Unless otherwise provided by law, rules shall be adopted, amended or repealed in accordance with the State Rules Act [Chapter 14, Article 4 NMSA 1978].

History: Laws 1998, ch. 108, § 15; 2001, ch. 117, § 1; § 8-8-15, recompiled as § 62-19-21 by Laws 2020, ch. 9, § 59; 2026, ch. 64, § 10.

ANNOTATIONS

Recompilations. — Laws 2020, ch. 9, § 59 recompiled former 8-8-15 NMSA 1978 as 62-19-21 NMSA 1978, effective January 1, 2023.

The 2026 amendment, effective May 20, 2026, completely rewrote the rule; in the section heading, deleted "procedures for adoption"; deleted former Subsections A through E and added "Unless otherwise provided by law, rules shall be adopted, amended or repealed in accordance with the State Rules Act".

The 2001 amendment, effective July 1, 2001, in Subsection B, revised the procedures for providing notice of proposed rulemaking by changing the day of publication requirement so that notice is to appear thirty days before the hearing date, instead of sixty; changing the publications in which notice shall be posted to two newspapers of general circulation and the New Mexico register, instead of three newspapers; changed the day that notice needs to be mailed to those who provided a written request for advanced notice to thirty days before the hearing date, instead of sixty; and made a provision for emergency rules to become effective the date they are filed in Subsection E.