by Pam Garlinger, Director of Operations | Apr 3, 2017 | Board of Directors, ISSUES, Legislative, Newsroom (Members Only), State Issues
The 2017 Session has finally come and gone. As expected, the main focus of the Session was the budget which was not completely resolved, and there will be a Special Session soon. Thanks to our friends in both the House and Senate, and quite a bit of hustle lobbying,...
by Pam Garlinger, Director of Operations | Mar 14, 2017 | Board of Directors, ISSUES, Legislative, Newsroom (Members Only), Royalties, State Issues
After a rather long hearing before Senate Corporations yesterday afternoon the Senate Corporations Committee voted to table SB 375. This bill would have given the Land Commissioner the ability to increase the royalty rate to 25% and to set the marketable condition...
by Pam Garlinger, Director of Operations | Mar 13, 2017 | Board of Directors, Legislative, Newsroom (Members Only), State Issues
With one week left to go at the NM legislature, I am happy to report that it looks like most, if not all of the bills introduced against industry will be killed by the clock. Neither of the really bad senate bills have made it to the floor yet, and I expect the...
by Pam Garlinger, Director of Operations | Mar 2, 2017 | Board of Directors, Legislative, Newsroom (Members Only), State Issues
We are a little more than two thirds of the way through the NM Legislative Session and the real battles are just beginning. I have attached a table of all the bills that I am tracking o behalf of our membership. The tone of this session has been interesting –...
by Pam Garlinger, Director of Operations | Feb 6, 2017 | Board of Directors, Federal Issues, Legislative, Newsroom (Members Only), Rules & Regulations
IPANM has sent the attached letter to our Congressional delegation in support of HJR 56, which would disapprove the unnecessary revisions (November 17, 2016) to BLM regulations, most specifically the new Onshore Order 3. HJR 56 Letter to Congress: 2017# 3 HJR 56...
by Pam Garlinger, Director of Operations | Jan 30, 2017 | Board of Directors, Legislative, Newsletters, Newsroom (Members Only), State Issues
Well, the start of the 2017 Session has been rather slow. There are not many bills that impact us directly, but some of the ‘goodies but oldies’ are back. Tomorrow will be an especially busy day at the legislature as Senate Conservation meets in the...
