New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico House Bill HB425 Compare Versions

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28	28	HOUSE BILL 425
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30	30	TH LEGISLATURE
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45	45	2025
46	46	INTRODUCED BY
47	47	Gail Armstrong and Rebecca Dow and Cristina Parajón
48	48	AN ACT
49	49	RELATING TO RULES; AMENDING THE STATE RULES ACT; REQUIRING AN
50	50	AGENCY TO RESPOND IN WRITING TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON A PROPOSED
51	51	RULE BEFORE THE RULE IS PROMULGATED; REQUIRING PUBLICATION IN
52	52	THE NEW MEXICO REGISTER OF AGENCY RESPONSES TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
53	53	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
54	54	SECTION 1. Section 14-4-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1967,
55	55	Chapter 275, Section 6, as amended) is amended to read:
56	56	"14-4-5. TIME LIMIT ON ADOPTION OF A PROPOSED RULE--
57	57	FILING AND COMPLIANCE REQUIRED FOR VALIDITY.--
58	58	A. Except in the case of an emergency rule, no rule
59	59	shall be valid or enforceable until it is published in the New
60	60	Mexico register as provided by the State Rules Act.
61	61	B. An agency shall not adopt a rule until the
62	62	public comment period has ended and the agency has responded in
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90	90	writing to each public comment on the proposed rule . If the
91	91	agency fails to take action on a proposed rule within two years
92	92	after the notice of proposed rulemaking is published in the New
93	93	Mexico register, the rulemaking is automatically terminated
94	94	unless the agency takes action to extend the period. The
95	95	agency may extend the period of time for adopting the proposed
96	96	rule for an additional period of two years by filing a
97	97	statement of good cause for the extension in the rulemaking
98	98	record, but it shall provide for additional public
99	99	participation, comments and rule hearings prior to adopting the
100	100	rule.
101	101	C. An agency may terminate a rulemaking at any time
102	102	by publishing a notice of termination in the New Mexico
103	103	register. If a rulemaking is terminated pursuant to this
104	104	section, the agency shall provide notice to the public.
105	105	D. Within fifteen days after adoption of a rule, an
106	106	agency shall file the adopted rule with the state records
107	107	administrator or the administrator's designee and shall provide
108	108	to the public the adopted rule. The state records
109	109	administrator or the administrator's designee shall publish
110	110	rules as soon as practicable after filing, but in no case later
111	111	than ninety days after the date of adoption of the proposed
112	112	rule. Unless a later date is otherwise provided by law or in
113	113	the rule, the effective date of a rule shall be the date of
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143	143	E. A proposed rule shall not take effect unless it
144	144	is adopted and filed within the time limits set by this
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146	146	SECTION 2. Section 14-4-5.3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2017,
147	147	Chapter 137, Section 5) is amended to read:
148	148	"14-4-5.3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, COMMENTS AND RULE
149	149	HEARINGS.--
150	150	A. The notice of proposed rulemaking shall specify
151	151	a public comment period of at least thirty days after
152	152	publication in the New Mexico register during which a person
153	153	may submit information and comment on the proposed rule. The
154	154	information or comment may be submitted in an electronic or
155	155	written format or at a public rule hearing pursuant to
156	156	Subsection B of this section. The agency shall consider all
157	157	information and comment on a proposed rule that is submitted
158	158	within the comment period and respond in writing to each public
159	159	comment, pursuant to Subsection D of this section .
160	160	B. At the public rule hearing, members of the
161	161	public shall be given a reasonable opportunity to submit data,
162	162	views or arguments orally or in writing. Each agency shall
163	163	determine, in accordance with governing statutory and case law,
164	164	the manner in which parties to the proceeding and members of
165	165	the public will be able to participate in public hearings. All
166	166	public hearings shall be conducted in a fair and equitable
167	167	manner. Except as otherwise provided by law, an agency
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196	196	representative or hearing officer shall preside over a public
197	197	rule hearing.
198	198	C. The public rule hearing shall be open to the
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200	200	D. An agency response to a public comment on a
201	201	proposed rule shall:
202	202	(1) be unique to that public comment;
203	203	(2) be fact-specific to the concerns of that
204	204	comment;
205	205	(3) address the impact of the comment on the
206	206	rule to be promulgated;
207	207	(4) be in writing; and
208	208	(5) be published with the rule in the New
209	209	Mexico register."
210	210	SECTION 3. Section 14-4-7.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989,
211	211	Chapter 38, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
212	212	"14-4-7.1. NEW MEXICO REGISTER.--
213	213	A. The state records administrator shall provide
214	214	for publication of a New Mexico register at least twice a
215	215	month. The New Mexico register shall be published in such a
216	216	way as to minimize the cost to the state. To accomplish this,
217	217	the state records administrator is authorized to provide for
218	218	charges for subscriptions and for publication of notice and
219	219	other items, including advertising, in the register.
220	220	B. The New Mexico register shall be the official
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249	249	publication for all notices of rule makings and filings of
250	250	adopted rules, including emergency rules, by agencies. [(1) ]
251	251	The register shall include the full text of any adopted rules,
252	252	including emergency rules, and responses to public comments as
253	253	provided in Subsection D of Section 14-4-5.3 NMSA 1978 .
254	254	Proposed rules may be published in full or in part at the
255	255	discretion of the issuing agency. [(2) ] Upon request of an
256	256	issuing agency, the state records administrator may determine
257	257	that publication in the register of the full text of an adopted
258	258	rule would be unduly cumbersome, expensive or otherwise
259	259	inexpedient and may publish instead a synopsis of the adopted
260	260	rule and a statement that a copy of the rule is available from
261	261	the issuing agency.
262	262	C. The New Mexico register shall be available by
263	263	subscription and single copy purchase to any person, including
264	264	agencies of the executive, judicial and legislative branches of
265	265	state government and its political subdivisions, at a
266	266	reasonable charge approved by the state records administrator.
267	267	The administrator may authorize distribution of a certain
268	268	number of copies of the register without charge to agencies or
269	269	political subdivisions as deemed economically feasible and
270	270	appropriate.
271	271	D. The New Mexico register may include a summary or
272	272	the text of any governor's executive order; a summary, listing
273	273	or the text of any attorney general's opinion; a calendar
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302	302	listing the date, time and place of all or selected agency
303	303	rule-making hearings; a list of gubernatorial appointments of
304	304	state officials and board and commission members; or other
305	305	material related to administrative law and practice.
306	306	E. The state records administrator shall adopt and
307	307	promulgate rules necessary for the implementation and
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