§ 9-15-59 — Sustainable economy task force; duties; strategic plan;

reporting. A. The sustainable economy task force shall: (1) develop a strategic plan in fiscal year 2022 to transition the state economy away from reliance on natural resource extraction; provided that the strategic plan shall adhere to the requirements set forth in Subsection C of this section and shall be updated annually through fiscal year 2027; and (2) no later than October 1 of each year, report on the strategic plan to the legislative finance committee, the revenue stabilization and tax policy committee and any other appropriate interim legislative committee. B. The sustainable economy task force may hire or contract with consultants or experts to provide the task force with information to assist in developing the strategic plan. C. The strategic plan, which shall be developed and updated annually by the sustainable economy task force, shall: (1) provide policies to promote: (a) the addition of new jobs statewide to replace jobs that rely on the extraction or development of natural resources; (b) diversifying the state's tax base to replace the revenue generated from the natural resource extraction sector, including policies promoting: 1) economic development; 2) state investments; 3) infrastructure development; and 4) determining alternative funding sources for education and hospitals; and (c) long-term economic growth; (2) address recommendations provided in current and future economic studies and development efforts, including those from state agencies, institutions of higher learning, national laboratories and business incubators; (3) be developed in consultation with the communities that will be affected by the provisions of the plan, including Indian nations, tribes and pueblos located wholly or partly in New Mexico, local governments and local communities; and (4) include a plan to implement the recommendations of the study titled the "New Mexico Clean Energy Workforce Development Study" that was commissioned by the workforce solutions department and published in June 2020 and expand the development of jobs with family-sustaining wages and benefits, opportunities for advancement and safe working conditions in industries engaged in sustainable economic development for New Mexico workers, prioritizing disproportionately impacted communities. D. 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, § 2.