The board of social work examiners is terminated on July 1, 2031 pursuant to the Sunset Act [12-9-11 to 12-9-21 NMSA 1978]. The board shall continue to operate according to the provisions of the Social Work Practice Act until July 1, 2032. Effective July 1, 2032, the Social Work Practice Act is repealed.
History: Laws 1989, ch. 51, § 27; 1996, ch. 51, § 17; 1997, ch. 46, § 19; 2005, ch. 208, § 23; 2015, ch. 119, § 17; 2019, ch. 143, § 10.
ANNOTATIONS
The 2019 amendment, effective June 14, 2019, extended the agency life of the board of social work examiners; after the first occurrence of July 1,”, deleted “2021” and added “2031”, and after the second and third occurrences of “July 1,”, deleted “2022” and added “2032”.
The 2015 amendment, effective June 19, 2015, extended the termination date for the social work examiners to July 1, 2021, and the repeal date to July 1, 2022.
The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, changed the termination, operation and repeal dates.
The 1997 amendment, effective June 20, 1997, substituted “2005” for “1997” in the first sentence, and substituted “2006” for “1998” in the second and third sentences.
The 1996 amendment, effective March 5, 1996, substituted “1997” for “1995” once and “1998” for “1996” twice in the section.