New Mexico Register / Volume XXXVI, Issue 6 / March 25, 2025

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

The New Mexico General Services Department, Facilities Management Division, (“GSD” or “Department” or “FMD”) hereby gives notice that the Department will conduct a public hearing as indicated to obtain input on the following rule revisions:

Repealing and replacing 1.5.18 NMAC - ARCHITECT RATE SCHEDULE current rule and replacing it with the following rule: ARCHITECT RATE SCHEDULE (updated rule).

SUMMARY AND PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED RULE:

Clarifying and updating the architect rate schedule rule and rate schedules

PUBLICATION: The proposed rule is posted at the GSD website, and, on the Sunshine Portal.

A public hearing regarding the rules will be held on April 30, 2025, at 9:00 A.M., in the conference room of the Facilities Management (FMD) T-187 Building, 2542 Cerrillos Rd., Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505.

HOW TO COMMENT ON THE PROPOSED RULE: Interested individuals may testify regarding the proposed rulemaking relating to NMAC 1.5.18 - ARCHITECT RATE SCHEDULE. Written comments may also be submitted no later than the date of the public hearing to: Joe Vigil, PIO, Office of the Secretary, New Mexico General Services Department, Room 1004, 1100 St. Francis Drive, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 or Joe.Vigil@gsd.nm.gov. All written comments will be posted on the agency website within 3 days of receipt.

PROPOSED RULE COPIES: The public hearing agenda and the full text of the proposed rule for 1.5.18 NM - ARCHITECT RATE SCHEDFULE may be accessed on the General Services Department website http://www.generalservices.gsd.nm.gov or obtained from the Office of the Secretary, New Mexico General Services Department, Room 1004, 1100 St. Francis Drive, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 or by calling the main number at the General Services Department: 505-827-2000.

SPECIAL NEEDS: Individuals with disabilities who require this information in an alternative format or need any form of auxiliary aid to attend or participate in this hearing are asked to contact the main number at the office of the General Services Department (contact information provided above). The Department requests at least seven days advance notice (i.e., by close of business 5:00 P.M., Wednesday, April 23, 2025, for all requests regarding special accommodations.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Section 9-17-5 NMSA 1978, and Section 15-8-1, et seq., NMSA 1978.