2023 New Mexico Statutes › Chapter 8 - Elected Officials › Article 5 - Attorney General › Section 8-5-6 - Opinions and report.

The New Mexico compilation commission shall receive all opinions and advisory letters of the attorney general and shall maintain the attorney general's opinions and advisory letters as part of the master database of the commission. The attorney general shall provide the commission with an electronic copy of all opinions and advisory letters as issued in a format mutually agreed upon by the commission and the attorney general.
History:
1978 Comp., § 8-5-6, enacted by Laws 1979, ch. 106, § 1; 1982, ch. 7, § 1; 2019, ch. 74, § 1.
ANNOTATIONS
Repeals and reenactments.
— Laws 1979, ch. 106, § 1, repealed former 8-5-6 NMSA 1978 and enacted a new section.
Cross references.
— For general powers and duties of compilation commission,
see
12-1-3 NMSA 1978.
The 2019 amendment,
effective May 3, 2019, required the New Mexico attorney general to provide an electronic copy of all attorney general opinions and advisory letters to the New Mexico compilation commission, required the commission to maintain the attorney general's opinions and advisory letters as part of its master database, and removed the provision requiring the compilation commission to sell bound volumes of attorney general opinions; in the section heading, deleted "sale"; after "receive all opinions", added "and advisory letters", after "the attorney general and shall", deleted "publish and sell bound annual volumes to officers and agencies of the state and other individuals and entities at a price fixed by the compilation commission. The price fixed by the compilation commission shall not be less than the replacement cost of the volume of opinions plus a markup of not less than twenty-five percent nor more than fifty percent of the replacement cost. Copies of individual opinions may be sold by the compilation commission. All revenue collected from the sale of attorney general opinions shall be credited to the New Mexico compilation fund" and added the remainder of the section.
Temporary provisions.
— Laws 2019, ch. 74, § 9 provided:
A. On the effective date of this act, May 3, 2019, all state, local and district officers designated by the New Mexico compilation commission to receive distributions of sets of the compilation, replacement volumes or replacement pamphlets may dispose of such sets according to procedures set out for disposal of surplus property. Sets shall not be delivered or returned to the office of the commission in Santa Fe. The commission shall determine how many full sets of the printed statutes and other publications it will maintain for historical, reference and possible replacement purposes, and the remainder of the sets held by the commission may be disposed of according to procedures set out for the disposal of surplus property.
B. All contracts in effect on the effective date of this act, May 3, 2019, shall continue to be effective until the contract has been completed or the commission decides to terminate the contract.
C. On the effective date of this act, May 3, 2019, all references in law and other legal documents to the New Mexico statutes annotated or the NMSA 1978 shall be deemed to be references to the content of the master database.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. —
7A C.J.S. Attorney General § 9.