The board of funeral services is terminated on July 1, 2023 pursuant to the provisions of the Sunset Act [12-9-11 to 12-9-21 NMSA 1978]. The board shall continue to operate according to the provisions of Section 12-9-18 NMSA 1978 until July 1, 2024. Effective July 1, 2024, the Funeral Services Act is repealed.
History: Laws 1993, ch. 204, § 31; 1999, ch. 284, § 22; 2005, ch. 208, § 24; 2011, ch. 4, § 1; 2012, ch. 48, § 24; 2017, ch. 52, § 20.
ANNOTATIONS
The 2017 amendment, effective June 16, 2017, changed “July 1, 2017” to “July 1, 2023”, and changed “July 1, 2018” to “July 1, 2024” in two places.
The 2012 amendment, effective July 1, 2012, changed the name of the act and the name of the board; in the first sentence, after “The board of”, deleted “thanatopractice” and added “funeral services” and in the second sentence, after “July 1, 2018, the” deleted “Thanatopractice” and added “Funeral Services”.
The 2011 amendment, effective June 17, 2011, extended the life of the thanatopractice board from July 1, 2011 to July 1, 2017 and changed the sunset date from July 1, 2012 to July 1, 2018.
The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, changes the termination, operation and repeal dates.
The 1999 amendment, effective June 18, 1999, substituted “July 1, 2005” for “July 1, 1999” in the first sentence, and “July 1, 2006” for “July 1, 2000” in the last sentence.