HOUSE BILL 202

55th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2022

INTRODUCED BY

James G. Townsend and Rod Montoya

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO OPEN MEETINGS; AMENDING THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT TO INCLUDE INTERIM COMMITTEES WITHIN ITS PROVISIONS.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. Section 10-15-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1974, Chapter 91, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:

     "10-15-2. STATE LEGISLATURE--MEETINGS.--

          A. Unless otherwise provided by joint house and senate rule, all meetings of any committee or [policy-making] policymaking body of the legislature held for the purpose of discussing public business or for the purpose of taking any action within the authority of or the delegated authority of the committee or body are declared to be public meetings open to the public at all times. Reasonable notice of meetings shall be given to the public by publication or by the presiding officer of each house prior to the time the meeting is scheduled.

          B. The provisions of Subsection A of this section do not apply to matters relating to personnel or matters adjudicatory in nature or to investigative or quasi-judicial proceedings relating to ethics and conduct or to a caucus of a political party.

          C. For the purposes of this section, "meeting" means a gathering of a quorum of the members of a standing committee, interim committee, [or] conference committee or the New Mexico legislative council held for the purpose of taking any action within the authority of the committee or body."

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