2006 New Mexico Statutes - Section 32A-8-4 — State advisory committee; members; compensation; responsibilities.

32A-8-4. State advisory committee; members; compensation; responsibilities.

A.     A state advisory committee shall be composed of three persons with expertise in the area of substitute care, appointed by the secretary of finance and administration, and also one representative of each local substitute care review board. Each local board shall select its representative to the state advisory committee in accordance with procedures established by that committee. No person employed by the department or a district court may serve on the state advisory committee.   

B.     Terms of office of local substitute care review board members of the state advisory committee shall be coterminous with their terms as members of the local boards.  Terms of office of members who are appointed by the secretary of finance and administration shall be for three years; provided, however, that appointment of the first state advisory committee members shall be to staggered terms so that one member shall serve for a term of three years, one member shall serve for a term of two years and one member shall serve for a term of one year. The term of each member shall expire on June 30 of the appropriate year.  In the event that a vacancy occurs among the members of the state advisory committee appointed by the secretary of finance and administration, the secretary shall appoint another person to serve the unexpired portion of the term.   

C.     The state advisory committee shall select a chairperson, a vice chairperson, an executive committee and other officers as it deems necessary.   

D.     The state advisory committee shall meet no less than twice annually and more frequently upon the call of the chairperson or as the executive committee may determine.  The state advisory committee is authorized to adopt reasonable rules relating to the functions and procedures of the local substitute care review boards and the state advisory committee in accordance with the duties of the boards as provided in the Citizen Substitute Care Review Act [this article].  These rules shall include guidelines for the determination of the appropriate type of review and the information needed for all cases to be monitored by the local substitute care review boards.  The state advisory committee shall review and coordinate the activities of the local substitute care review boards and make recommendations to the department, the courts and the legislature, on or before January 1 of each year, regarding statutes, policies and procedures relating to substitute care.   

E.     State advisory committee members shall receive per diem and mileage as provided for nonsalaried public officers in the Per Diem and Mileage Act [ 10-8-1 NMSA 1978] and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.