New Mexico Statutes
Article 23 - Engineering and Surveying
Section 61-23-9 - Board; organization; meetings. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)

A. There shall be an "engineering committee" composed of the five members of the board who serve as licensed professional engineers and one of the public members, who shall be appointed to the committee by the board. The engineering committee shall meet in conjunction with all board meetings. The bylaws or rules of the board shall provide a procedure for giving notice of all meetings and for holding special and emergency meetings. A quorum of the committee shall be a majority of the committee. In the event of a lack of a quorum and at the request of the committee, other board members may be substituted for a non-attending member in order to have a quorum. The committee shall elect a chair and vice chair from the committee members at the last committee meeting prior to July 1 of each year.
B. There shall be a "surveying committee" composed of the three members of the board who serve as licensed professional surveyors and one of the public members, who shall be appointed to the committee by the board. The surveying committee shall meet in conjunction with all board meetings. The bylaws or rules of the board shall provide a procedure for giving notice of all meetings and for holding special and emergency meetings. A quorum of the committee shall be a majority of the committee. In the event of a lack of a quorum and at the request of the committee, other board members may serve on this committee. The committee shall elect a chair and vice chair from the committee members at the last committee meeting prior to July 1 of each year.
C. All matters that come before the board that pertain exclusively to engineering or exclusively to surveying shall be referred to the respective committee for disposition. The committee action on such matters shall be the action of the board. Committee actions shall be reported to the board.
D. There shall be a joint engineering and surveying standing committee of the board composed of two members from the professional engineering committee, the public member and the chair, and two members from the professional surveying committee, the public member and the chair. If the public member is currently the chair of either committee, the vice chair will serve as the professional member on the standing committee.
E. The board shall hold at least four regular meetings each year. At least one meeting shall be held at the state capitol. The bylaws or rules of the board shall provide procedures for giving notice of all meetings and for holding special meetings. The board shall elect annually a chair, a vice chair and a secretary, who shall be members of the board. A member of the board shall not be elected to the same office for more than two consecutive years. A quorum of the board shall be a majority of the board. Any board member failing to attend three consecutive regular meetings is automatically removed as a member of the board. The board shall have an official seal.
History: Laws 1987, ch. 336, § 9; 1993, ch. 218, § 6; 1999, ch. 259, § 5; 2005, ch. 69, § 4.
Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-23-32 NMSA 1978.
Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1987, ch. 336 repealed former 61-23-9 NMSA 1978, as amended by Laws 1979, ch. 363, § 5, relating to qualifications of board members, and enacted a new section, effective June 19, 1987.
The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, provides that in the event of a lack of a quorum at a meeting of the engineering committee and at the request of the committee, other board members may be substituted for a non-attending member in order to have a quorum, creating a joint engineering and surveying standing committee of the board.
The 1999 amendment, effective June 18, 1999, substituted "licensed" for "registered" in Subsections A and B, and substituted "bylaws or rules" for "bylaws or regulations" throughout the section.
The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, rewrote this section to the extent that a detailed comparison is impracticable.

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