2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 12 - Miscellaneous Public Affairs Matters
Article 8 - Administrative Procedures Act
Section 12-8-13 - Ex-parte consultations.
No party or representative of a party or any other person shall communicate off the record about the case with any agency member who participates in making the decision in any adjudicatory proceeding unless a copy of the communication is sent to all parties to the proceeding. No agency member or representative of the agency shall communicate off the record about the adjudicatory proceedings with any party or representative of a party or any other person unless a copy of the communication is sent to all parties in the proceeding.
History: 1953 Comp., § 4-32-13, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 252, § 13.
ANNOTATIONSLaw reviews. — For article, "How to Stand Still Without Really Trying: A Critique of the New Mexico Administrative Procedures Act," see 10 Nat. Resources J. 840 (1970).
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Propriety of ex parte communication made in connection with administrative proceeding by interested party or by member or employee of agency (5 USCS § 557(d)(1)), 58 A.L.R. Fed. 834.
