2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees
Article 16 - Governmental Conduct
Section 10-16-1 - Short title.

Chapter 10, Article 16 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Governmental Conduct Act".

History: 1953 Comp., § 5-12-1, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 306, § 1; 1993, ch. 46, § 26.

The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, rewrote this section, which read "This act may be cited as the 'Conflict of Interest Act'".

Disclosure of disciplinary proceedings based on alleged violation of act. — An attorney's revelation to the secretary of state of the outcome of disciplinary proceedings against another attorney who had been a staff attorney for the New Mexico public utilities commission, which disciplinary proceedings were based on the disclosing attorney's letter to the secretary of state alleging a violation by the other attorney of the Governmental Conduct Act was not actionable as a public disclosure of private facts. Fernandez-Wells v. Beuvois, 1999-NMCA-071, 127 N.M. 487, 983 P.2d 1006.

Scope of act. — This article applies only to state agencies and that term would not include a county commission. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-135.

As a state agency, the retiree health care authority is subject to those provisions of this article that apply to state agencies. 1991 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 91-06.

Effect on school districts. — It would not have been necessary to enact Section 22-21-1 NMSA 1978 of the public school code if this article applied to school districts. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-19.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 63A Am. Jur. 2d Public Officers and Employees §§ 321 to 323, 325.

67 C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees §§ 34, 89, 204.