§ 9-15-58 — Sustainable economy task force; created; staff

A. The "sustainable economy task force" is created and is administratively attached to the economic development department. The task force consists of the following voting members as follows: (1) the commissioner of public lands or the commissioner's designee; (2) the secretary of economic development or the secretary's designee; (3) the secretary of finance and administration or the secretary's designee; (4) the secretary of taxation and revenue or the secretary's designee; (5) the secretary of energy, minerals and natural resources or the secretary's designee; (6) the secretary of Indian affairs or the secretary's designee; (7) the secretary of workforce solutions or the secretary's designee; (8) the secretary of general services or the secretary's designee; (9) the secretary of higher education or the secretary's designee; (10) the secretary of public education or the secretary's designee; (11) the secretary of environment or the secretary's designee; (12) the state investment officer or the state investment officer's designee; and (13) the chair of the sustainable economy advisory council. B. The chair of the task force shall be the secretary of economic development or the secretary's designee, and the vice chair of the task force shall be the member serving as the chair of the sustainable economy advisory council. The task force shall meet at the call of the chair. C. The "sustainable economy advisory council" is created and is administratively attached to the economic development department. The advisory council shall advise the sustainable economy task force on developing and achieving the goals of the strategic plan provided in Section 2 [9-15-59 NMSA 1978] of this 2021 act. The advisory council shall consist of the following members: (1) one representative of local governments, appointed by the chair of the task force; (2) two representatives of disproportionately impacted communities or organizations with experience working with disproportionately impacted communities, appointed by the chair of the task force; (3) two representatives of organizations with experience in sustainable economic development planning and workforce development, appointed by the chair of the task force; (4) one representative from industry and business sectors involved in achieving or that may be affected by the goals of the sustainable economy task force, appointed by the chair of the task force; and (5) eight representatives of tribal governments or entities, appointed by the Indian affairs department. D. The chair of the advisory council shall be elected by the members of the advisory council. E. Members of the task force may receive per diem and mileage pursuant to the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978]. F. The economic development department shall provide the necessary staff and administrative support to the task force. G. As used in this section, "disproportionately impacted community" means a community or population of people for which multiple burdens, including environmental and socioeconomic stressors, inequity, poverty, high unemployment, pollution or discrimination, may act to persistently and negatively affect the health, well-being and environment of the community or population and includes tribal communities, communities of color and low-income rural communities and native people, people of color, women, immigrants, youth, formerly incarcerated people, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people and people with disabilities.

Legislative History

Laws 2021, ch. 42, § 1.