2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 9 - Executive Department
Article 15 - Economic Development Department
Section 9-15-49 - Military base planning commission created; composition.

A. The "military base planning commission" is created, which is administratively attached to the economic development department. The department shall provide administrative services to the commission.

B. The commission consists of twelve members, eleven of whom are appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The commission shall include the lieutenant governor and nine appropriate representatives from the counties, or adjoining counties, in which military bases are located. Two additional members shall be appointed at large from other counties.

C. The governor shall appoint a chair from among the members of the commission. The commission shall meet at the call of the chair and shall meet not less than quarterly. Members of the commission shall not be paid but shall receive per diem and mileage expenses as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978].

D. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Open Meetings Act [Chapter 10, Article 15 NMSA 1978], meetings of the commission shall be closed to the public when proprietary alternative New Mexico military base realignment or closure strategies or any information regarding relocation of military units is discussed.

E. Information developed or obtained by the commission that pertains to proprietary commission strategies or related to the relocation of military units shall be confidential and not subject to inspection pursuant to the Inspection of Public Records Act [Chapter 14, Article 3 NMSA 1978].

History: Laws 2003, ch. 166, § 2; 2003, ch. 170, § 2; 2004, ch. 16, § 2; 2005, ch. 8, § 1; 2015, ch. 123, § 2.

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, revised the composition of the military base planning commission; in Subsection B, after "commission consists of", deleted "seventeen" and added "twelve", after "members,", deleted "fifteen of which are" and added "eleven of whom are", after "The commission shall include", deleted "the lieutenant governor, the governor's homeland security adviser and" and added "the lieutenant governor and nine", and added the last sentence.

The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, increased the membership of the commission to seventeen members and increased the number of members who are appointed by the governor to fifteen members.

The 2004 amendment, effective February 27, 2004, amended this section to replace the secretary of economic development on the military base planning commission with the governor's homeland security advisor and to add Subsections D and E.