2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 14 - Records, Rules, Legal Notices, Oaths
Article 3 - Public Records
Section 14-3-20 - Interstate compacts; filing; index.
A. Each agency of this state and each political subdivision of the state entering into or administering an interstate compact or other intergovernmental agreement between or among states, subdivisions of this state and other states or between this state or any subdivision and the federal government, having the force of law and to which this state or any subdivision is a party, shall file with the records center:
(1) a certified copy of the compact or agreement;
(2) a listing of all other jurisdictions party to the compact or agreement and the date on which each jurisdiction entered into participation;
(3) the status of each compact or agreement with respect to withdrawals of participating jurisdictions;
(4) citations to any act or resolution of the congress of the United States consenting to the compact or agreement; and
(5) any amendment, supplementary agreement or administrative rule or regulation having the force of law and implementing or modifying the compact or agreement.
B. The records center shall index these documents and make them available for inspection upon request of any person during normal business hours.
C. The provisions of this section are in addition to other requirements of law for filing, publication or distribution.
D. No compact or agreement entered into after the effective date of this section shall become effective until filed as required in this section.
E. The executive official in charge of any state agency or political subdivision which fails to file any compact or agreement required by this section to be filed is guilty of a misdemeanor.
F. The records center shall be furnished copies of all interstate compacts, when available, as defined in this section, which have been filed with the supreme court librarian.
History: 1953 Comp., § 71-6-19, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 185, § 1; 1981, ch. 221, § 1.
Compiler's notes. — The phrase "effective date of this section", referred to in Subsection D, means June 7, 1963, the effective date of Laws 1963, ch. 185, § 1.
Interstate contract is not instrument similar to rules, reports and notices issued by state agencies. State v. Ellis, 1980-NMCA-187, 95 N.M. 427, 622 P.2d 1047.
State does not have valid prisoner transfer agreement with Arizona. — Due to fact that an exhaustive search of the supreme court library found only one contract for a term from April 24, 1973, to June 30, 1974, and a renewal for July 1, 1975, to June 30, 1976, New Mexico does not have a valid agreement with Arizona concerning transfers of prisoners. State v. Ellis, 1980-NMCA-187, 95 N.M. 427, 622 P.2d 1047.
