New Mexico Register / Volume XXXIII, Issue 14 / July 26, 2022

NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING AND OF RULEMAKING

The New Mexico Commission of Public Records (CPR) has scheduled a regular meeting and rule hearing for Tuesday, August 30, 2022, at 10:00 A.M. at the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, which is an accessible facility, at 1205 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe, NM. If you are an individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the meeting, please contact Amanda Griego at 476-7913 by August 26, 2022, or as soon as possible. Public documents, including the agenda and minutes, can be provided in various accessible formats.

The Commission of Public Records (“CPR”) may consider the following items of rulemaking at the meeting:

Amend:

1.13.5 NMAC, New Mexico Historical Records Grant Program Guidelines (CPR Rule).

Synopsis:

The proposed amendment of 1.31.5 NMAC consists of the following modifications:

Section 7 - Deleting language from Subsection M defining a non-profit as falling within a category such as 501(c)(3).

Section 8 - Adding or public school, public college or public university to Subparagraph (f) of Paragraph (1) of Subsection A.

Adding unless the board member affiliated with the organization or employer recuses themselves from the review process to Subsection D.

Section 9 - Adding or permission to use to Paragraph (1) of Subsection A.

Section 12 - Deleting (25%).

Section 9 - Deleting Paragraph (2) and renumbering Paragraph (3) through (4) and deleting Paragraph (6).

Section 13 - Adding An applicant shall follow all instructions specified in the application which can be found at the commission’s website.

Deleting Subsections B through E.

Section 14 - Adding or incomplete to Subsection A.

Amend:

1.13.9.11 NMAC, NMHRAB Appointment and Composition (CPR Rule).

Synopsis:

The proposed amendment of 1.13.9.11 consists of the following modification:

Deleting The NMHRAB shall consist of six members appointed by the commission and the coordinator and substituting The NMHRAB shall, including the coordinator who chairs the board, consist of at least seven but not more than 12 members appointed by the commission and the coordinator.

A summary of the proposed revisions and copies of the full text of the proposed rules may be accessed at the Commission’s website (www.nmcpr.state.nm.us), or by contacting Rick Hendricks at Rick.Hendricks@state.nm.us, or via regular mail at 1205 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 or 476-7955.

At the hearing the CPR will take oral and written comments related to the rulemaking actions listed below and during the meeting consider approving these rulemaking actions. The Commission may vote on the proposed rules during the meeting on August 30, 2022.

Interested persons may submit comments on the proposed rules at the rule hearing or may submit written comments via email at rmd.cpr@state.nm.us. Written comments must be received no later than 5 p.m. on August 26, 2022. If submitting written comments by email, please indicate in the subject line the number of each rule(s) for which you are providing comments. Persons offering written comments at the hearing must have eight (8) copies for the Commission to review. Oral comments will also be accepted at the rule hearing, subject to time limitations. All written comments will be posted on the agency’s website within three days of receipt.

A copy of the agenda for the combined regular meeting and rule hearing is also available on the Commission website and at the office of the State Records Administrator located at the State Records Center and Archives at 1205 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe, NM. The agenda is subject to change up to 72 hours prior to the meeting. Legal authority for this rulemaking can be found in the Public Records Act, Section 14-3-1, et seq. and in the State Rules Act, Section 14-4-1, et seq. NMSA 1978.