No later than January 1, 2018, the attorney general shall adopt default procedural rules for public rule hearings for use by agencies that have not adopted their own procedural rules consistent with the State Rules Act. Each agency may adopt its own procedural rules, or continue in effect existing rules, which shall provide at least as much opportunity for participation by parties and members of the public as is provided in the procedural rules adopted by the attorney general. An agency that adopts its own procedural rules shall send a copy of those procedural rules to the attorney general and shall maintain those procedural rules on the agency's website.
History: Laws 2017, ch. 137, § 10.
Effective dates. — Laws 2017, ch. 137, § 11 made Laws 2017, ch. 137, § 10 effective July 1, 2017.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths
Section 14-4-3 - Format of rules; filing; distribution.
Section 14-4-4 - Publication filing and distribution; official depository.
Section 14-4-5.1 - Temporary provision.
Section 14-4-5.2 - Notice of proposed rulemaking.
Section 14-4-5.3 - Public participation, comments and rule hearings.
Section 14-4-5.4 - Agency record in rulemaking proceeding.
Section 14-4-5.5 - Concise explanatory statement.
Section 14-4-5.6 - Emergency rule.
Section 14-4-5.7 - Conflicts between rule and statute; variance between proposed and final action.
Section 14-4-5.8 - Procedural rules.
Section 14-4-7 - Current listing of rules; rule repeals.
Section 14-4-7.1 - New Mexico register.
Section 14-4-7.2 - New Mexico Administrative Code.
Section 14-4-8 - Documents not required to be filed with state library.
Section 14-4-9 - [Law governing filing of agency rules, documents and publications.]