It shall be the duty of the commissioner of public lands to prescribe reasonable rules and regulations governing the conduct of all business of the office, and to post or publish the same for the information of the public, which rules and regulations shall not be in conflict with this or any other law now in force. Such rules and regulations shall not be changed by the commissioner except such change be posted in a conspicuous place in his office for a period of at least ten days.
History: Laws 1921, ch. 174, § 4; C.S. 1929, § 111-304; 1941 Comp., § 8-125; 1953 Comp., § 7-1-26.
ANNOTATIONS
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Cross references. — For State Rules Act, see Chapter 14, Article 4 NMSA 1978.
Application. — This section has general application and is to be followed in all cases unless a statute covers the particular situation, as with respect to rules and regulations pertaining to oil and gas leases in which case Laws 1929, ch. 125, § 13 (19-10-21 NMSA 1978) governs. 1945 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 45-4655.