1. A. The commission may:

   1. (1) accept gifts, devises, grants and donations from others to carry out the provisions of the New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps Act;
   2. (2) request assistance and staff support from the department;
   3. (3) employ such personnel as necessary to carry out the provisions of the New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps Act;
   4. (4) delegate responsibility for the administration and implementation of conservation projects, corps members' employment and supervision, project coordination and other program matters;
   5. (5) establish work camps and long-term residential facilities to house corps members and their supervisors; and
   6. (6) contact potential sponsors and funding sources for support.

2. B. The commission shall:

   1. (1) adopt rules that are necessary for the proper administration of the New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps Act;
   2. (2) administer and enforce the provisions of the New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps Act and rules adopted pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this subsection;
   3. (3) develop and approve corps work projects, activities and contracts with project sponsors;
   4. (4) establish standards, procedures and policies for selecting, hiring, providing compensation for and other personnel matters involving corps members and other personnel;
   5. (5) foster partnerships and cooperation between the corps and New Mexico's secondary and post-secondary schools to assist corps members in obtaining education and job training; and
   6. (6) hire a program manager, who shall be the administrative officer of the corps.

History: Laws 1992, ch. 91, § 6; 2019, ch. 117, § 6; 2020, ch. 65, § 1.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2020 amendment, effective May 20, 2020, revised certain duties of the New Mexico youth conservation corps commission; and in Subsection B, after "New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps Act", deleted "including the outdoor equity grant program", and deleted former Paragraph B(4) and redesignated the succeeding paragraphs accordingly.

Temporary provisions. — Laws 2020, ch. 65, § 6, provided that on May 20, 2020:

A. all functions, appropriations, money, records and files of the New Mexico youth conservation corps commission relating to the outdoor equity grant program shall be transferred to the New Mexico outdoor recreation division of the economic development department;

B. all contractual obligations of the New Mexico youth conservation corps commission relating to the outdoor equity grant program shall be binding on the New Mexico outdoor recreation division; and

C. the rules, orders and decisions of the New Mexico youth conservation corps commission relating to the outdoor equity grant program shall remain in effect until repealed or amended.

The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, required the New Mexico youth conservation corps commission to administer the outdoor equity grant program and to adopt rules for the proper administration of the outdoor equity grant program; in Subsection B, Paragraph B(1), after "adopt rules", deleted "and regulations", and after "Youth Conservation Corps Act", added "including the outdoor equity grant program", in Paragraph B(2), after "rules", deleted "and regulations", and added a new Paragraph B(4) and redesignated former Paragraphs B(4) through B(6) as Paragraphs B(5) through B(7), respectively.

The youth conservation corps commission, which is administratively attached to the New Mexico energy, minerals and natural resources department, is subject to the Procurement Code. — The Procurement Code applies to every expenditure by state agencies and local public bodies for the procurement of items of tangible personal property, services and construction, and therefore, the youth conservation corps commission (YCCC), which is administratively attached to the New Mexico energy, minerals and natural resources department and which transfers funds from the state to competitively selected recipients to carry out public projects with corps members, is subject to the Procurement Code, because the distribution of YCCC funds to develop, administer and manage public projects for its youth corps members is a service as defined in the Procurement Code. 2024 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 24-12.