Contact: Erika Martinez
(505) 986-4819
Erika.Martinez@nmlegis.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 29, 2014
Indian Affairs Committee Meeting Thursday and Friday, October 30-31
Santa Fe, NM – The Indian Affairs Committee will meet on Thursday, October 30, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. at the Akela Flats Apache Homelands Entertainment Center, located at 20885 Frontage Road, in Deming. The committee will meet on October 31, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at the New Mexico State University (NMSU) American Indian Student Center, located at 3015 Andrew Wall Place, in Las Cruces.
On Thursday, committee members will discuss a report on Native American Veterans’ income tax settlement fund, allocation and recovery of access fees, charges and trespass fines paid by electric distribution cooperatives to Native American governmental entities, the Leasehold Community Assistance Act, and anticipated changes to the Tribal Infrastructure Board guidelines and procedures.
On Friday, committee members will discuss a report on New Mexico’s small lending industry, services provided by First Nations Community HealthSource, stakeholders’ perspective of and an update on the Indian Water Rights Settlement, stakeholders’ perspective of the Aamodt Settlement, and regional water system.
Committee Co-Chairs Senator John Pinto (D-3- McKinley & San Juan) and Representative Sandra D. Jeff (D-5- McKinley & San Juan) will preside at the meeting.
Complete meeting details and agenda items can be accessed through the following link: http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/agendas/IACageoct30.14.pdf.
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