2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 34 - Court Structure and Administration
Article 3 - Supreme Court Building
Section 34-3-2 - Supreme court building commission; organization.

The chief justice of the supreme court shall act as chair of the supreme court building commission, and the clerk of the supreme court shall act as secretary for the commission. The secretary shall keep complete records of all commission business and shall approve all vouchers submitted to the department of finance and administration for the expenditure of funds appropriated to the supreme court for the operations of the supreme court building commission. Three members of the commission constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and all actions of the commission shall be by a majority vote of the full commission.

History: 1953 Comp., § 6-10-2, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 214, § 2; 2018, ch. 39, § 8.

The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, changed the organizational structure of the supreme court building commission, and increased the number of commission members that constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; deleted "The supreme court building commission shall elect from its membership a chairman, vice chairman and secretary. The chairman shall preside at all meetings of the commission and shall sign on behalf of the commission all contracts and other necessary papers authorized by the commission. In the absence of the chairman, the vice chairman shall exercise his duties" and added "The chief justice of the supreme court shall act as chair of the supreme court building commission, and the clerk of the supreme court shall act as secretary for the commission.", after "expenditure of funds", deleted "available" and added "appropriated", after "to the", added "supreme court for the operations of the supreme court building", and after "commission.", deleted "Two" and added "Three".