This text of New Mexico § 17-1-2.1 (State wildlife commission nominating committee) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New Mexico primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
(Effective January 1, 2027.) A. The "state wildlife commission nominating committee" is created and consists of nine members, all of whom shall be New Mexico residents, as follows:
(1)four members appointed as follows: one by the speaker of the house of representatives, one by the minority floor leader of the house of representatives, one by the president pro tempore of the senate and one by the minority floor leader of the senate;
(2)two members as follows: the chair of the university of New Mexico's department of biology or the chair's designee and the chair of New Mexico state university's department of fish, wildlife and conservation ecology or the chair's designee;
(3)two members appointed by the governor who shall not be registered as members of the same political party; and (4) o
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(Effective January 1, 2027.) A. The "state wildlife commission nominating committee" is created and consists of nine members, all of whom shall be New Mexico residents, as follows: (1) four members appointed as follows: one by the speaker of the house of representatives, one by the minority floor leader of the house of representatives, one by the president pro tempore of the senate and one by the minority floor leader of the senate; (2) two members as follows: the chair of the university of New Mexico's department of biology or the chair's designee and the chair of New Mexico state university's department of fish, wildlife and conservation ecology or the chair's designee; (3) two members appointed by the governor who shall not be registered as members of the same political party; and (4) one member appointed by the governor who shall represent an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo. B. A committee member shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in pursuit of the member's duties on the committee pursuant to the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 through 10-8-8 NMSA 1978]. C. The committee and individual members shall be subject to the Governmental Conduct Act [Chapter 10, Article 16 NMSA 1978], the Gift Act [Chapter 10, Article 16B NMSA 1978], the Inspection of Public Records Act [Chapter 14, Article 2 NMSA 1978], the Financial Disclosure Act [Chapter 10, Article 16A NMSA 1978 ] and the Open Meetings Act [Chapter 10, Article 15 NMSA 1978]. D. The committee shall select one member to be chair and one member to be secretary. Administrative support shall be provided to the committee by the staff of the department. E. An appointed committee member may be removed by the person who holds the office that appointed that committee member. A committee member shall serve until the committee member's resignation or removal by the appointing authority. F. The committee shall meet at least ninety days prior to the date on which the term of a state wildlife commissioner ends and as often as necessary thereafter in order to submit a list to the governor, at least thirty days prior to the beginning of the new term, of a minimum of three qualified nominees for each position of the commission. The list shall be developed to provide geographical and political party diversity as appropriate to conform the makeup of the commission to the geographical and political party requirements of Section 17-1-2 NMSA 1978. G. Upon the occurrence of a vacancy in a state wildlife commissioner position, the committee shall meet within thirty days of the date of the beginning of the vacancy and as often as necessary thereafter in order to submit a list to the governor, within sixty days of the first meeting after the vacancy occurs, of no fewer than three qualified nominees for appointment to the commission to fill the remainder of the term of each commissioner position that is vacant. The list shall be developed to provide geographical and political party diversity as appropriate to conform the makeup of the commission to the geographical and political party requirements pursuant to Section 17- 1-2 NMSA 1978. H. The committee shall actively solicit, accept and evaluate applications from qualified individuals for a position on the commission and may require an applicant to submit any information that the committee deems relevant to the consideration of the individual's application. I. The committee shall select nominees for submission to the governor who, in the committee's judgment, are best qualified to serve as a member of the commission. A person shall not be eligible for nomination to the commission while serving on the committee. J. A majority vote of committee members at a meeting at which a quorum is present in favor of a person is required for that person to be included on the list of qualified nominees submitted to the governor. K. The committee shall allow for public comment at a committee meeting during which the committee is considering a list of qualified nominees for appointment to the commission before the committee votes on the nominees.