2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 2: Legislative Branch
Article 15: Governmental Ethics Oversight Committee, 2-15-1 through 2-15-12
Section 2-15-2: Membership; appointment; vacancies.
2-15-2. Membership; appointment; vacancies.
A. The governmental ethics oversight committee shall be composed of fourteen voting members, consisting of four legislators and ten public members, and four advisory members, consisting of two legislators from each house.
B. The members of the house of representatives shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. The members of the senate shall be appointed by the committees' committee of the senate or, if the senate appointments are made in the interim, by the president pro tempore of the senate after consultation with and agreement of a majority of the members of the committees' committee. Legislator voting and advisory members shall be appointed annually from each house after consultation with the floor leaders of the two major political parties so as to give the two major political parties in each house equal representation on the committee.
C. Four public members shall be appointed to the committee by the speaker of the house of representatives, four public members shall be appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate, one public member shall be appointed by the governor and one public member shall be appointed by the chief justice of the New Mexico supreme court. The public members shall be appointed in such a manner so that neither major political party has a majority of members on the committee.
D. The speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tempore of the senate shall each designate one co-chairman of the committee.
E. Vacancies on the committee shall be filled by appointment in the same manner as the original appointments.
F. The public members of the committee shall be paid per diem and mileage in accordance with the provisions of the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978] plus reimbursement for reasonable actual expenses.
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