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NM Stat § 2-3-13 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 2 - Legislative Branch|Article 3 - Legislative Council|Section 2-3-13 - [Services; confidential nature.]

Neither the director nor any employee of the council service shall reveal to any person outside of the service the contents or nature of any request or statement for service, except with the consent of the person making such request or statement. They shall not urge or oppose any legislation, nor give to any member of the legislature advice concerning the economic or social effect of any bill or proposed bill except upon the request of such member. History: 1941 Comp., § 2-407, enacted by Laws 1951, ch. 182, § 7; 1953 Comp., § 2-3-7. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and it is not part of the law.
NM Stat § 2-3-13.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 2 - Legislative Branch|Article 3 - Legislative Council|Section 2-3-13.1 - Legislative documents; gender-neutral language; legislative council service.

A. As used in this section: (1) "gender-neutral" means language that does not expressly or implicitly refer to one gender to the real or apparent exclusion of the other and expressly or implicitly refers to both genders without distinguishing between them; and (2) "gender-specific" means language that expressly or implicitly refers to one gender to the real or apparent exclusion of the other or expressly or implicitly refers to both genders and distinguishes between them. B. Except as limited in Subsection C of this section, the legislative council service shall use gender-neutral language in drafting bills to enact, amend or revise laws and in drafting memorials, resolutions and other legislative documents; provided that gender-neutral language shall not be used if language is intended or required to be gender-specific or the intended meaning of language would otherwise be altered. C. Whenever current laws and other published legislative documents are the subject of a legislative request to the legislative council service for amendment or revision, the legislative council service as part of its work shall replace gender-specific language with gender-neutral language where appropriate and reasonable. History: Laws 2013, ch. 141, § 1. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2013, ch. 141 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 14, 2013, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 2-3-14 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 2 - Legislative Branch|Article 3 - Legislative Council|Section 2-3-14 - Quarters; files and indexes; cooperation with and by other agencies; cooperation with other states.

The legislative council and legislative council service shall be provided with adequate quarters at the state capitol where the council service will be conveniently accessible to the members of the legislature and to other persons having official business with it. The council service shall be kept open during the time provided by law for other state offices and when the legislature is in session, at such hours, day and night, as are most convenient to the legislators. It shall keep and file copies of all bills, resolutions, amendments, memorials, reports of committees, journals and other documents printed by order of either house of the legislature unless readily available elsewhere; and collect, catalog and index the same as soon as practicable after they have been printed; if appropriations are made therefor, keep an index of the action on each bill, resolution, memorial [and] amendment by each house of the legislature, by any committee of the legislature and by the governor. Such digests and indexes shall be printed and distributed at such intervals as the director may deem practicable. The facilities of the state supreme court library, and of any other library maintained by the state, shall be available for the use of the council service, subject to the rules of such libraries. Each state department and all other state institutions shall, to a reasonable extent and upon request, furnish to the legislative council service such documents, material or information as may be requested by the members of the legislative council or by the director of the legislative council service, which are not made confidential by law. The legislative council service shall cooperate with the legislative service agencies of other states, and shall interchange information and research material with them. History: 1941 Comp., § 2-408, enacted by Laws 1951, ch. 182, § 8; 1953 Comp., § 2-3-8; Laws 1955, ch. 286, § 6. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Cross references. — For protection of confidentiality of certain public records, see 14-2-1 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 2-3-14.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 2 - Legislative Branch|Article 3 - Legislative Council|Section 2-3-14.1 - State agencies; reports.

A. No state agency shall submit or send to the members of the legislature any material other than proposed legislation in excess of five pages. B. Nothing in this section shall limit the response of any agency to a direct request of a legislator or group of legislators nor the submission of the executive budget. C. All reports to the legislature by a state agency shall be filed in duplicate with the legislative council service and such reports shall not be subject to the page limitations of this section. The service shall compile a list of the reports submitted prior to each regular legislative session since the beginning of the previous regular session, listing the title and agency, and distribute the list among the legislators during the first week of the session. D. Any legislator may request any report, including those listed pursuant to Subsection C of this section. Upon such a request, the state agency shall furnish the report to the legislator. E. Compliance by a state agency with Subsection C of this section shall fulfill any requirement of a state agency to report to the legislature, unless the requirement is specifically exempted from the requirements of this section. F. No state agency shall submit material bound other than by staples unless the bulk or other qualities of the material require other bindings; provided that in all cases the most economical method of binding and packaging shall be used. G. For the purposes of this section "state agency" means any agency, division or instrumentality of the state, but does not include political subdivisions and educational institutions or any of the legislature's divsions [divisions], instrumentalities or committees. History: Laws 1985, ch. 19, § 1. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and it is not part of the law.
NM Stat § 2-3-15 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 2 - Legislative Branch|Article 3 - Legislative Council|Section 2-3-15 - Reimbursement.

The director of the legislative council service and all technical, clerical and stenographic assistants shall be reimbursed as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978] while on official duty in the same manner as other state employees. The members of the council and other members of the legislature approved by the council shall be reimbursed for travel on council business as provided in Section 2-1-9 NMSA 1978. History: 1941 Comp., § 2-409, enacted by Laws 1951, ch. 182, § 9; 1953 Comp., § 2-3-9; Laws 1955, ch. 286, § 7; 1983, ch. 1, § 12. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For compensation of state employees, see 10-7-2 NMSA 1978. Legislature intended 2-1-9 NMSA 1978 to govern certain reimbursements to members of the legislative education study committee, the legislative council and the legislative finance committee. 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 79-40.
NM Stat § 2-3-16 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 2 - Legislative Branch|Article 3 - Legislative Council|Section 2-3-16 - [Cooperation of attorney general.]

The attorney general shall advise and consult with the legislative council and the legislative council service and render all legal services and service in the drafting of bills required when requested to do so by the said council or its representatives. History: 1941 Comp., § 2-411, enacted by Laws 1951, ch. 182, § 11; 1953 Comp., § 2-3-10. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and it is not part of the law.
NM Stat § 2-3-17 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 2 - Legislative Branch|Article 3 - Legislative Council|Section 2-3-17 - Expenditures of funds; budgets.

Payments from funds appropriated for the use of the legislative council and legislative council service shall be made only upon vouchers submitted to the department of finance and administration by the director of the legislative council or his authorized representative, and by warrants signed by the secretary of finance and administration. History: 1953 Comp., § 2-3-11, enacted by Laws 1955, ch. 286, § 8; 1957, ch. 72, § 2; 1977, ch. 247, § 9.
NM Stat § 2-3-18 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 2 - Legislative Branch|Article 3 - Legislative Council|Section 2-3-18 - Legislative fiscal analyst transferred.

The position of "legislative fiscal analyst" formerly existing as a joint position under the director of the legislative council and the legislative finance committee is transferred to the legislative council service. The legislative fiscal analyst shall be a staff member of the legislative council service. The legislative fiscal analyst shall assist the legislature, its various committees and individual legislators by providing, upon request, impartial and objective analysis of the fiscal problems of New Mexico's state and local government and such other financial information as may be required. The legislative fiscal analyst shall prepare and make available to all members of the legislature, upon request, quarterly reports concerning the financial condition of the state government. These reports shall contain information about revenues, expenditures and outstanding obligations of the state, and significant developments in areas affecting state finance. The funds heretofore budgeted and appropriated for the salary and employee benefits of the legislative fiscal analyst, and his budgeted travel expense, and all files, equipment and other materials belonging to the legislative fiscal analyst are transferred with the position of the legislative fiscal analyst to the legislative council service. Information in the files of the legislative council not made confidential by law shall be made available to the legislative finance committee upon request and information in the files of the legislative finance committee shall be available to the legislative council upon request. History: 1953 Comp., § 2-3-12, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 160, § 4. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For confidential nature of services of the legislative council service, see 2-3-13 NMSA 1978. For cooperation with legislative finance committee, see 2-5-7 NMSA 1978. For confidentiality of certain public records, see 14-2-1 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 2-3-19 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 2 - Legislative Branch|Article 3 - Legislative Council|Section 2-3-19 - Capital outlay expenditure allocations; legislators and governor; publication.

The legislative council service shall publish on the legislative website a searchable list of capital projects that passed the legislature and the name of each legislator or the governor who allocated a portion of the capital outlay appropriation or bond authorization for each project and the amount of the allocation designated by each legislator and the governor. The capital projects list, including vetoes, shall be published thirty days after adjournment of each legislative session in which a capital projects list is approved by both chambers of the legislature.History: Laws 2021, ch. 122, § 1. ANNOTATIONSApplicability. — Laws 2021, ch. 122, § 2 provided that Laws 2021, ch. 122, § 1 applies to the first session of the fifty-fifth legislature and succeeding legislatures.Emergency clauses. — Laws 2021, ch. 122, § 3 contained an emergency clause and was approved April 7, 2021.
NM Stat § 2-4-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 2 - Legislative Branch|Article 4 - Commission for Promotion of Uniform Legislation|Section 2-4-1 - Commission for the promotion of uniformity of legislation in the United States.

A. There is created a "commission for the promotion of uniformity of legislation in the United States", also known as the "uniform law commission". Its membership shall consist of: (1) four members of the legislature, who are members of the state bar of New Mexico and who shall be appointed by the New Mexico legislative council, consisting of one member from each of the two major parties in the New Mexico senate and in the New Mexico house of representatives; (2) any member of the New Mexico bar who has represented New Mexico as a member of the uniform law commission for twenty or more years and who has been elected as a life member of the uniform law commission; (3) four members of the New Mexico bar, who shall be appointed by the New Mexico legislative council; (4) two members of the New Mexico bar, who shall be appointed by the governor; (5) the dean of the university of New Mexico law school or the dean's designee; and (6) the director of the legislative council service, who shall serve ex officio. B. The members shall be known as "uniform law commissioners" whose purpose is to promote uniformity of legislation in the United States. History: 1953 Comp., § 2-4-1, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 234, § 1; 1989, ch. 119, § 1; 1999, ch. 25, § 1; 2009, ch. 161, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 2009 amendment, effective July 1, 2009, in Subsection A, after "United States", added "also known as the 'uniform law commission'"; added Paragraph (2) of Subsection A; and in Paragraph (3) of Subsection A, after "legislative council", deleted "and who shall serve on the commission at their own expense"; and in Subsection B, after "members shall be known as", deleted "'commissioners for the promotion of uniformity of legislation in the United States'" and added "'uniform law commissioners' whose purpose is to promote uniformity of legislation in the United States". The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, substituted "four members" for "two members" at the beginning of Subsection B. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 82 C.J.S. Statutes §§ 73, 358 to 361.
NM Stat § 2-4-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 2 - Legislative Branch|Article 4 - Commission for Promotion of Uniform Legislation|Section 2-4-2 - [Duties of commissioners.]

It shall be the duty of said commissioners to examine the subjects of marriage, divorce and other subjects of legislation concerning which uniform legislation throughout the United States is desirable; to confer with like commissioners from other states concerning such matters, and to use their best efforts in bringing about such uniformity of legislation on all subjects which they deem desirable. History: Laws 1917, ch. 77, § 2; C.S. 1929, § 134-1502; 1941 Comp., § 3-402; 1953 Comp., § 2-4-2. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and it is not part of the law. Cross references. — For duties of commission on intergovernmental cooperation, including formulating proposals for, and facilitation of, uniform legislation, see 11-2-2 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 2-4-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 2 - Legislative Branch|Article 4 - Commission for Promotion of Uniform Legislation|Section 2-4-3 - [Report to legislature.]

Said commissioners shall report to the legislature from time to time, giving the result of their investigations, and making such recommendations with respect to the adoption of uniform legislation as they may deem proper. History: Laws 1917, ch. 77, § 4; C.S. 1929, § 134-1504; 1941 Comp., § 3-404; 1953 Comp., § 2-4-4. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and it is not part of the law.
NM Stat § 2-5-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 2 - Legislative Branch|Article 5 - Legislative Fiscal Control|Section 2-5-2 - Legislative finance committee staff.

The position of "director of the legislative finance committee" is created. The director shall be hired by the legislative finance committee, and shall serve at the pleasure of the legislative finance committee. The director shall be provided with the necessary office space, supplies, equipment and assistants by the legislative finance committee. His salary shall be set by the legislative finance committee. History: 1953 Comp., § 2-5-2, enacted by Laws 1957, ch. 3, § 2; 1965, ch. 160, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThis section is not continuing appropriation; a further, specific appropriation is necessary to authorize payment of public funds to pay for staff and other necessary support for interim activities of the legislature as allowed by N.M. Const., art. IV, § 30. 1985 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 85-02.
NM Stat § 2-5-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 2 - Legislative Branch|Article 5 - Legislative Fiscal Control|Section 2-5-3 - Legislative finance committee; duties.

The committee shall: A. direct the director of the legislative finance committee in his work; B. examine the laws governing the finances and operation of departments, agencies and institutions of New Mexico and all of its political subdivisions, the effect of laws on the proper functioning of these governmental units, the policies and costs of governmental units as related to the laws; C. recommend changes in these laws if any are deemed desirable, and draft and present to the legislature any legislation necessary; D. make a full report of its findings and recommendations for the consideration of each successive legislature following its original establishment, the report and suggested legislation to be available to each member of the legislature on or before the first day of the regular session thereof. History: 1953 Comp., § 2-5-3, enacted by Laws 1957, ch. 3, § 3; 1963, ch. 241, § 1; 1965, ch. 160, § 2. ANNOTATIONSSection authorizes the examination of the effect of laws governing finances and operation upon the proper functioning of governmental units and the policies and costs of governmental units as related to such laws, for the purpose of determining the need for any new laws concerning the finances and operation of the governmental units and for the repeal of old laws. 1957 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 57-118. Section authorizes inquiry into policies and costs of a governmental unit as these are related to the operation and financial laws governing such a unit. 1957 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 57-118. Inquiry as to the effectiveness of the operating policies of a governmental unit and the relationship of such policies on the costs of the governmental unit would be pertinent. 1957 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 57-118. Examination of the books, records and operating policies is authorized, since to determine cost, specific inquiry would have to be made into items of costs as well as operating policies behind the expending of public money. 1957 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 57-118.
NM Stat § 2-5-4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 2 - Legislative Branch|Article 5 - Legislative Fiscal Control|Section 2-5-4 - Legislative finance committee; additional duties.

A. The legislative finance committee, in addition to all other duties prescribed by law, shall annually review budgets and appropriations requests, and the operation and management of selected state agencies, departments and institutions and shall make recommendations with respect thereto to the legislature. B. To carry out the purposes of this section, the legislative finance committee shall establish a budget analysis division staffed with persons knowledgeable and proficient in budget analysis and budget preparation. C. Each state agency, department and institution shall furnish to the legislative finance committee a copy of its appropriation request made to the department of finance and administration at the same time such request is made to such department. Each state agency, department or institution shall also furnish to the legislative finance committee and its staff any other supporting information or data deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. D. The legislative finance committee, or, when it deems necessary, its staff may hold such hearings and require such testimony from officers and employees of each state agency, department or institution as is necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. E. Not later than the first week of any regular legislative session, the legislative finance committee shall furnish a document containing its budget recommendations to each member of the senate finance committee, the house appropriations and finance committee and to those other members of the legislature which may request it. A copy shall also be furnished to the governor and to the department of finance and administration. History: 1953 Comp., § 2-5-3.1, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 267, § 1. ANNOTATIONSSection authorizes the examination of the effect of laws governing finances and operation upon the proper functioning of governmental units and the policies and costs of governmental units as related to such laws, for the purpose of determining the need for any new laws concerning the finances and operation of the governmental units and for the repeal of old laws. 1957 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 57-118. Section authorizes inquiry into policies and costs of a governmental unit as these are related to the operation and financial laws governing such a unit. 1957 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 57-118. Inquiry as to the effectiveness of the operating policies of a governmental unit and the relationship of such policies on the costs of the governmental unit would be pertinent. 1957 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 57-118. Examination of the books, records and operating policies is authorized, since to determine cost, specific inquiry would have to be made into items of costs as well as operating policies behind the expending of public money. 1957 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 57-118.