This text of New Mexico § 74-4-5 (Adoption of regulations; notice and hearing) 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.
A. No regulation shall be adopted, amended or repealed until after a public hearing by the board. Hearings on regulations shall be held in Santa Fe or in an area of the state substantially affected by the regulations. In making its regulations, the board shall give the weight it deems appropriate to all relevant facts and circumstances presented at the public hearing, including but not limited to:
(1)the character and degree of injury to or interference with the environment or public health; and (2) the technical practicability and economic reasonableness of the regulation. B. Notice of the hearing shall be given at least thirty days prior to the hearing date and shall state the subject, the time and the place of the hearing and the manner in which interested persons may present their vie
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A. No regulation shall be adopted, amended or repealed until after a public hearing by the board. Hearings on regulations shall be held in Santa Fe or in an area of the state substantially affected by the regulations. In making its regulations, the board shall give the weight it deems appropriate to all relevant facts and circumstances presented at the public hearing, including but not limited to: (1) the character and degree of injury to or interference with the environment or public health; and (2) the technical practicability and economic reasonableness of the regulation. B. Notice of the hearing shall be given at least thirty days prior to the hearing date and shall state the subject, the time and the place of the hearing and the manner in which interested persons may present their views. The notice shall also state where interested persons may secure copies of any proposed regulation. The notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area affected. Reasonable effort shall be made to give notice to all persons who have made a written request to the board for advance notice of hearings. C. At the hearing, the board shall allow all interested persons reasonable opportunity to submit data, views or arguments orally or in writing and to examine witnesses testifying at the hearing. Any person heard or represented at the hearing shall be given written notice of the action of the board. D. The board may designate a hearing officer to take evidence in the hearing. A transcript shall be made of the entire hearing proceedings. E. No regulation or amendment or repeal of a regulation adopted by the board shall become effective until thirty days after its filing under the State Rules Act [Chapter 14, Article 4 NMSA 1978].