislative ofcouncil sixrequest currenttestimony orfrom former legislatorslegislators, appointedformer bycabinet thesecretaries Newand Mexicoothers legislativewho councilcurrently andor sixformerly currentworked orin formerNew cabinetMexico secretariesstate appointedgovernment byin thepolicy governor;or decision-making positions;

and 12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the newassigned taskinterim forcecommittee be requested to issue a report on its findings and conclusions by October 31, 2019;

and e e 17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that duplicate copies of the report e e n d 18 be filed with the legislative council service library;

and e= e= 17l ] 19 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be ea el nr di 1820 transmitted to the governor and the co-chairs of the New Mexico =t =e la ]t 19 legislative council.

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