2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses
Article 23 - Engineering and Surveying
Section 61-23-12 - Records and reports. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)
A. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a register of all applications for licensure, indicating the name, age and residence of each applicant, the applicant's educational and other qualifications, whether an examination was required, whether the applicant was rejected, whether a certificate of licensure was granted, the date of the action of the board and such other information as may be deemed necessary by the board. The record and register shall be open to public inspection.
B. The following board records and papers are of a confidential nature and are not public records:
(1) examination material for examinations not yet given;
(2) file records of examination problem solutions;
(3) letters of inquiry and reference concerning applicants;
(4) board inquiry forms concerning applicants;
(5) investigation files where any investigation is ongoing or is still pending; and
(6) all other materials of like confidential nature.
C. The records of the board shall be prima facie evidence of the proceedings of the board set forth in those records, and a transcript thereof, duly certified by the secretary of the board under seal, shall be admissible in evidence with the same effect as if the original were produced.
D. Annually, on or before August 30, the board shall submit to the governor a report of its transactions of the preceding year, accompanied by a complete statement of the receipts and expenditures of the board attested by affidavits of the board's chair, secretary and executive director.
History: Laws 1987, ch. 336, § 12; 1993, ch. 218, § 9; 1999, ch. 259, § 8; 2017, ch. 42, § 4.
ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-23-32 NMSA 1978.
Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1987, ch. 336 repealed former 61-23-12 NMSA 1978, as amended by Laws 1979, ch. 363, § 6, relating to organization and meetings of the board, effective June 19, 1987, and enacted a new section.
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, in Subsection D, after "affidavits of the board's", changed "chairman" to "chair".
The 1999 amendment, effective June 18, 1999, substituted "licensure" for "registration" twice in Subsection A, and substituted "same effect" for "same force and effect" in Subsection C.
The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, deleted "the date of the application, the place of business of such applicant" following "residence of each applicant" in the first sentence of Subsection A; inserted "ongoing or is" in Subsection B(5); added "and executive director" at the end of Subsection D; and made minor stylistic changes in Subsections A and D.
