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AN ACT
RELATING TO THE SUNSHINE PORTAL; REQUIRING THE POSTING OF
WEBSITE LINKS TO THE STATUTORY LANGUAGE THAT CREATES STATE
FUNDS IN THE SUNSHINE PORTAL.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 10-16D-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2010,
Chapter 34, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:
"10-16D-3. SUNSHINE PORTAL--DEPARTMENT DUTIES.--
A. The department, with the department of finance
and administration, shall develop, operate and maintain a
single internet website that is free, user-friendly,
searchable and accessible to the public, known as the
"sunshine portal", to host the state's financial information
for the purpose of governmental transparency and
accountability to taxpayers.
B. No later than October 1, 2010, the department
shall create the architecture and the information exchange
process for the collection and electronic publication of the
state's financial information.
C. No later than July 1, 2011, the sunshine portal
shall be available for public access and include updated
information as required by Subsection D of this section.
D. The sunshine portal shall provide, at a
minimum, access to the following information: HB 209/a
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(1) the state's cash balances by account or
fund;
(2) a monthly summary of the state's
investment accounts;
(3) annual operating budgets for each state
agency with monthly expenditures by category;
(4) contracts that a state agency enters
into for the lease, sale or development of state land and
state contracts that have a total contract price of more than
twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), naming the recipient of
the contract, the purpose of the contract and the amounts
expended. No later than January 1, 2017, the information
provided shall also include:
(a) the name of the recipient of the
contract;
(b) the purpose of the contract;
(c) the amounts expended on the
contract;
(d) a copy of or an internet website
link to a copy of the contract document, including
amendments; and
(e) a copy of or an internet website
link to a copy of a resident certificate issued pursuant to
Section 13-1-22 NMSA 1978 and used in the award of a
contract; HB 209/a
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(5) the revenue that the state received in
the preceding month by source, such as type of tax, fee,
fine, administrative fee or other collection category;
(6) special appropriations received outside
the general appropriation act by each state agency and the
purpose of those appropriations;
(7) approved budget adjustment requests by
state agency and affected budget category;
(8) quarterly consensus revenue estimates;
(9) reversions and cash balances by state
agency and fund;
(10) appropriations for capital projects,
identified by project location, type of project and funding
source;
(11) a directory of all employee positions,
other than exempt employee positions, identified only by
state agency, position title and salary;
(12) a directory of all exempt employee
positions, identified by state agency, position title, salary
and the name of the individual that holds the position;
(13) information relating to local education
providers compiled and published by the public education
department pursuant to Section 10-16D-6 NMSA 1978;
(14) a link to an open meeting tracker
website upon which each state agency shall post open meetings HB 209/a
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scheduled for the current month and the next month, including
the time and place of the meeting, the subject of the meeting
and an agenda;
(15) a link to the website maintained by the
regulation and licensing department for the purpose of
accessing information relating to occupational licenses;
(16) a link to the state auditor's website
for the purpose of accessing financial audits;
(17) a link to New Mexico's statutes;
(18) a link to the New Mexico Administrative
Code;
(19) a link to the secretary of state's
website for lobbyist regulation;
(20) an annual summary within three months
after the end of the fiscal year, or as soon thereafter as
the information becomes available, of the state's fiscal
health, including the state budget, revenues and expenditures
for the previous fiscal year and projected revenues and
operating budgets for the current fiscal year;
(21) additional information, as required by
rule of the department of finance and administration, that
will assist the public in understanding state government
operations and the use of taxpayer dollars; and
(22) links to the New Mexico compilation
commission's website for each state fund created by law that HB 209/a
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connect the user directly to the statutory provision that
created the fund.
E. State agencies shall provide updated financial
information as frequently as possible but at least monthly.
F. The department shall update the website as new
information is received but at least monthly, include
information from the previous month or year, where relevant,
for comparison purposes and maintain the website as the
primary source of public information about the activity of
the state government."
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
provisions of this act is December 31, 2025.