New Mexico Register / Volume XXXIV, Issue 2 / January 31, 2023

This is an amendment to 2.80.200 NMAC, Section 40, effective 01/31/2023.

2.80.200.40 BOARD MEETINGS:

A. The board shall hold regular meetings on the last Thursday of each month, unless otherwise established by resolution of the board. The board may establish by resolution a different meeting schedule for regular meetings of the board.

B. A board member may participate in a board or committee meeting by means of a conference telephone or other similar communications equipment after receiving written approval by the board chair or committee chair when it is otherwise difficult or impossible for the member to attend the meeting in person. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting. The authorization of a board member to attend a board or committee meeting by means of a conference telephone or other similar communications equipment must be communicated to all board members by the approving board chair or committee chair. Each member participating must be identified prior to speaking and, if participating virtually, shall remain on camera throughout the meeting. All participants shall be able to hear any other participant who speaks during the meeting at the same time, and members of the public shall be able to hear any member who speaks during the meeting.

[B] C. A majority of the board members shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the board and each attending member, including the chair, shall be entitled to one vote on each issue.

[C] D. No “proxy” votes shall be allowed.

[2.80.200.40 NMAC - Rp, 2.80.200.40 NMAC, 12/30/2015; A, 01/31/2023]