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Article 1 - Compensation
Section 8-1-1 - Compensation of elective state officers. - A. Annual compensation of elective state officers shall be paid...
Section 8-1-1 - Compensation of elective state officers. (Effective January 1, 2023.) - A. Annual compensation of elective state officers shall be paid...
Article 2 - Governor-Elect
Section 8-2-1 - Policy of legislature. - It is the policy of the legislature that the transition...
Section 8-2-2 - Governor-elect; office space and equipment. - Whenever the governor-elect is a different individual than the incumbent...
Section 8-2-3 - Access to budget information. - The secretary of finance and administration shall fully cooperate with...
Article 3 - Lieutenant Governor
Section 8-3-1 - Lieutenant governor; powers and duties. - The lieutenant governor in addition to his other duties provided...
Section 8-3-2 - Attorney general; cooperation of agencies. - A. The attorney general shall provide, upon request, legal opinion...
Section 8-3-3 - Compensation. - For the performance of the duties established in Section 8-3-1...
Article 4 - Secretary of State
Section 8-4-1 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1978, ch. 132, § 6, repealed 4-2-1,...
Section 8-4-2 - [Chief clerk as assistant; appointment; oath; bond.] - The secretary of state is hereby authorized to appoint his...
Section 8-4-3 - [Assistant secretary; powers.] - The assistant secretary shall have power, in the absence of...
Section 8-4-4 - Fees of secretary of state. - The secretary of state shall collect the following fees to...
Section 8-4-5 - Bureau of elections created; organization; duties. - There is created within the office of the secretary of...
Section 8-4-6 - Distribution of session laws. - A. The secretary of state shall transmit copies of the...
Section 8-4-7 - Corporations. - As of July 1, 2013, the secretary of state, pursuant...
Article 5 - Attorney General
Section 8-5-1 - [Creation of department of justice.] - That the department of justice be, and same is hereby...
Section 8-5-2 - Duties of attorney general. - Except as otherwise provided by law, the attorney general shall:...
Section 8-5-2.1 - Attorney general; legal service fees for state agencies. - The attorney general may charge state agencies, as defined herein,...
Section 8-5-3 - [Action in civil and criminal cases.] - That upon the failure or refusal of any district attorney...
Section 8-5-4 - [Employment of legal assistance for departments.] - No compensation shall be allowed to any person for services...
Section 8-5-5 - Assistant attorneys general; other employees; appointment. - A. The attorney general may appoint a deputy attorney general...
Section 8-5-6 - Opinions and report. - The New Mexico compilation commission shall receive all opinions and...
Section 8-5-7 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 4-3-8, enacted by Laws 1959, ch....
Section 8-5-8 to 8-5-13 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1979, ch. 106, § 6, repealed 8-5-8...
Section 8-5-14 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 4-3-15, enacted by Laws 1959, ch....
Section 8-5-15 - [Representation of officer, deputy, assistant, agent or employee of state or state institution.] - The attorney general of New Mexico is directed to act,...
Section 8-5-16 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1995, ch. 140, § 1; repealed by Laws...
Section 8-5-17 - Attorney general; consumer representation before commission. - A. The attorney general shall represent residential and small business...
Section 8-5-18 - Guadalupe Hidalgo treaty division. - A. The "Guadalupe Hidalgo treaty division" is created within the...
Article 6 - State Auditor, Treasurer and Secretary of Finance and Administration
Section 8-6-1 - [Treasurer and auditor; offices; bonds.] - The state treasurer and the state auditor shall keep their...
Section 8-6-2 - Seal of state treasurer. - There is adopted an official seal of the treasurer of...
Section 8-6-3 - Duties of treasurer; receipts. - The state treasurer shall receive and keep all money of...
Section 8-6-3.1 - State cash manager; powers and duties. - A. The "office of the state cash manager" is established...
Section 8-6-4 - Disbursement of funds; warrant from secretary; interest. - It shall be unlawful for the state treasurer to disburse...
Section 8-6-5 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1983, ch. 265, § 62, repealed 8-6-5...
Section 8-6-6 - [Malfeasance and neglect of duty by auditor or treasurer.] - If the auditor or treasurer shall wilfully [willfully] neglect or...
Section 8-6-7 - Wrongful drawing or payment of warrant by secretary or treasurer; penalty. - A. If the secretary of finance and administration draws any...
Article 7 - Public Regulation Commission Apportionments
Section 8-7-1 - Short title. (Repealed effective January 1, 2023.) - This act [8-7-1 to 8-7-5 NMSA 1978] may be cited...
Section 8-7-2 - Membership. (Repealed effective January 1, 2023.) - The public regulation commission is composed of five members to...
Section 8-7-3 - Residence. (Repealed effective January 1, 2023.) - At the time of filing a declaration of candidacy for...
Section 8-7-4 - Election; vacancy. (Repealed effective January 1, 2023.) - A. Members of the public regulation commission shall be elected...
Section 8-7-5 - Precincts. (Repealed effective January 1, 2023.) - A. Designations and boundaries used in the Public Regulation Commission...
Section 8-7-6 to 8-7-10 - Unconstitutional. - History: 1978 Comp., § 8-7-6, enacted by Laws 2001 (1st...
Section 8-7-11 - Election of public regulation commissioners. (Repealed effective January 1, 2023.) - Commissioners for public regulation commission districts two, four and five...
Section 8-7-12 - [Public regulation commission districts.] - Public regulation commission district one is composed of Bernalillo county...
Article 8 - Public Regulation Commission
Section 8-8-1 - Short title. - Chapter 8, Article 8 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...
Section 8-8-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Public Regulation Commission Act: A. "commission"...
Section 8-8-3 - Public regulation commission. - A. The "public regulation commission", created in Article 11, Section...
Section 8-8-3.1 - Qualifications of commissioners. - A. In addition to other requirements imposed by law, in...
Section 8-8-3.2 - Continuing education requirements for commissioners. - A. Beginning July 1, 2013, a commissioner shall complete: (1)...
Section 8-8-4 - Commission; general powers and duties. - A. The commission shall administer and enforce the laws with...
Section 8-8-4.1 - Propane service; commission duties. - A. The commission shall adopt rules to protect consumers' rights...
Section 8-8-5 - Chief of staff; division directors; other staff. - A. The commission shall appoint a "chief of staff" who...
Section 8-8-6 - Commission; divisions. - The commission includes the following organizational units: A. the administrative...
Section 8-8-7 - Administrative services division; chief clerk. - A. The director of the administrative services division of the...
Section 8-8-8 - Consumer relations division. - A. The consumer relations division shall: (1) receive and investigate...
Section 8-8-9 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1998, ch. 108, § 9; 2007, ch. 161,...
Section 8-8-9.1 - Recompiled. - History: Laws 2001, ch. 80, § 1; recompiled by Laws...
Section 8-8-9.2 - Recompiled. - History: Laws 2003, ch. 235, § 3; recompiled by Laws...
Section 8-8-9.3 - Repealed. - History: Laws 2007, ch. 161, § 4; repealed by Laws...
Section 8-8-10 - Legal division. - A. The commission shall set minimum requirements for the director...
Section 8-8-11 - Transportation division. - The transportation division shall serve as staff to the commission...
Section 8-8-12 - Utility division. - A. The utility division shall serve as staff to the...
Section 8-8-12.1 - Telecommunications bureau. - A. The "telecommunications bureau" is created in the utility division...
Section 8-8-13 - Advisory staff. - A. The chief of staff may hire, with the consent...
Section 8-8-14 - Hearing examiners. - A. The commission may appoint a commissioner or a hearing...
Section 8-8-15 - Commission rules; procedures for adoption. - A. Unless otherwise provided by law, no rule affecting a...
Section 8-8-16 - Record of proceedings. - Unless otherwise provided by law, the commission may by rule...
Section 8-8-17 - Ex parte communications. - A. A commissioner shall not initiate, permit or consider a...
Section 8-8-18 - Recusal of commissioner or hearing examiner. - A. A commissioner or hearing examiner shall recuse himself in...
Section 8-8-19 - Prohibited acts; candidates; commissioners and employees. - A. As used in this section, in addition to the...
Section 8-8-20 - Commission reports. - By December 1 of each year, the commission shall report...
Section 8-8-21 - Repealed. - History: 1998, ch. 108, § 80; repealed by Laws 2013,...