New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico House Bill HB129 Compare Versions

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28	28	HOUSE BILL 129
29	29	57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2025
30	30	INTRODUCED BY
31	31	Reena Szczepanski and Patricia Roybal Caballero
32	32	AN ACT
33	33	RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES; REDUCING THE PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT
34	34	PROBATION FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES FROM ONE YEAR TO ONE HUNDRED
35	35	EIGHTY DAYS; PROHIBITING AN ADDITIONAL PROBATIONARY PERIOD IF
36	36	AN EMPLOYEE ELECTS TO TRANSFER OR MOVE TO A DIFFERENT STATE
37	37	SERVICE ASSIGNMENT.
38	38	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
39	39	SECTION 1. Section 10-9-13 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1961,
40	40	Chapter 240, Section 9, as amended) is amended to read:
41	41	"10-9-13. RULES--ADOPTION--COVERAGE.--Rules promulgated
42	42	by the board shall be effective when filed as required by law.
43	43	The rules shall provide, among other things, for:
44	44	A. a classification plan for all positions in the
45	45	service;
46	46	B. a pay plan for all positions in the service;
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74	74	C. competitive entrance and promotion tests to
75	75	determine the qualifications, fitness and ability of applicants
76	76	to perform the duties of the position for which they apply.
77	77	Such rules shall also provide for the awarding to those
78	78	applicants having a passing grade of two preference points for
79	79	each year of residency in New Mexico not to exceed a total of
80	80	ten preference points;
81	81	D. exemption from competitive entrance tests for
82	82	those professional persons applying for classified positions in
83	83	the service who possess recognized registration or
84	84	certification by another state agency;
85	85	E. a period of probation of [one year ] one hundred
86	86	eighty days during which a probationer may be discharged or
87	87	demoted or returned to the eligible list without benefit of
88	88	hearing; provided that, once an employee has completed the
89	89	initial probationary period, that employee shall not be
90	90	required to complete any additional probationary period upon
91	91	electing to transfer or otherwise move to another service
92	92	assignment;
93	93	F. the establishment of employment lists for the
94	94	certification of the highest standing candidates to the
95	95	prospective employers and procedure to be followed in hiring
96	96	from the lists;
97	97	G. hours of work, holiday and leave;
98	98	H. dismissal or demotion procedure for employees in
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127	127	the service, including presentation of written notice stating
128	128	specific reasons and time for the employees to reply thereto,
129	129	in writing, and appeals to the board;
130	130	I. the rejection of applicants who fail to meet
131	131	reasonable requirements as to age, physical condition,
132	132	training, experience or moral conduct; and
133	133	J. employment of any apparently qualified applicant
134	134	for a period of not more than ninety days when an emergency
135	135	condition exists and there are no applicants available on an
136	136	appropriate employment list as provided in Subsection F of this
137	137	section. The applicant, if employed, shall be paid at the same
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