New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico House Bill HB139 Compare Versions

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28	28	HOUSE BILL 139
29	29	57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2025
30	30	INTRODUCED BY
31	31	Kathleen Cates
32	32	AN ACT
33	33	RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS; AMENDING THE INSPECTION OF PUBLIC
34	34	RECORDS ACT; AMENDING, REPEALING AND ENACTING SECTIONS OF THE
35	35	NMSA 1978.
36	36	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
37	37	SECTION 1. A new section of the Inspection of Public
38	38	Records Act is enacted to read:
39	39	"[NEW MATERIAL] DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Inspection of
40	40	Public Records Act:
41	41	A. "access device" means a card, plate, code,
42	42	account number, personal identification number, electronic
43	43	serial number, mobile identification number or other
44	44	telecommunications service, equipment or instrument identifier
45	45	or means of account access that alone or in conjunction with
46	46	another access device may be used to:
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74	74	(1) obtain money, goods, services or another
75	75	thing of value; or
76	76	(2) initiate a transfer of funds other than a
77	77	transfer originated solely by paper instrument;
78	78	B. "adversarial administrative proceedings" means
79	79	those administrative proceedings in which the administrative
80	80	agency or institution of higher education acts as a
81	81	complainant, respondent or decision maker in an adverse
82	82	administrative proceeding, but "adversarial administrative
83	83	proceedings" does not refer to those instances in which the
84	84	administrative agency or institution acts in its own rulemaking
85	85	capacity;
86	86	C. "archival records" means public records that
87	87	were created or received by a public body more than one year
88	88	previously and excludes current records;
89	89	D. "attorney work product" means a document or
90	90	record that:
91	91	(1) was prepared by an attorney representing a
92	92	public body or prepared at such an attorney's express
93	93	direction;
94	94	(2) reflects a mental impression, conclusion,
95	95	litigation strategy or legal theory of that attorney or the
96	96	entity; and
97	97	(3) was prepared for civil or criminal
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127	127	anticipation of reasonably predictable civil or criminal
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129	129	guidance on the legal risks, strengths and weaknesses of an
130	130	action of a public body;
131	131	E. "broad and burdensome" means a request that
132	132	takes more than one hour of time to locate the public record
133	133	and to redact information exempt from inspection from the
134	134	public record;
135	135	F. "correctional facility" means a corrections
136	136	facility as defined in Section 33-1-2 NMSA 1978, a county jail
137	137	as authorized under Section 33-3-1 NMSA 1978, an alternative
138	138	sentencing facility as authorized under Section 33-3A-1 NMSA
139	139	1978, a juvenile detention home as authorized under Section
140	140	33-6-1 NMSA 1978 and all similar institutions operated by any
141	141	federal, state, tribal, local or other jurisdiction;
142	142	G. "county canvassing board" means the board
143	143	created under Section 1-13-1 NMSA 1978;
144	144	H. "critical infrastructure" means public
145	145	buildings, systems, including telecommunications centers and
146	146	computers, power generation plants, dams, bridges and similar
147	147	key resources, and systems related to utility services, fuel
148	148	supply, energy, hazardous liquid, natural gas or coal, whether
149	149	physical or virtual, so vital to the state that the incapacity
150	150	or destruction of these systems would have a debilitating
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180	180	health or safety or any combination of those matters;
181	181	I. "current records" means public records that were
182	182	created or received by a public body within the past year but
183	183	does not include archival records;
184	184	J. "custodian" means any person responsible for the
185	185	maintenance, care or keeping of a public body's public records,
186	186	regardless of whether the records are in that person's actual
187	187	physical custody and control;
188	188	K. "cybersecurity" means processes or capabilities
189	189	that protect and defend systems, communications and information
190	190	from exploitation and unauthorized use or modification;
191	191	L. "educational institution" means a charter
192	192	school, public school, state institution or a state educational
193	193	institution as defined in Subsection X of Section 22-1-2 NMSA
194	194	1978;
195	195	M. "employee personal information" means the
196	196	following information regarding employees of public bodies:
197	197	(1) date of birth;
198	198	(2) home address;
199	199	(3) home telephone number or personal cell
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201	201	(4) photograph;
202	202	(5) medical information;
203	203	(6) motor vehicle operator's identification
204	204	number;
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233	233	(7) public employee identification number;
234	234	(8) payroll deduction information;
235	235	(9) the name, address, telephone number and
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237	237	(10) any credit, debit or electronic fund
238	238	transfer card number;
239	239	(11) any account number at a bank or other
240	240	financial institution; and
241	241	(12) access device number;
242	242	N. "file format" means the internal structure of an
243	243	electronic file that defines the way it is stored and used;
244	244	O. "good faith" includes:
245	245	(1) when conducting a search in response to a
246	246	request for inspection, making reasonable efforts to determine
247	247	from other officials or employees of a public body whether a
248	248	requested record exists and, if so, how the record can be
249	249	inspected; and
250	250	(2) when denying inspection reasonably relying
251	251	on statutes, case law, advice of counsel, guidance issued by
252	252	the attorney general and public policy;
253	253	P. "human services" means services provided to an
254	254	individual or an individual's family in need of services to
255	255	assist the individual or the individual's family in achieving
256	256	and maintaining basic self-sufficiency, including physical
257	257	health, mental health, education, welfare, food and nutrition
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286	286	and housing;
287	287	Q. "information technology systems" means computer
288	288	hardware, storage media, networking equipment, physical
289	289	devices, infrastructure, processes and code, firmware, software
290	290	and ancillary products and services, including:
291	291	(1) systems design and analysis;
292	292	(2) development or modification of hardware or
293	293	solutions used to create, process, store, secure or exchange
294	294	electronic data;
295	295	(3) information storage and retrieval systems;
296	296	(4) voice, radio, video and data communication
297	297	systems;
298	298	(5) network, hosting and cloud-based systems;
299	299	(6) simulation and testing;
300	300	(7) interactions between a user and an
301	301	information system; and
302	302	(8) user and system credentials;
303	303	R. "inspect" means to review all public records
304	304	that are not excluded in Section 23 of this 2025 act;
305	305	S. "insurer" means an entity from which a public
306	306	body obtains insurance, as that term is defined in Section
307	307	59A-1-5 NMSA 1978; the risk management division of the general
308	308	services department as established by Section 15-7-2 NMSA 1978;
309	309	the New Mexico workers' compensation assigned risk pool
310	310	established by the Workers' Compensation Assigned Risk Pool
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339	339	Law; or a pool created by Section 3-62-2 NMSA 1978;
340	340	T. "investigatory work product" means records
341	341	obtained, compiled or prepared by a public entity in an effort
342	342	to monitor and enforce compliance with the law or an order,
343	343	provided that investigatory work product must be considered
344	344	active as long as it is related to monitoring and enforcement
345	345	activity conducted with a reasonable good-faith belief that it
346	346	will lead to enforcement of the law or an order the public
347	347	entity is charged by statute or other law with monitoring and
348	348	enforcing;
349	349	U. "law enforcement agency" means a law enforcement
350	350	agency of the state, a state agency or a political subdivision
351	351	of the state;
352	352	V. "law enforcement records" means evidence in any
353	353	form received or compiled in connection with a criminal
354	354	investigation or prosecution by a law enforcement or
355	355	prosecuting agency, including inactive matters or closed
356	356	investigations to the extent that they contain the information
357	357	listed in this subsection; provided that the presence of such
358	358	information on a law enforcement record does not exempt the
359	359	record from inspection;
360	360	W. "library" means a library as defined in the
361	361	Library Privacy Act;
362	362	X. "medical information" means information about:
363	363	(1) the past, present or future physical or
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392	392	mental health or condition of an individual;
393	393	(2) the provision of health care to an
394	394	individual;
395	395	(3) the past, present or future payment for
396	396	the provision of health care to an individual;
397	397	(4) biometric data, including fingerprints,
398	398	DNA, retinal scans and blood type; and
399	399	(5) data on a person's physical activity,
400	400	heart rate and steps taken;
401	401	Y. "person" means an individual, corporation,
402	402	partnership, firm, association, entity or public body domiciled
403	403	in New Mexico, but does not include individuals incarcerated in
404	404	a correctional facility;
405	405	Z. "private place" means the interior of a
406	406	residence, the interior of a facility that offers health care
407	407	or social services and other indoor places that are not open to
408	408	members of the public and that a reasonable person would expect
409	409	to be private;
410	410	AA. "protected personal identifier information"
411	411	means:
412	412	(1) identification numbers, including:
413	413	(a) taxpayer identification number;
414	414	(b) financial account number;
415	415	(c) insurance policy number;
416	416	(d) credit or debit card number;
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445	445	(e) driver's license number;
446	446	(f) all but the year of a person's date
447	447	of birth; and
448	448	(g) social security number;
449	449	(2) with regard to a non-elected employee of a
450	450	public body in the context of the person's employment, the
451	451	employee's non-business, home street and mailing address, but
452	452	not the city, state or zip code; and
453	453	(3) with regard to all employees, elected or
454	454	otherwise, of a public body in the context of the person's
455	455	employment:
456	456	(a) the employee's personal telephone
457	457	number;
458	458	(b) the employee's personal email
459	459	address; and
460	460	(c) information identifying the names or
461	461	other information about family members, emergency contacts and
462	462	dependents;
463	463	BB. "public business" means all matters that relate
464	464	or may foreseeably relate in any way to:
465	465	(1) the performance of the public body's
466	466	governmental functions, including any matter over which the
467	467	public entity has supervision, control, jurisdiction or
468	468	advisory power; and
469	469	(2) the public body's use of public funds;
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498	498	CC. "public body" means the executive, legislative
499	499	and judicial branches of state and local governments and all
500	500	advisory boards, commissions, committees, agencies or entities
501	501	created by the constitution of New Mexico or any branch of
502	502	state government that receives any public funding, including
503	503	political subdivisions, special taxing districts, school
504	504	districts and institutions of higher education;
505	505	DD. "public funds" means cash and other assets with
506	506	more than minimal value received from the state or other public
507	507	body;
508	508	EE. "public records" means all documents, papers,
509	509	letters, books, maps, tapes, photographs, recordings and other
510	510	materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, that
511	511	are used, created, received, maintained or held by or on behalf
512	512	of any public body and relate to public business, whether or
513	513	not the records are required by law to be created or
514	514	maintained;
515	515	FF. "public social services agency" means the adult
516	516	protective services system created by the Adult Protective
517	517	Services Act, a county when carrying out its duties under the
518	518	Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act, the health care
519	519	authority and the children, youth and families department;
520	520	GG. "reasonable denial" is a denial that states:
521	521	(1) a reason supported by the Inspection of
522	522	Public Records Act, another state, federal or local law or
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551	551	administrative regulation, a rule of court, court order or case
552	552	law of why a record is exempt from inspection, with or without
553	553	providing the precise legal citation; and
554	554	(2) the reasonable justification, based on a
555	555	public policy ground, for refusing to release the records;
556	556	HH. "reasonable particularity" means identifying
557	557	specific records by:
558	558	(1) in the case of records other than audio or
559	559	visual records, providing at least two of the following:
560	560	(a) the record title or subject line;
561	561	(b) the author; and
562	562	(c) the date or date range with
563	563	reasonable specificity; or
564	564	(2) in the case of audio or visual records,
565	565	providing at least one of the following:
566	566	(a) the computer-aided dispatch record
567	567	number;
568	568	(b) the police report number; and
569	569	(c) the date or date range with
570	570	reasonable specificity and at least one of the following: 1)
571	571	the name of a law enforcement officer or first responder; 2)
572	572	the approximate time or the approximate location of the record;
573	573	and 3) other criteria established and published by a law
574	574	enforcement agency public body to facilitate access to videos;
575	575	provided that a request that is made for search terms or
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604	604	parameters that a public body does not use to index, organize,
605	605	file or record its public records or otherwise cannot be used
606	606	to search them does not describe a record with reasonable
607	607	particularity;
608	608	II. "state canvassing board" means the board
609	609	created under Article 5, Section 2 of the constitution of New
610	610	Mexico;
611	611	JJ. "state commission of public records" means the
612	612	commission established by Section 14-3-3 NMSA 1978;
613	613	KK. "state records administrator" means the person
614	614	hired by the state commission of public records pursuant to
615	615	Section 14-3-4 NMSA 1978;
616	616	LL. "reasonable fee" means the actual cost to the
617	617	public entity of locating, reviewing, redacting and making the
618	618	copy, including the cost of labor, materials and equipment;
619	619	MM. "security system plan" includes:
620	620	(1) records, information, photographs, audio
621	621	and visual presentations, schematic diagrams, surveys,
622	622	recommendations, communications or consultations relating
623	623	directly to the physical or electronic security of a public
624	624	facility or any critical infrastructure, whether owned by or
625	625	leased to the state or any of its political subdivisions, or
626	626	any privately owned or leased critical infrastructure if the
627	627	plan or a portion of the plan is in the possession of a public
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657	657	(2) information relating to cybersecurity
658	658	defenses, or threats, attacks, attempted attacks and
659	659	vulnerabilities of cyber system operations relating directly to
660	660	the physical or electronic security of a public facility, or
661	661	any critical infrastructure, whether owned by or leased to the
662	662	state or any of its political subdivisions, or any privately
663	663	owned or leased critical infrastructure if the information is
664	664	in the possession of a public body;
665	665	(3) threat assessments;
666	666	(4) continuity of operations plans;
667	667	(5) vulnerability and capability assessments
668	668	conducted by a public body or any private entity;
669	669	(6) terrorist or threat response plans; and
670	670	(7) emergency evacuation plans;
671	671	NN. "trade secret" means a trade secret as defined
672	672	in Subsection D of Section 57-3A-2 NMSA 1978;
673	673	OO. "undercover law enforcement officer" means an
674	674	employee of a local or state law enforcement agency who acts
675	675	surreptitiously or poses as someone other than a law
676	676	enforcement officer while engaging in the investigation of a
677	677	violation of law; and
678	678	PP. "utility services" means those services, when
679	679	performed by a public body, that would constitute a public
680	680	utility as defined by Section 62-3-3 NMSA 1978, a public
681	681	telecommunications service as defined by Section 63-9A-3 NMSA
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710	710	1978 and a cellular service company as defined by Section
711	711	63-9B-3 NMSA 1978 and includes services provided by
712	712	associations as defined under the Sanitary Projects Act."
713	713	SECTION 2. A new section of the Inspection of Public
714	714	Records Act is enacted to read:
715	715	"[NEW MATERIAL] RECORDS CUSTODIAN.--Each public body shall
716	716	designate at least one custodian of public records who shall:
717	717	A. receive requests, including electronic mail or
718	718	facsimile, to inspect public records;
719	719	B. respond to requests in the same medium,
720	720	electronic or paper, in which the request was made in addition
721	721	to any other medium that the custodian deems appropriate;
722	722	C. provide proper and reasonable opportunities to
723	723	inspect public records;
724	724	D. provide reasonable facilities to make or furnish
725	725	copies of the public records during usual business hours; and
726	726	E. post in a conspicuous location at the
727	727	administrative office and on the publicly accessible website,
728	728	if any, of each public body a notice describing:
729	729	(1) the right of a person to inspect a public
730	730	body's records;
731	731	(2) procedures for requesting inspection of
732	732	public records, including the contact information for the
733	733	custodian of public records;
734	734	(3) procedures for requesting copies of public
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764	764	(4) reasonable fees for copying public
765	765	records; and
766	766	(5) the responsibility of a public body to
767	767	make available public records for inspection."
768	768	SECTION 3. A new section of the Inspection of Public
769	769	Records Act is enacted to read:
770	770	"[NEW MATERIAL] PROCEDURE FOR REQUESTING RECORDS.--
771	771	A. Any person wishing to inspect public records
772	772	shall submit a written request to the custodian. The failure
773	773	to respond to an oral request shall not subject the custodian
774	774	to any penalty.
775	775	B. If a request is sent to any person other than
776	776	the proper records custodian, the time for fulfilling the
777	777	request shall be tolled until the request is delivered to the
778	778	proper records custodian. All employees or agents of public
779	779	bodies shall forward the request to the proper records
780	780	custodian any requests misdirected to them.
781	781	C. A request shall provide the actual name, mailing
782	782	address, telephone number and email address of the person
783	783	seeking access to the records. Anonymous or pseudonymous
784	784	requests are not permitted. If the request is made by an agent
785	785	for another, the agent shall disclose the name of the person
786	786	the agent is acting on behalf of.
787	787	D. A request shall identify the records sought with
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816	816	reasonable particularity.
817	817	E. No person requesting records shall be required
818	818	to state the reason for inspecting the records.
819	819	F. A custodian receiving a written request shall
820	820	permit the inspection not later than fifteen days after
821	821	receiving a written request in the case of current records or
822	822	sixty days in the case of archival records or audio or visual
823	823	records.
824	824	G. For the purposes of this section, "written
825	825	request" includes an electronic communication, including email,
826	826	facsimile or use of a web page on the internet provided by the
827	827	public body; provided that the request complies with the
828	828	requirements of Subsection C of this section.
829	829	H. A public body may ask the requester to clarify
830	830	the request.
831	831	I. A public body may discuss with the requester of
832	832	a large volume of records how the scope of a request may be
833	833	narrowed.
834	834	J. If a requester does not respond to a request for
835	835	clarification within fifteen days, the request for inspection
836	836	may be considered withdrawn."
837	837	SECTION 4. A new section of the Inspection of Public
838	838	Records Act is enacted to read:
839	839	"[NEW MATERIAL] REQUESTING ELECTRONIC RECORDS.--
840	840	A. Automation of public records must not erode the
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869	869	right of access to those records. As each public body
870	870	increases its use of and dependence on electronic
871	871	recordkeeping, each public body shall provide reasonable public
872	872	access to records electronically maintained and shall ensure
873	873	that exempt or confidential records are not disclosed except as
874	874	otherwise permitted by law.
875	875	B. A public body shall not enter into a contract
876	876	for the creation or maintenance of a public records database if
877	877	that contract impairs the ability of the public to inspect or
878	878	copy the public records of the public body, including public
879	879	records online or stored in an electronic record keeping system
880	880	used by the public body.
881	881	C. An electronic copy of a record shall be provided
882	882	upon request at no cost, other than costs allowed by this 2025
883	883	act; provided that if the nature or volume of the public
884	884	records requested to be accessed or provided is a broad and
885	885	burdensome use of information technology resources, the public
886	886	body may charge no more than the actual cost incurred for the
887	887	broad and burdensome use of information technology resources
888	888	incurred by the public body.
889	889	D. Nothing in this section requires a public body
890	890	to create or compile a record that does not exist.
891	891	E. Nothing in this section requires a public body
892	892	to attempt to recover or restore deleted or overwritten
893	893	records.
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922	922	F. Nothing in this section requires a public body
923	923	to provide inspection of browser histories, caches, cookies,
924	924	file metadata, system logs, login histories or IP addresses of
925	925	visitors to the websites of public bodies.
926	926	G. Except as reasonably necessary to reveal the
927	927	organization of data contained in an electronically stored
928	928	record, a public body is not required to provide an
929	929	electronically stored record in a different structure or
930	930	format.
931	931	H. This section does not require a public entity to
932	932	provide a requester with access to a computer terminal or
933	933	mobile device.
934	934	I. A public body is not required to provide a copy
935	935	of a record that is available to the requester on the internet
936	936	on a publicly accessible website. The public body shall notify
937	937	the requester the record is available online and direct the
938	938	requester to the website where the record can be accessed.
939	939	J. Nothing in the Inspection of Public Records Act
940	940	regarding the provision of public data in electronic format
941	941	shall limit the ability of the custodian to engage in the sale
942	942	of data as authorized by Sections 14-3-15.1 and 14-3-18 NMSA
943	943	1978, including imposing reasonable restrictions on the use of
944	944	the database and the payment of a royalty or other
945	945	consideration.
946	946	K. A custodian shall provide a copy of a public
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975	975	record in electronic format if the public record is available
976	976	in electronic format and an electronic copy is specifically
977	977	requested. However, a custodian is only required to provide
978	978	the electronic record in the file format in which it exists at
979	979	the time of the request.
980	980	L. If necessary to preserve the integrity of
981	981	computer data or the confidentiality of exempt information
982	982	contained in a database, a partial printout of data containing
983	983	public records or information may be furnished in lieu of an
984	984	entire database. Exempt information in an electronic document
985	985	shall be removed along with the corresponding metadata prior to
986	986	disclosure by utilizing methods or redaction tools that prevent
987	987	the recovery of exempt information from a redacted electronic
988	988	document."
989	989	SECTION 5. A new section of the Inspection of Public
990	990	Records Act is enacted to read:
991	991	"[NEW MATERIAL] WRONG CUSTODIAN.--
992	992	A. In the event that a written request is not made
993	993	to the custodian having possession of or responsibility for the
994	994	public records requested, the person receiving the request
995	995	shall promptly forward the request to the custodian of the
996	996	requested public records, if known, and notify the requester.
997	997	B. The notification to the requester shall state
998	998	the reason for the absence of the records from that person's
999	999	custody or control, the records' location and the name and
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1029	1029	SECTION 6. A new section of the Inspection of Public
1030	1030	Records Act is enacted to read:
1031	1031	"[NEW MATERIAL] PROCEDURE FOR INSPECTION.--Requested
1032	1032	public records containing information that is exempt and
1033	1033	nonexempt from disclosure shall be separated by the custodian
1034	1034	prior to inspection, and the nonexempt information shall be
1035	1035	made available for inspection."
1036	1036	SECTION 7. A new section of the Inspection of Public
1037	1037	Records Act is enacted to read:
1038	1038	"[NEW MATERIAL] COST RECOVERY.--A custodian:
1039	1039	A. may charge reasonable fees for copying the
1040	1040	public records, unless a different fee is otherwise prescribed
1041	1041	by law;
1042	1042	B. may charge a fee not exceeding thirty dollars
1043	1043	($30.00) per hour per request, excluding the initial hour, for
1044	1044	locating records, including electronic records, if locating the
1045	1045	records requires more than one hour;
1046	1046	C. may impose a fee not exceeding thirty dollars
1047	1047	($30.00) per hour per request, excluding the initial hour, for
1048	1048	redacting material from records;
1049	1049	D. may, if a person makes five or more requests
1050	1050	within a forty-five-day period, treat the requests as one
1051	1051	request in computing the time it takes to locate and excise the
1052	1052	records;
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1081	1081	E. shall not charge fees in excess of two dollars
1082	1082	($2.00) per printed page for documents eleven inches by
1083	1083	seventeen inches in size or smaller;
1084	1084	F. may charge the actual costs associated with
1085	1085	downloading copies of public records to a computer disk or
1086	1086	storage device, including the actual cost of the computer disk
1087	1087	or storage device;
1088	1088	G. may charge the actual costs associated with
1089	1089	transmitting copies of public records by mail, electronic mail,
1090	1090	facsimile or other electronic method of transmission;
1091	1091	H. may impose a fee not exceeding five dollars
1092	1092	($5.00) to certify or authenticate each document copied;
1093	1093	I. may require advance payment of the fees before
1094	1094	locating, redacting or making copies of public records;
1095	1095	J. may allow a person to utilize the person's own
1096	1096	personal devices for duplication of records and, if so, shall
1097	1097	establish reasonable procedures to protect the integrity of the
1098	1098	records as long as the procedures are not used to prevent
1099	1099	access to the records;
1100	1100	K. may refuse to permit inspection of the records
1101	1101	or provide copies of the records if repeated requests for
1102	1102	records disrupt other essential functions of the public body
1103	1103	and then give to the requester in writing the reasons
1104	1104	supporting the refusal; and
1105	1105	L. may decline to again provide inspection of a
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1135	1135	that same record."
1136	1136	SECTION 8. A new section of the Inspection of Public
1137	1137	Records Act is enacted to read:
1138	1138	"[NEW MATERIAL] CREATING AND MAINTAINING RECORDS.--
1139	1139	Nothing in the Inspection of Public Records Act shall be
1140	1140	construed to require a public body to:
1141	1141	A. create a public record;
1142	1142	B. maintain a public record;
1143	1143	C. compile, format, manipulate, package, summarize
1144	1144	or tailor information;
1145	1145	D. provide a record in a particular format, medium
1146	1146	or program not currently maintained by the public body;
1147	1147	E. provide a record that is included in a report or
1148	1148	document that is printed or published, including being
1149	1149	available online;
1150	1150	F. answer questions, conduct research, provide
1151	1151	advice or issue legal opinions; or
1152	1152	G. provide access to premises or any material
1153	1153	objects other than those that are public records."
1154	1154	SECTION 9. A new section of the Inspection of Public
1155	1155	Records Act is enacted to read:
1156	1156	"[NEW MATERIAL] ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE--LITIGATION
1157	1157	RECORDS.--
1158	1158	A. Records containing attorney-client information
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1187	1187	protected by the New Mexico Rules of Professional Conduct for
1188	1188	attorneys are exempt from inspection.
1189	1189	B. Attorney work product is exempt from inspection.
1190	1190	Attorney work product and copies of the work product shall not
1191	1191	be open to public inspection, examination or copying unless
1192	1192	specifically made public by the public body receiving the work
1193	1193	product.
1194	1194	C. Records pertaining to claims for damages or
1195	1195	other relief against any public body or public officer or
1196	1196	employee are exempt from inspection; provided that the records
1197	1197	shall be subject to public inspection on and after the earlier
1198	1198	of:
1199	1199	(1) the date a final judgment is issued
1200	1200	resolving the claim and all appeals and rights to appeal have
1201	1201	been exhausted; or
1202	1202	(2) the date a settlement agreement is signed
1203	1203	by all of the parties.
1204	1204	D. A settlement agreement between a public body and
1205	1205	another party is exempt from disclosure until it has been fully
1206	1206	executed and accepted by all concerned parties unless the
1207	1207	records are otherwise exempt or confidential. In the case of
1208	1208	multiple settlement agreements involving multiple parties
1209	1209	involved in the same incident or undertaking, a settlement
1210	1210	agreement is exempt until settlement agreements have been fully
1211	1211	executed by all concerned parties unless the public records are
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1241	1241	E. Any request under this section for records in
1242	1242	the possession of a public body by a party to a criminal or
1243	1243	civil action, administrative law agency adjudicative
1244	1244	proceeding, mediation or arbitration in which the public body
1245	1245	is a party or by an agent of the party shall comply with
1246	1246	applicable discovery rules or orders and be made to the
1247	1247	attorney representing that public body in the criminal or civil
1248	1248	action, adjudicative proceeding, mediation or arbitration. The
1249	1249	public body may deny a request from a party or an agent of a
1250	1250	party under this subsection if the request seeks records that
1251	1251	are privileged under applicable discovery rules.
1252	1252	F. Records filed with a court or administrative law
1253	1253	agency under seal shall not be subject to inspection unless the
1254	1254	court has ordered their inspection.
1255	1255	G. Records provided to a public body under a
1256	1256	protective order approved by a court or administrative law
1257	1257	agency shall not be subject to inspection unless the court or
1258	1258	administrative law agency has ordered their inspection.
1259	1259	H. Records filed with a court or administrative law
1260	1260	agency in a sequestered or confidential proceeding shall not be
1261	1261	subject to inspection unless the court or administrative law
1262	1262	agency has ordered their inspection.
1263	1263	I. Public filings with a court or administrative
1264	1264	law agency shall be requested only from the court or
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1293	1293	administrative law agency and shall not be requested from
1294	1294	another public body that may have been a party to the
1295	1295	proceeding or otherwise has copies of such filings.
1296	1296	J. For purposes of this section, a law enforcement
1297	1297	agency that investigated a crime, arrested a person or charged
1298	1298	a person shall be considered a party to the resulting criminal
1299	1299	action.
1300	1300	K. Nothing in this section shall limit the
1301	1301	attorney-client privilege as provided for by the common law or
1302	1302	the rules of court."
1303	1303	SECTION 10. A new section of the Inspection of Public
1304	1304	Records Act is enacted to read:
1305	1305	"[NEW MATERIAL] ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RECORDS--
1306	1306	COMMUNICATION PROVIDER RECORDS.--
1307	1307	A. Records and information pertaining to a
1308	1308	prospective location of a business or industry, including the
1309	1309	identity, nature and location of the business or industry, when
1310	1310	no previous public disclosure has been made by the business or
1311	1311	industry of the interest or intent of the business or industry
1312	1312	to locate in, relocate within or expand within this state are
1313	1313	exempt from inspection.
1314	1314	B. The exemption in this section does not include
1315	1315	records pertaining to the application for permits or licenses
1316	1316	necessary to do business or to expand business operations
1317	1317	within this state, except as otherwise provided by law.
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1346	1346	C. Information relating to communications services
1347	1347	locations or broadband development shall be exempt from
1348	1348	inspection if such information is not otherwise publicly
1349	1349	available and the release of such information would reveal:
1350	1350	(1) the location or capacity of communications
1351	1351	network facilities;
1352	1352	(2) communications network areas, including
1353	1353	geographical maps indicating actual or proposed locations of
1354	1354	network infrastructure or facilities;
1355	1355	(3) the features, functions and capabilities
1356	1356	of communications network infrastructure and facilities;
1357	1357	(4) security, including cybersecurity, of the
1358	1358	design, construction and operation of the communications
1359	1359	network and associated services and products; or
1360	1360	(5) specific customer locations."
1361	1361	SECTION 11. A new section of the Inspection of Public
1362	1362	Records Act is enacted to read:
1363	1363	"[NEW MATERIAL] EDUCATION RECORDS.--The following records
1364	1364	of educational institutions are exempt from inspection:
1365	1365	A. letters or memoranda that are matters of opinion
1366	1366	in students' cumulative files and the reports, notes and
1367	1367	evidence generated by internal investigations of their
1368	1368	employees or students;
1369	1369	B. examination or test questions, scoring keys and
1370	1370	other data used to administer any licensing, employment,
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1399	1399	academic or certification examination or test and records
1400	1400	establishing examination or test procedures and instructions
1401	1401	regarding the administration, grading or evaluation of any
1402	1402	examination or test, if disclosure may affect scoring outcomes;
1403	1403	C. any record related to a complaint or
1404	1404	investigation under Title Nine of the Education Amendments of
1405	1405	1972, 20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq., which contains personally
1406	1406	identifiable information about a party to the complaint; and
1407	1407	D. information protected under the Family
1408	1408	Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. 1232."
1409	1409	SECTION 12. A new section of the Inspection of Public
1410	1410	Records Act is enacted to read:
1411	1411	"[NEW MATERIAL] ELECTION RECORDS.--The time limits for a
1412	1412	public body to allow a person to inspect records relating to
1413	1413	elections shall be tolled during the period beginning on the
1414	1414	fifty-sixth day prior to an election until the canvass of the
1415	1415	election has been certified by the county canvassing board or
1416	1416	state canvassing board, whichever is later."
1417	1417	SECTION 13. A new section of the Inspection of Public
1418	1418	Records Act is enacted to read:
1419	1419	"[NEW MATERIAL] LAW ENFORCEMENT RECORDS--CORRECTIONS
1420	1420	RECORDS.--
1421	1421	A. Law enforcement records are public records,
1422	1422	except as provided by law and this section. The time for
1423	1423	responding to a request for law enforcement records is tolled
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1452	1452	during the forty-five days immediately following the law
1453	1453	enforcement agency becoming aware of a crime.
1454	1454	B. Before charges are filed, exempt from inspection
1455	1455	are the names, addresses, contact information or protected
1456	1456	personal identifier information of individuals who are victims
1457	1457	of or non-law-enforcement witnesses to an alleged crime of:
1458	1458	(1) assault with intent to commit a violent
1459	1459	felony pursuant to Section 30-3-3 NMSA 1978 when the violent
1460	1460	felony is criminal sexual penetration;
1461	1461	(2) assault against a household member with
1462	1462	intent to commit a violent felony pursuant to Section 30-3-14
1463	1463	NMSA 1978 when the violent felony is criminal sexual
1464	1464	penetration;
1465	1465	(3) stalking pursuant to Section 30-3A-3 NMSA
1466	1466	1978;
1467	1467	(4) aggravated stalking pursuant to Section
1468	1468	30-3A-3.1 NMSA 1978;
1469	1469	(5) criminal sexual penetration pursuant to
1470	1470	Section 30-9-11 NMSA 1978;
1471	1471	(6) criminal sexual contact pursuant to
1472	1472	Section 30-9-12 NMSA 1978;
1473	1473	(7) sexual exploitation of children pursuant
1474	1474	to Section 30-6A-3 NMSA 1978;
1475	1475	(8) abandonment of a child pursuant to Section
1476	1476	30-6-1 NMSA 1978;
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1505	1505	(9) abuse of a child pursuant to Section
1506	1506	30-6-1 NMSA 1978;
1507	1507	(10) abandonment of a dependent pursuant to
1508	1508	Section 30-6-2 NMSA 1978;
1509	1509	(11) incest pursuant to Section 30-10-3 NMSA
1510	1510	1978;
1511	1511	(12) child solicitation by electronic
1512	1512	communication device pursuant to Section 30-37-3.2 NMSA 1978;
1513	1513	(13) criminal sexual communication with a
1514	1514	child pursuant to Section 30-37-3.3 NMSA 1978;
1515	1515	(14) unauthorized distribution of sensitive
1516	1516	images pursuant to Section 30-37A-1 NMSA 1978;
1517	1517	(15) abuse pursuant to the Resident Abuse and
1518	1518	Neglect Act;
1519	1519	(16) human trafficking pursuant to Section
1520	1520	30-52-1 NMSA 1978;
1521	1521	(17) voyeurism pursuant to Section 30-9-20
1522	1522	NMSA 1978;
1523	1523	(18) enticement of a child pursuant to Section
1524	1524	30-9-1 NMSA 1978; and
1525	1525	(19) kidnapping pursuant to Section 30-4-1
1526	1526	NMSA 1978.
1527	1527	C. Before charges are filed, exempt from inspection
1528	1528	are names, addresses, contact information or protected personal
1529	1529	identifier information of individuals who are accused but not
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1558	1558	charged with a crime.
1559	1559	D. Exempt from inspection are the names, addresses,
1560	1560	contact information and protected personal identifier
1561	1561	information of juveniles and that same information relating to
1562	1562	their parents or guardians when the juveniles are victims or
1563	1563	witnesses to an alleged crime.
1564	1564	E. A law enforcement officer or prosecutor, within
1565	1565	the scope of the employment of the officer or prosecutor, may
1566	1566	provide assurances of confidentiality to a person providing
1567	1567	information regarding violations of the law. Any information
1568	1568	that would identify or provide a means of identifying a
1569	1569	confidential informant, if the identity of the informant is not
1570	1570	otherwise publicly known, is exempt from inspection.
1571	1571	F. The work schedules of employees of a law
1572	1572	enforcement agency or correctional facility are exempt from
1573	1573	inspection.
1574	1574	G. Records or other information that would reveal
1575	1575	the identity, or endanger the life or physical well-being, of
1576	1576	an undercover law enforcement officer is exempt from
1577	1577	inspection.
1578	1578	H. Audios, videos or images taken with a body
1579	1579	camera or similar device and that are taken in a private place
1580	1580	are exempt records, except for those records that:
1581	1581	(1) depict the commission of an alleged crime;
1582	1582	(2) record any encounter between a law
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1611	1611	enforcement officer and a person that results in death or
1612	1612	bodily injury or includes an instance when an officer fires a
1613	1613	weapon; or
1614	1614	(3) record any encounter that is the subject
1615	1615	of a legal proceeding against a law enforcement officer or law
1616	1616	enforcement agency.
1617	1617	I. Visual depiction of a dead body, unless a law
1618	1618	enforcement officer, acting in that capacity, caused or is
1619	1619	reasonably alleged or suspected to have caused the death is
1620	1620	exempt from inspection.
1621	1621	J. Visual depiction of great bodily harm, as
1622	1622	defined in Section 30-1-12 NMSA 1978, or acts of severe
1623	1623	violence resulting in great bodily harm, unless a law
1624	1624	enforcement officer, acting in that capacity, caused or is
1625	1625	reasonably alleged or suspected to have caused the great bodily
1626	1626	harm or act of severe violence is exempt from inspection.
1627	1627	K. Visual depiction of an individual's intimate
1628	1628	body parts, including the genitals, pubic area, anus or
1629	1629	postpubescent female nipple, whether nude or visible through
1630	1630	less than opaque clothing is exempt from inspection.
1631	1631	L. Visual or an audio depiction of the notification
1632	1632	to a member of the public of a family member's death is exempt
1633	1633	from inspection.
1634	1634	M. Records of a correctional facility of an
1635	1635	inmate's medical condition, personal property, commissary or
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1664	1664	other financial accounts and communications to and from persons
1665	1665	outside the correctional facility are exempt from inspection.
1666	1666	This includes both the content and the metadata of such
1667	1667	communications.
1668	1668	N. Nothing in this section shall exempt information
1669	1669	from discovery requests that are made under the rules of
1670	1670	court."
1671	1671	SECTION 14. A new section of the Inspection of Public
1672	1672	Records Act is enacted to read:
1673	1673	"[NEW MATERIAL] INFRASTRUCTURE RECORDS--CYBERSECURITY
1674	1674	RECORDS.--
1675	1675	A. Records that relate to cybersecurity information
1676	1676	or critical infrastructure, the disclosure of which may expose
1677	1677	or create vulnerability of critical infrastructure systems; or
1678	1678	the safeguarding of telecommunications, electric, water,
1679	1679	sanitary sewage, storm water drainage, energy, fuel supply,
1680	1680	hazardous liquid, natural gas, coal or other critical
1681	1681	infrastructure system, are exempt from inspection.
1682	1682	B. A security system plan kept by a public body and
1683	1683	records regarding disaster mitigation, preparation, response,
1684	1684	vulnerability or recovery or for cybersecurity planning,
1685	1685	mitigation or threat are exempt from inspection.
1686	1686	C. Security codes, passwords and combinations or
1687	1687	plans used to protect electronic information or to prevent
1688	1688	access to computers, computer systems or computer or
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1717	1717	telecommunications networks of a public entity are exempt from
1718	1718	inspection.
1719	1719	D. Information concerning information technology
1720	1720	systems, the publication of which would reveal specific
1721	1721	vulnerabilities that compromise or allow unlawful access to
1722	1722	such systems, is exempt from inspection; provided that this
1723	1723	subsection shall not be used to restrict requests for:
1724	1724	(1) records stored or transmitted using
1725	1725	information technology systems;
1726	1726	(2) internal and external audits of
1727	1727	information technology systems, except for those portions that
1728	1728	would reveal ongoing vulnerabilities that compromise or allow
1729	1729	unlawful access to such systems; or
1730	1730	(3) information to authenticate or validate
1731	1731	records received pursuant to a request fulfilled pursuant to
1732	1732	the Inspection of Public Records Act."
1733	1733	SECTION 15. A new section of the Inspection of Public
1734	1734	Records Act is enacted to read:
1735	1735	"[NEW MATERIAL] LIBRARY RECORDS.--All information of
1736	1736	patrons of a library, including information on materials
1737	1737	borrowed or requested and the use of library services,
1738	1738	databases or computers, is exempt from inspection."
1739	1739	SECTION 16. A new section of the Inspection of Public
1740	1740	Records Act is enacted to read:
1741	1741	"[NEW MATERIAL] MEDICAL RECORDS.--
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1770	1770	A. A medical record or a record containing medical
1771	1771	information in the possession of a public body is exempt from
1772	1772	inspection.
1773	1773	B. The medical condition of an individual, medical
1774	1774	treatment provided to an individual and the name of an
1775	1775	individual who received medical treatment from a public entity
1776	1776	during an emergency medical response are exempt from
1777	1777	inspection.
1778	1778	C. Autopsy photographs or other visual image or
1779	1779	video or audio recordings of an autopsy are exempt from
1780	1780	inspection."
1781	1781	SECTION 17. A new section of the Inspection of Public
1782	1782	Records Act is enacted to read:
1783	1783	"[NEW MATERIAL] PROCUREMENT RECORDS.--
1784	1784	A. Records submitted to a public body by a bidder
1785	1785	on a public contract that relate to the financial stability of
1786	1786	the bidder, including tax returns, financial statements and
1787	1787	bank statements, are exempt from inspection.
1788	1788	B. Before a contract is awarded, materials
1789	1789	submitted in responses to sealed bidding or requests for
1790	1790	proposals are exempt from inspection.
1791	1791	C. When a public body seeks to acquire real
1792	1792	property by purchase or through the exercise of the power of
1793	1793	eminent domain, all appraisals, other reports relating to
1794	1794	value, offers and counteroffers are exempt from inspection
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1823	1823	until execution of a valid option contract or a written offer
1824	1824	to sell that has been conditionally accepted by the agency, at
1825	1825	which time the exemption shall expire."
1826	1826	SECTION 18. A new section of the Inspection of Public
1827	1827	Records Act is enacted to read:
1828	1828	"[NEW MATERIAL] PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RECORDS.--
1829	1829	A. Employee personal information regarding a public
1830	1830	employee contained in an employee's personnel record or given
1831	1831	to a public body by the employee in the course of employment is
1832	1832	exempt from inspection.
1833	1833	B. Any record of a public employee's medical
1834	1834	treatment or use of an employee assistance program is exempt
1835	1835	from inspection.
1836	1836	C. Letters of reference concerning employment are
1837	1837	exempt from inspection.
1838	1838	D. Letters or memoranda that are matters of opinion
1839	1839	in personnel files and the reports, notes and evidence
1840	1840	generated by internal investigations of personnel are exempt
1841	1841	from inspection."
1842	1842	SECTION 19. A new section of the Inspection of Public
1843	1843	Records Act is enacted to read:
1844	1844	"[NEW MATERIAL] SECURITY RECORDS.--
1845	1845	A. Tactical response plans or procedures, the
1846	1846	publication of which could reveal specific vulnerabilities,
1847	1847	risk assessments or tactical emergency security procedures that
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1876	1876	could be used to facilitate the planning or execution of a
1877	1877	terrorist attack are exempt from inspection.
1878	1878	B. Records of the security system of a publicly
1879	1879	accessible facility of a public body, disclosure of which would
1880	1880	reveal information that could be used to plan or execute an
1881	1881	attack on a public facility or person, are exempt from
1882	1882	inspection."
1883	1883	SECTION 20. A new section of the Inspection of Public
1884	1884	Records Act is enacted to read:
1885	1885	"[NEW MATERIAL] SOCIAL SERVICES RECORDS.--
1886	1886	A. Records concerning individual applicants or
1887	1887	recipients of unemployment insurance or economic assistance or
1888	1888	support are exempt from inspection. These exempt records
1889	1889	include applications, income or eligibility verification
1890	1890	assessments or other personal, medical or financial data are
1891	1891	exempt from inspection.
1892	1892	B. The name, address, telephone number, email
1893	1893	address or other record that reasonably could be used to
1894	1894	identify an individual who provided information to a public
1895	1895	social service agency is an exempt record if:
1896	1896	(1) the information relates to a matter
1897	1897	involving human services over which the agency has regulatory
1898	1898	jurisdiction; and
1899	1899	(2) the agency determines the individual had a
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1929	1929	violation of law when the individual provided it to the agency.
1930	1930	C. All case records and identifying information
1931	1931	including foster and adoptive families and applicant files are
1932	1932	exempt from inspection.
1933	1933	D. Records that may disclose, or lead to the
1934	1934	discovery of, the identity of a person who made a report of
1935	1935	alleged abuse, neglect or exploitation of a child or protected
1936	1936	adult, as defined in Section 27-7-16 NMSA 1978 are exempt from
1937	1937	inspection."
1938	1938	SECTION 21. A new section of the Inspection of Public
1939	1939	Records Act is enacted to read:
1940	1940	"[NEW MATERIAL] UTILITY RECORDS.--Customer records for
1941	1941	utility services provided by a public body are exempt from
1942	1942	inspection. Customer records include billing statements,
1943	1943	records of consumption or usage, payment information or methods
1944	1944	and the contents of any communications made through such
1945	1945	utility services."
1946	1946	SECTION 22. A new section of the Inspection of Public
1947	1947	Records Act is enacted to read:
1948	1948	"[NEW MATERIAL] VICTIMS OF CRIMES REPORTS.--
1949	1949	A. When a person who is convicted of any indictable
1950	1950	offense under the laws of New Mexico, any other state or the
1951	1951	United States is seeking government records containing personal
1952	1952	information pertaining to the person's victim or the victim's
1953	1953	family, including a victim's home address, home telephone
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1982	1982	number, work or school address, work telephone number, social
1983	1983	security account number, medical history or any other
1984	1984	identifying information, a public body may deny inspection of
1985	1985	all such information.
1986	1986	B. Confidential records that are authorized by law
1987	1987	to be disclosed to another public body continue to be
1988	1988	confidential in the possession of the receiving public body,
1989	1989	except as otherwise provided by law."
1990	1990	SECTION 23. A new section of the Inspection of Public
1991	1991	Records Act is enacted to read:
1992	1992	"[NEW MATERIAL] GENERAL EXCEPTIONS.--The following records
1993	1993	shall be exempt from disclosure under the Inspection of Public
1994	1994	Records Act:
1995	1995	A. letters of reference concerning licensing or
1996	1996	permits as provided by the Confidential Materials Act;
1997	1997	B. trade secrets;
1998	1998	C. long-range or strategic business plans of public
1999	1999	hospitals discussed in a properly closed meeting;
2000	2000	D. submissions in response to a competitive grant,
2001	2001	land lease or scholarship and related scoring materials and
2002	2002	evaluation reports until finalists are publicly named or the
2003	2003	award is announced;
2004	2004	E. the personal email address or personal telephone
2005	2005	number of an individual that is provided to a public entity for
2006	2006	the purpose of or in the course of communicating with that
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2035	2035	public body or applying for any permit or license; provided
2036	2036	this subsection shall not be used to shield the identity of the
2037	2037	individual communicating with the public body;
2038	2038	F. real estate and other records recorded with a
2039	2039	county clerk that are already open for public inspection; and
2040	2040	G. records required to be kept confidential by any
2041	2041	law or regulation."
2042	2042	SECTION 24. A new section of the Inspection of Public
2043	2043	Records Act is enacted to read:
2044	2044	"[NEW MATERIAL] VEXATIOUS REQUESTERS.--
2045	2045	A. A public body may file a petition asking the
2046	2046	state commission of public records to request relief from a
2047	2047	person that the public body claims is a vexatious requester.
2048	2048	B. A petition under this section shall:
2049	2049	(1) be filed with the state records
2050	2050	administrator, who may not charge a fee to file a petition;
2051	2051	(2) contain the name and contact information
2052	2052	of a respondent to the petition;
2053	2053	(3) contain a description of the conduct that
2054	2054	the governmental entity claims demonstrates that the respondent
2055	2055	is a vexatious requester, which may include a description of
2056	2056	conduct directed toward public bodies other than the one filing
2057	2057	the petition; and
2058	2058	(4) be served on the respondent, such service
2059	2059	to be done contemporaneously with the filing of the petition.
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2088	2088	C. No later than fourteen days after receiving a
2089	2089	petition, the state records administrator shall schedule a
2090	2090	hearing for the commission to consider the petition, which
2091	2091	shall be at least twenty-eight days later but not more than
2092	2092	seventy days after filing the petition.
2093	2093	D. If the state records administrator schedules a
2094	2094	hearing, the state records administrator shall:
2095	2095	(1) send a copy of the petition to each member
2096	2096	of the state commission of public records; and
2097	2097	(2) send a copy of the notice of hearing to
2098	2098	the public body that filed the petition and the respondent.
2099	2099	E. No later than seven business days before the
2100	2100	hearing, the respondent may submit to the state records
2101	2101	administrator a written statement in response to the public
2102	2102	body's petition and serve that statement on the petitioner.
2103	2103	F. No discovery may be allowed on a petition to
2104	2104	declare a person a vexatious requester.
2105	2105	G. At the hearing on the petition, the state
2106	2106	commission of public records shall allow the petitioner and
2107	2107	respondent to testify, present evidence and comment on the
2108	2108	issues. If a respondent fails to appear at the hearing, the
2109	2109	commission may enter a default judgment against the respondent.
2110	2110	H. Within twenty-eight days after a hearing is
2111	2111	held, the state commission of public records shall issue a
2112	2112	signed order deciding as to whether the respondent is a
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2141	2141	vexatious requester and what other relief requested by the
2142	2142	petitioner should be granted.
2143	2143	I. No public body shall be obligated to respond to
2144	2144	requests for inspection from a person who is determined to be a
2145	2145	vexatious requester for three years after the designation is
2146	2146	made.
2147	2147	J. The petitioner or the respondent may appeal a
2148	2148	decision of the state commission of public records to the
2149	2149	district court in the county in which the petitioner maintains
2150	2150	its principal office. A notice of appeal shall be filed within
2151	2151	sixty days of service of the decision on the petition.
2152	2152	K. The state commission of public records shall
2153	2153	maintain on the commission's website an alphabetical list of
2154	2154	all persons ever declared to be a vexatious requester and
2155	2155	copies of all decisions on petitions filed under this section."
2156	2156	SECTION 25. A new section of the Inspection of Public
2157	2157	Records Act is enacted to read:
2158	2158	"[NEW MATERIAL] ENFORCEMENT.--
2159	2159	A. An action to enforce the Inspection of Public
2160	2160	Records Act may be brought by:
2161	2161	(1) the attorney general or the district
2162	2162	attorney in the county of jurisdiction; or
2163	2163	(2) a person whose written request has been
2164	2164	denied.
2165	2165	B. Actions to enforce the Inspection of Public
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2194	2194	Records Act shall be brought exclusively against the public
2195	2195	body in the district court in the county where the public body
2196	2196	maintains its principal office. No records custodian or other
2197	2197	employee or official of the public body shall be named as a
2198	2198	defendant.
2199	2199	C. Any public body named in an action filed
2200	2200	pursuant to the Inspection of Public Records Act shall be held
2201	2201	liable for conduct of individuals acting on behalf of, under
2202	2202	color of or within the course and scope of the authority of the
2203	2203	public body.
2204	2204	D. Actions to enforce the Inspection of Public
2205	2205	Records Act shall be exclusively brought as a civil action and
2206	2206	proceed under the rules of court for civil complaints.
2207	2207	E. Public bodies shall be given a chance to cure
2208	2208	alleged violations of the Inspection of Public Records Act as
2209	2209	follows:
2210	2210	(1) before filing suit, a requester who
2211	2211	alleges that a public body has failed to fulfill in whole or in
2212	2212	part a request made under the Inspection of Public Records Act
2213	2213	shall give notice of intent to sue in writing to the records
2214	2214	custodian of a public body stating:
2215	2215	(a) the requester intends to file suit;
2216	2216	(b) a reference to or copy of the
2217	2217	unfulfilled request at issue; and
2218	2218	(c) the records that the requester
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2247	2247	believes have not been provided by the public body;
2248	2248	(2) the public body shall have sixty days
2249	2249	after actual receipt of the notice of intent to sue in which to
2250	2250	provide the records requested; and
2251	2251	(3) no suit to enforce the Inspection of
2252	2252	Public Records Act shall be maintained unless a notice of
2253	2253	intent to sue is given under this subsection, and a plaintiff
2254	2254	must affirmatively plead that the plaintiff has complied with
2255	2255	this subsection and provide proof of compliance when filing
2256	2256	suit.
2257	2257	F. The district court shall not issue peremptory
2258	2258	writs of mandamus or alternate writs of mandamus under Section
2259	2259	44-2-7 NMSA 1978.
2260	2260	G. A district court may issue a writ of mandamus or
2261	2261	order an injunction or other appropriate remedy to enforce the
2262	2262	provisions of the Inspection of Public Records Act but only
2263	2263	after the public body has been served with a complaint, given
2264	2264	due process in accordance with the rules of civil procedure and
2265	2265	the court has found that the public body did not produce
2266	2266	records in violation of that act.
2267	2267	H. The exhaustion of administrative remedies shall
2268	2268	not be required prior to bringing any action to enforce the
2269	2269	procedures of the Inspection of Public Records Act.
2270	2270	I. The court shall award damages, costs and or
2271	2271	reasonable attorney fees to any person whose written request
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2300	2300	has been denied and is successful in a court action to enforce
2301	2301	the provisions of the Inspection of Public Records Act only in
2302	2302	cases where the public body did not act in good faith or failed
2303	2303	to provide a reasonable denial.
2304	2304	J. A public body may file a complaint in the
2305	2305	district court under the Declaratory Judgment Act to seek
2306	2306	determination whether a request made under the Inspection of
2307	2307	Public Records Act seeks material exempt from disclosure or
2308	2308	otherwise does not comply with the act."
2309	2309	SECTION 26. REPEAL.--Sections 14-2-1 through 14-2-1.2 and
2310	2310	14-2-6 through 14-2-12 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1947, Chapter 130,
2311	2311	Section 1, Laws 2019, Chapter 27, Section 2, Laws 2023, Chapter
2312	2312	67, Section 3 and Laws 1993, Chapter 258, Sections 3 through 9,
2313	2313	as amended) are repealed.
2314	2314	SECTION 27. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
2315	2315	provisions of this act is July 1, 2025.
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