Section 8-8-3.2 – Continuing education requirements for commissioners.
A. Beginning July 1, 2013, a commissioner shall complete: (1) an ethics certificate course provided in person or online by a New Mexico public post-secondary educational institution in the first twelve-month period after taking office and at least one two-hour ethics course in each subsequent twelve-month period that the commissioner serves in office; and (2) […]
Section 8-8-4 – Commission; general powers and duties.
A. The commission shall administer and enforce the laws with which it is charged and has every power conferred by law. B. The commission may: (1) subject to legislative appropriation, appoint and employ such professional, technical and clerical assistance as it deems necessary to assist it in performing its powers and duties; (2) delegate authority […]
Section 8-8-4.1 – Propane service; commission duties.
A. The commission shall adopt rules to protect consumers’ rights with respect to propane service. B. The commission shall report by December 2009 to the appropriate interim legislative committee appointed by the New Mexico legislative council on the progress of the rulemaking pursuant to this section. History: Laws 2009, ch. 216, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Compiler’s […]
Section 8-8-5 – Chief of staff; division directors; other staff.
A. The commission shall appoint a “chief of staff” who is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the commission staff under the general direction of the commission. The chief of staff shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. B. With the consent of the commission, the chief of staff shall appoint division directors. Appointments […]
Section 8-8-6 – Commission; divisions.
The commission includes the following organizational units: A. the administrative services division; B. the consumer relations division; C. the legal division; D. the transportation division; and E. the utility division. History: Laws 1998, ch. 108, § 6; 2007, ch. 161, § 2; 2013, ch. 74, § 2; 2020, ch. 9, § 21. ANNOTATIONS Compiler’s notes. […]
Section 8-8-7 – Administrative services division; chief clerk.
A. The director of the administrative services division of the commission shall record the judgments, rules, orders and other proceedings of the commission and make a complete index to the judgments, rules, orders and other proceedings; issue and attest all processes issuing from the commission and affix the seal of the commission to them; and […]
Section 8-7-3 – Residence. (Repealed effective January 1, 2023.)
At the time of filing a declaration of candidacy for the office of public regulation commission member, a candidate shall reside in the district for which he files. If any elected member of the public regulation commission permanently removes his residence from or maintains no residence in the district from which he was elected, he […]
Section 8-7-4 – Election; vacancy. (Repealed effective January 1, 2023.)
A. Members of the public regulation commission shall be elected for staggered four-year terms provided that commission members elected at the 1998 general election shall classify themselves by lot so that two commission members shall initially serve terms of two years and three commission members shall serve terms of four years. Thereafter, all commission members […]
Section 8-7-5 – Precincts. (Repealed effective January 1, 2023.)
A. Designations and boundaries used in the Public Regulation Commission Apportionment Act are those precinct designations and boundaries established pursuant to the Precinct Boundary Adjustment Act [1-3-10 to 1-3-14 NMSA 1978] and revised and approved by the secretary of state as of August 31, 2001. B. A board of county commissioners shall not create any […]
Section 8-7-6 to 8-7-10 – Unconstitutional.
History: 1978 Comp., § 8-7-6, enacted by Laws 2001 (1st S.S.), ch. 3, § 3. ANNOTATIONS Compiler’s notes. — The public regulation commission districts set forth in Sections 8-7-6 through 8-7-10 NMSA 1978, were held to be malapportioned and therefore unconstitutional in Egolf v. Duran, D-101-CV-2011-02942 (1st Jud. Dist. January 25, 2012). The redistricting plan […]