New Mexico Register / Volume XXXIII,
Issue 1 / January 11, 2022
NOTICE
OF
PUBLIC
MEETING
AND
RULE
HEARING
The New Mexico Racing Commission (Commission) will hold a Public Meeting and Rule Hearing on February 17, 2022. The Rule hearing will be held during the Commission’s regular business meeting with the public session beginning at 9:00 a.m. The Rule Hearing and Commission meeting will be held virtually via Zoom.
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The Commission is proposing the following amendments listed below to the Rules Governing Horse Racing in New Mexico to clarify the rules regarding the Open Meetings Act and purse moneys.
15.2.1 NMAC – Commission & Due Process and Disciplinary Action
15.2.2 NMAC – Gaming
A copy of the proposed rules may be found on the Commission's website at http://nmrc.state.nm.us/rules-regulations.aspx. You may also contact Denise Chavez at (505) 249-2184 to request to receive a copy of the proposed rules by regular mail.
Interested persons may submit their written
comments on
the
proposed
rules to the Commission
at
the
address
below
and/or may appear
at
the scheduled
meeting and provide brief, verbal comments. All written comments must
be received by the Commission by 12:00 PM on February 16, 2022. Written comments should be submitted to: Denise Chavez, Law Clerk, via email at DeniseM.Chavez@state.nm.us.
The final agenda for the Commission meeting will
be
available one hundred twenty (120) hours prior to the meeting. A
copy of
the
final agenda may be obtained from
Denise Chavez or
from
the Commission’s website.
No technical information
served as the basis for the proposed rule.
Anyone who requires special accommodations is requested to
notify the Commission
of
such
needs at
least
five days prior
to the meeting.
Statutory Authority: Legal authority for this rulemaking can be found
in the New Mexico Horse Racing Act, Sections 60-1A-1 through 60-1A-30 NMSA 1978
(2007, as amended through 2017), which, among other provisions, specifically
authorizes the Commission to promulgate rules and regulations and carry out the
duties of the Act to regulate horse racing in the State.
The Commission proposes the following rule amendments:
Subsection H of 15.2.1.8 NMAC: The
purpose of the proposed amendment is to provide the New Mexico Racing
Commission with increased flexibility in its statutorily-mandated oversight of
gaming monies and its oversight and regulation of the horseracing related
entities which receive, maintain and reconcile gaming monies.
Subsection C of 15.2.1.9 NMAC: The purpose of the proposed amendment is to be consistent with the Open Meetings Act.
Subsection A of 15.2.2.9 NMAC: The purpose of the proposed amendment
is to provide the New Mexico Racing Commission with increased flexibility in its
statutorily-mandated oversight of gaming monies and its oversight and
regulation of the horseracing related entities which receive, maintain and
reconcile gaming monies.
Subsection B of 15.2.2.9 NMAC: The purpose of the proposed amendment
is to provide the New Mexico Racing Commission with increased flexibility in
its statutorily-mandated oversight of gaming monies and its oversight and
regulation of the horseracing related entities which receive, maintain and
reconcile gaming monies.