2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 32A - Children's Code
Article 7A - Juvenile Public Safety Advisory Board
Section 32A-7A-2 - Juvenile public safety advisory board; terms; director.
A. The "juvenile public safety advisory board" is created, consisting of no fewer than three and no more than seven members appointed by the governor. The board is administratively attached to the department. The terms of members of the board shall be six years.
B. A director shall be appointed by the governor as the administrative officer of the juvenile public safety advisory board. The director shall employ other staff as necessary to carry out the duties of the board. Employees shall be employed in classified positions and shall be subject to the provisions of the Personnel Act [Chapter 10, Article 9 NMSA 1978].
History: 1978 Comp., § 32A-7A-2, as enacted by Laws 2009, ch. 239, § 59; 2012, ch. 36, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSApplicability. — Laws 2009, ch. 239, § 71, provided that the provisions of this act apply to all children who, on July 1, 2009, are on release or are otherwise eligible to be placed on release as if the Juvenile Public Safety Advisory Board Act had been in effect at the time they were placed on release or became eligible to be released.
The 2012 amendment, effective July 1, 2012, established the minimum and maximum number of members of the board and in Subsection A, in the first sentence, after "consisting of", added "no fewer than three and no more than".
