N.M. Stat. Ann. § 27-8-1
Chapter 27, Article 8 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Community Action Act".
History: Laws 1983, ch. 139, § 1; 2024, ch. 39, § 111.
The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, changed "This act" to "Chapter 27, Article 8 NMSA 1978".
Legislator contracting with agency must ascertain how agency organized. — A legislator contracting with a community action agency will have to ascertain how the agency is organized to determine whether the prohibitions of N.M. Const., art. IV, § 28 will apply. If it is a county, county agency or a private agency, the contract will not be covered by the provision, but if it is a municipality or municipal agency, the contract will be prohibited if it was authorized by law during the legislator's term. 1989 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 89-34.