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i Santa Fe, N.M., Aprils, 1983 THE NEW MEXICAN A-3 Th Forecast For 7 a.m. EST Hamd snowPI Sslufdsv a Low Tornpwaturoa ShownF Fium Anaya gives his reasons for vetoing several bills Weather Santa Fe data A winter-like storm was moving out of the state this morning, the National Weather Ser-vlM said. In the Santa Fe area, it will be clear and cold tonight, with winds up to 10 mph. Saturday, sunny skies and warm temperatures should prevail. The high Thursday was 38, and the overnight low 16.

Today, It should warm to 42, and dip to 22 tonight. A half inch of snow fell on Santa Fe during the last 24 hour period measured, or .03 inch precipitation. Saturdays high is forecast at 45 degrees. Sunset today 6 31 p.m Sunrise Saturday: 5:40 a.m. Front Cold Los Alamos data A similar forecast is in store for Los Alamos.

Saturday, it will be sunny and warmer, the National Weather Service said. The high Thursday was 42 and the overnight low 20. No precipitation was reported. The high today should be near 50 and the low near 20. The National Weather Service forecasts rain and showers for Saturday from the Midwest to the mid-Atlantic and south to Florida.

Snow is expected for the eastern plains. Sunny weather is forecast for most of the West. Most northern state will be cool. National weather By The Associated Press More thunderstorms headed for the rain-ravaged Mississippi Valley today, sending swollen rivers to near-record flood levels, and rain and snow battered the southern Plains. Louisiana and Mississippi bore the brunt of the storm Thursday, with sections of New Orleans underwater and phone service interrupted for the citys 1 million residents when longdistance equipment failed.

The National Weather Service reported up to 20 inches of rain in southeastern Louisiana Wednesday and Thursday, with 14 inches in Hattiesburg, 11 inches in New Orleans and 10 inches in Bay Minette, Ala. Thunderstorms dropped large hail and heavy rains in the lower Mississippi Valley early today, with scattered showers from the central Gulf Coast across central Alabama and up into Kentucky and Tennessee. Storms which first hit the West Coast on Sunday have claimed a total of 16 lives, including five deaths in Mississippi and three in Louisiana. The floods have damaged 40,000 homes and forced evacuation of at least 21,000 people, authorities said. Snow prompted travelers advisories for parts of Texas and New Mexico today.

Light rain and drizzle fell in the upper Ohio Valley and in the Atlantic Coast states. It was cloudy in the Pacific Northwest. New Mexico temperatures By The Associated Press Bills ranging from truck weights to dental malpractice have been rejected by Gov. Toney Anaya Just prior to the Fri-. day deadline for him to act on measures passed by the 1983 Legislature.

At the request of its sponsor, Anaya on Thursday vetoed Senate Bill 308 substitute, which specified the locations of Taos Countys four magistrates. The bill was the subject of a political battle between Sens. Francisco Gonzales, D-Taos-Mora-San Miguel, and Emilio Naranjo, D-Rio Arriba. As introduced by Gonzales, SB308 would have required the Division 1 magistrate to have his office in Ranchos de Taos and the Division 4 magistrate to have his office In Penasco. Naranjo was successful in amending the bill before it passed the Senate to change the location of the Division 1 magistrate to Taos and the Division 4 magistrate to Llano, a community near Penasco where the incumbent lives.

When the bill reached the House, the House Judiciary Committee made a substitution that provided for the Division 1 magistrate to be in the area of Taos and the Division 4 magistrate to be in the area of Penasco. The substitute was the bill vetoed by Anaya. The governor said Gonzales has asked that he kill the measure because the bill substitute substantially alters the intent and provisions of the original bill as first introduced by Senator Gonzales. Other bills vetoed, with the governors reasons for rejecting them wprp Senate Bill 404 substitute, would have permitted weekend travel for vehicles carrying oversized loads. I have vetoed this bill be cause it may Increase the likelihood of traffic; accidents on our highways, Anaya said.

Current law prohibits the travel of overdimensioned vehicles on weekends because that is when the highest volume of passenger traffic takes place." Senate Bill 412 substitute, relating to dental malpractice claims. My objection to this proposal is that there is neither a direct appropriation nor the authorization to impose fees with, which to fund the activities of the dental-' legal committee or dental-legal panel created by the bill, Anaya said. House Bill 138, relating to hunting and fishing on private property. have vetoed House BUI 138, as amended, because it would repeal existing requirements to publish and post notice prohibiting hunting and fishing on pri-vate property. Without notice and posting requirements, it would make it very difficult for sportspersons to ascertain property boundaries, especially in unfenced areas of the state which are intermingled with state and federal lands, Anaya said.

House Bill 130, relating to sale of diseased livestock. My objection to House BUI 130 is that it would not give small purchasers of cows, swine and sheep a reasonable opportunity to protect themselves against the sale of diseased animals because it would preclude their ever asserting implied warranties against seUers, Anaya said. House BUI 91, relating to penalties imposed on motor vehicles carrying excess loads. I have vetoed this bill because it leaves too much discretion to local magistrates, and it could result in selective or unequal enforcement throughout the state of the motor vehicle laws relating to weight limitations, Espanola data Anaya said. House BUI 6 substitute, amending various sections of the ChUdrens Code.

Anaya said the bUl provides for a transfer of aU felonies allegedly occurring after a transfer hearing ana aU felonies arising out of the same occurrence to the district courts criminal docketwlthout another transfer hhearing. I am concerned that this procedure raises both a due process and an equal protection problem, since the probable cause determination would be removed under the amendment. Senate BiU 344, relating to investigation of certain citizen complaints by the attorney general. The attorney general pres-enUy has the statutory authority to make the Investigations contemplated by the biU. The bill limits the attorney generals current authority by the procedure required to initiate a complaint.

This is not advisable, Anaya said. The bUl could Jeopardize investigations being conducted by the attorney general by the inappropriate disclosure of materials or information produced during the investigation. The attorney general would be required to investigate all complaints, resulting in an additional caseload without financial resources since the amendment providing an appropriation failed to pass. Senate Bill 167, relating to the crime of arson. I am concerned that the bill is internally Anaya said.

It provides that it is a mis-demenor to commit arson in the third degree but it is a felony to attempt to commit arson in the third degree. This section could be unconstitutional because it makes an attempt to commit a misdemeanor a felony. Espanola can expect a clear, cold night tonight, and variable winds to 10 mph. Saturday, it will be sunny and warmer, the National Weather Service said. No temperatures were available.

New Mexico weather By The Associated Press The winter-like storm that blanketed portions of southern New Mexico with up to 30 inches of snow was lifting and road conditions were good, state police officials said Thursday night. The upper level low that brought the moisture into the state will move eastward today, bringing warmer temperatures and northwesterly winds. The travelers advisory issued by the Nation-'al Weather Service for the southeastern third of the state remained in effect through the night. Temperatures were warming, with todays highs, expected to range from the mid-40s to near 50, the weather service said. Cabinet gains one member was one of several bills signed by Anaya Thursday that he said are economic development pieces of legislation.

The purpose of the bill, he has said, will be to place finance-related operations in one department, DFA, and service-related operations in the other agency, the new General Services By The Associated Press The state executive Cabinet will gain one member July 1 under a bill signed Thursday by Gov. Toney Anaya that divides the Department of Finance and Administration into two separate agencies. House Bill 358, requested by Anaya, establishes the General Services Department, which will take over seven divisions cur rently under control of the DFA. The new department will be of Cabinet-level status and will have a secretary appointed by the governor. The DFA will remain as a separate Cabinet-level department and will retain six of the 13 divisions currently in it.

The measure, sponsored in the 1983 Legislature by Rep. Toby Michael, D-McKinley-Cibola, Permanent public school funding formula vetoed By ED MORENO The New Mexican Staff A bill that would have made permanent the public school funding formula was vetoed on Wednesday by Gov. Toney Anaya. Senate Bill 33, one of a group of measures written by the interim Legislative Education Study Committee for the 1983 session, would have made permanent the minimum per-unit state funding. LESC member Rep.

Richard Kloeppel, D-San-doval, who attended a bill-signing press conference with Anaya on Thursday, said he is not disappointed that Anaya vetoed the measure. We felt we needed that to go with House Bill 2, but he (Anaya) thought that House Bill 2 was sufficient, Kloeppel said. HB2, the General Appropriations Act, set a state guarantee of $1,486 per unit, a decrease from the $1,540 approved for the current fiscal year by previous legislatures. A unit is a weighted student special education students are counted as much more than one unit, while fourth, fifth and sixth grade students are about one unit. Kloeppel said Anaya had told him he would veto either the language in HB2 or SB33.

Anaya said in vetoing SB33 that he saw no need to make the reduction permanent, but he expected the Legislature during the interim to study the public school funding formula. Kloeppel agreed it would be done, but he disagreed with the contention that the public schools should be forced to trim their budgets by the permanent legislation. Kloeppel called the reduction in HB2 a one-time requirement, saying if more money is available next year, the per-unit support level could be increased. HB2 also required that schools make their official counts of enrollment by the 40th school day, instead of giving them a choice between the 40th and 80th days. By making the counts on the 40th day, the Legislature was told by numerous witnesses, the schools needs would be known by the time the Legislature met in January and any deficits could be covered then.

MEW MEXICAN General information 983 3303 Circulation 983 3309 Classified Want Ads 982-4451 Advertising 983 3303 News 983 3303 Community Relations 983 3303 Los Alamos Circulation 662 4191 Classified Advertising S.F. 982 4451 Espanola Circulation Monday thru Friday 8 am to 5 (Sm 753 2191 Weekends 7 am to 10 am Editorial Monday thru Friday 8 am to 5 pm 753 6096 Messages will be recorded after hours Addvertising Monday thru Friday 8 am to 5 pm Toll Free Santa Fe 753 4900 Las Vegas Circulation 1 pm to 5 pm 425 7477 Classified Advertising S.F. 982 4451 News 753 4900 Suggested Subscription Rate by Carrier Daily 8. Sunday $1.75 perweek Sunda.yOnly 754PERWEEK Mail Rates Second Class Postage Paid at Santa Fe, NM Time Period Daily Sunday Sunday only 4 weeks $11.00 $6 00 13 weeks $32.00 $11.00 26 weeks $62.00 $20.00 52 weeks $120.00 $37.00 Single Copy Rates Daily 25c Sunday 754 Governor works against clock; signs several bills HB411 Allowing the state fire marshal to carry over a larger balance in the fire protection fund HB4I7 Relating to common elements. HB4IS Modifying the rule against perpetuities HB440 Providing for worker's compensation beneflfss for members of the mounted patrol on duty at the request of law enforcement agencies HB4S1 Amending certain sections of the Bingo and Raffle Act HB452 Changing administrative provisions of the environmental protection connection loan fund HB442 Sub Providing for approval of certain transactions involving utility plant or property HB404 Relating to the deferred compensation act.

HB26S Relating to vehicles HB321 Relating to post secondary education, HB344 Relating to human rights HB352 Relating to the tort claims act. MB 353 Sub Amending certain sections of the Children's Code dealing with abused children. HB219 Termsof the Albuquerque School Board. SB4 Relating to state funds SB 251 Creating an interim legislative committee to study economic development 10 elating to the Work Study Act SB85 Amending the Mobile Housing Act SB102 Sub Relating to natural gas pricing SB121 Making an appropriation for the purpose Of energy research and development eSBtT Sub Relating to the Mortgage Finance Authority a SB200 Extending the minimum wage provisions to 1 people receiving vocational training a SB25 Relating to corporations SB2S2 Hatch water system HB15 Relating to the investment of the state perma nentfund 105 Community development block grants a HBI24 Sub Economic development division appropria tlon a HB134 Sub Capital outlay projects a H8II2 Making an appropriation for the purpose of promoting solar industry development in New Mexico eHBH5 Enacting the Domestic Winery Act a HBlii Creating the motorcycle training fund a MB 240 Relating to energy conservation and solar ener gy systems, HB24I Relating to public securities a HB274 Relating to community assistance a HB31I Relating to Industrial revenue bonds a HB31 Sub Creating the New Mexico industrial and Agricultural Finance Authority a HB35I Department of Finance and Administration re organiietion eHB35 Exeuctlve Planning Act aHB37 Economic Development and Tourism Act a HB425 Relating to the New Mexico Border Commit Sion a H6424 Relating to crimes a HB442 Creating an Interim committee to study local governments a HB45S Relating to the Mortgage Finance Authority secondary market. SB229 Relating to commercial transactions SB241 Amending certain sections of the insurance Fair Plan Act SB270 Relating to towing vehicles.

31 3 Relating to motor vehic les SB 352 Changing the definition for nomination by a minor political party SB3AI Relating to the powers of the state Game Commission SB373 Extending the period for the gesollne tax tlon and gross receipts and compensating tax exemption to apply to ethanol blended fuel. SB50 Requiring the use of child restraint devices In certain vehicles i HB44 Increasing certain real estate license fees HB251 423 Sub Providing retirement benefits for volunteer non salariedfirefighters HB296 Relating to the lointcity county building law. B313 Termination of parental rights. eHB40Sub Relating to property rights eHBlSS Iff Sub Relating to health care for Indigents, 1 71 Declaring the second Sundeyof each January as Martin Luther King Jr 'a birthday H6207 Relating to healthcare, B7M Repealing certain sections of the lection Code MB 12 Relating to the New Mexico Beef Council, HBIS7 Changing livestock board fees HB2S9 Relating to the development and marketing of agricultural speciality products in low-income, small farm areas HB2S5 Sub Providing for the establishment of a commodity commission. By The Associated Press A raft of bills passed by the 1983 Legislature during its recent 60-day session were signed by Gov.

Toney Anaya Thursday, the day before his deadline. State law requires that the governor act on all measures passed by the Legislature within 20 days of the sessions end. The deadline is Friday. The governor Thursday also vetoed a number of measures. The following is a list of the bills Anaya passed Thursday: SB59 Sub Extending the life of the Barber Board SB134 Requiring post graduate training prior to modi cal practitioner licensure SB 12 Oeflnlng etolen property.

MISSED YOUR PAPER? Call Our Service Center Monday thru Friday 8 am to 7 pm Saturday, Sunday and Holidays 7 am to 10 am 983-3309 murder of a correctional officer outside the premises of a prison and murder committed by a prison escapee. During my campaign the death penalty became an issue that was hotly debated, Anaya said in a veto message. I strongly committed to the public that, while I would not seek legislation to decrease the present law pertaining to the death penalty, I would not favor any legislation that expanded the death penalty. Litter measure killed By The Associated Press Gov. Toney Anaya has vetoed a proposed Litter Control and Resources Recovery Act adopted by the 1983 Legislature as an alternative to a bottle bill.

House Bill 354 substitute would have imposed an annual litter tax of $12.50 upon the retail businesses in the state that sell the products which tend eventually to become litter. Revenues from the tax would have been used by the state Health and Environment Department to administer the litter control law and to help in establishing a statewide "clean community systems program, which would be a program to improve waste handling practices and control of litter. Car seat bill signed By The Associated Press Gov. Toney Anaya signed a bill Thursday that requires children under the age of five riding in private vehicles to be restrained in child-safety seats. Senate Bill 50, passed by the 1983 Legislature luring its 60-day session, does not apply to public transportation vehicles or school buses.

The bill also does not apply to children between the ages of 1 and 5 if all the seats with safety belts in a vehicle are occupied or to children under 5 who are secured ip the rear seaf of a vehicle by a seat belt. Sponsored by Sen. John Budagher, R-Bernalillo, the measure stipulates that any person violating the law be fined $50. Death penalty bill dies By The Associated Press Legislation that would have extended the circumstances under which the death penalty could be imposed in New Mexico was vetoed Thursday by Gov. Toney Anaya.

House Bill 375 would have made it a capital offense, carrying the death penalty, for retaliation murder of a judge or a prosecutor, retaliation Capital outlay signed By The Associated Press The massive capital outlay bill, which authorizes and finances more than $138 million in public works projects, was signed into law Thursday by Gov. Toney Anaya. The state Board of Finance is authorized to issue state severance tax bonds to tund the myriad projects contained in the act. Anaya made a couple of line-item vetoes before signing House Bill 136 substitute. He removed one section to provide $300,000 for improvement of the Hatch water system.

The money also is provided in Senate Bill 282, which Anaya signed Thursday, and the funding would have been duplicated had the governor not removed it from HB136. SB282 authorizes a $300,000 severance tax bond issue to build a water line and install a pump on a well purchased by the village of Hatch. Anaya also vetoed three words including but not from the section of HB136 that provides $3 million in countercyclical grants to former boom communities that are now in a slump. With the elimination of the three words, the grants can only be used to finish projects that were begun during the boom period or to meet debt service requirements. The New Mexican is a member of Gannett Inc.

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