- A. Board members: The board of landscape architects consists of five members appointed by the governor who are residents of New Mexico and serve for three-year staggered terms. The landscape architect members shall have been registered as landscape architects for at least five years.
B. The members shall be appointed as follows:
- (1) Three shall be professional members who are registered under the Landscape Architects Act as landscape architects. The governor shall appoint the professional members from a list of names nominated by the New Mexico chapter of the American society of landscape architects (ASLA).
- (2) Two members shall be public members who are laymen and have no significant financial interest, direct or indirect, in the practice of landscape architecture.
- C. Expiration dates: Each member shall hold office until the expiration of his or her appointed term or until a successor is duly appointed. When the term of each member ends, the governor shall appoint the member’s successor for a term of three years. Any vacancy occurring in the board membership other than by expiration of term shall be filled by the governor by appointment for the un-expired term of the member. The governor may remove any board member for misconduct, incompetence, or neglect of duty.
[16.44.1.8 NMAC - Rp, 16.44.1.8 NMAC, 9-30-16]