Senator Neville said today he expects the commission will have its first meeting in the next two weeks. No time or date have been set yet.
Six members of the bipartisan commission are appointed by the Legislative Council, with the other three members of the nine-member commission pointed by the governor.
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
From NM Senate Republican Office:
State Senator Steve Neville of Aztec has been appointed to the new New Mexico Civil Rights Commission that was created by legislation during the special session this past July.
The Legislative Council which is made up of leadership from both the House and Senate, and other members, appointed Senator Neville to the commission recently.
Senator Neville said today he expects the commission will have its first meeting in the next two weeks. No time or date have been set yet.
Six members of the bipartisan commission are appointed by the Legislative Council, with the other three members of the nine-member commission pointed by the governor.
According to the legislation, the Legislative Council and the governor are required to incorporate, among other things, geographic, cultural and racial diversity in naming individuals to the commission.
The Civil Rights Commission is to review policies and develop policy proposals regarding civil rights in the state and those proposals are to be given to the legislature and to the governor by November 15, 2020.
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According to court documents, from approximately January 2018 to November 2020, Benally, 48, and his co-conspirators established over 30 farms, covering more than 400 acres, on land obtained from Navajo Nation members. To fund this illegal enterprise, Benally and a co-conspirator traveled to California and created front companies to solicit Chinese investors. These investors were charged cash fees ranging from $20,000 to $50,000 for counterfeit cannabis cultivation licenses.
It was discovered that several individuals had been injured. A juvenile sustained a graze wound, a 16-year-old was shot in the leg, and an 18-year-old was shot in the chest and transported to Albuquerque in critical condition. The vehicle involved in the crash is connected to the shooter. At this time, the shooter has been identified as an 18-year-old male.
As three individuals tried to leave a party, a male subject began shooting, unintentionally striking the vehicle and, subsequently, a passenger inside the vehicle. The passenger was transported to San Juan Regional Medical Center and later transported to UNM in Albuquerque, where she is awake and in stable condition.
Using multiple means of evidence, the driver was identified as Alvin Paul who was driving a 2003 white Chevrolet when he veered off the road, hitting Shirley. Paul did not stop or report the crash and surveillance footage from a nearby business proved Paul as the driver. He later admitted to operating the vehicle carelessly.
At the time of the crash, Paul’s driver’s license was revoked from a prior DWI arrests. He has two prior DWI convictions and is currently on probation for the second DWI.
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