1. A. The governor shall appoint advisory committees to the authority's income support division and may appoint other advisory committees as needed. Creation of the advisory committees shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Executive Reorganization Act [9-1-1 to 9-1-10 NMSA 1978]. If the existence of a committee, representational membership requirements or other matters are required or specified under any federal law, regulation or order as a condition of receiving federal funding for a particular program administered by the authority, the governor shall comply with those requirements in the creation of the advisory committee.
2. B. All members of the advisory committees appointed under the authority of this section are entitled to receive as their sole remuneration for service as a member those amounts authorized under the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978].

History: 1978 Comp., § 9-8-11, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 252, § 12; 1979, ch. 203, § 10; 1981, ch. 88, § 4; 2023, ch. 205, § 14; 2024, ch. 39, § 13.

ANNOTATIONS

Cross references. — For executive cabinet, see 9-1-3 NMSA 1978.

For public assistance generally, see Chapter 27 NMSA 1978.

For human rights generally, see Chapter 28 NMSA 1978.

For delinquent, abused and neglected children, see 32A-2-1 to 32A-2-33 and 32A-4-1 to 32A-4-34 NMSA 1978.

For adoption generally, see 32A-5-1 to 32A-5-45 NMSA 1978.

For the Mandatory Medical Support Act, see 40-4C-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, changed a reference to the health care authority department to the health care authority, gave the governor discretionary authority to appoint other advisory committees as needed, substituted discretionary language for mandatory language related to receiving remuneration for service as a member of an advisory committee, and made conforming amendments; substituted "department" with "authority" throughout the section; in Subsection A, after "support division" added "and may appoint other advisory committees as needed"; and in Subsection B, after "this section" deleted "shall" and added "are entitled to".

The 2023 amendment, effective June 16, 2023, in Subsection A, after "income support division", deleted "and the social services division", and after "funding for a particular", deleted "human services".