2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 21 - State and Private Education Institutions
Article 31 - Student Athlete Endorsement
Section 21-31-4 - Professional representation.
A post-secondary educational institution shall not interfere with or prevent a student athlete from fully participating in athletics for obtaining representation unaffiliated with a post-secondary educational institution or its partners in relation to contracts or legal matters. An entity or individual that represents a post-secondary educational institution or has represented that post-secondary educational institution in the previous four years shall not represent a student athlete who is attending that post-secondary educational institution in any business agreement.
History: Laws 2021, ch. 124, § 4.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2021, ch. 124 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 18, 2021, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
Applicability. — Laws 2021, ch. 124, § 5 provided that the provisions of Laws 2021, ch. 124 apply to contracts entered into on and after July 1, 2021.
