TITLE 15 GAMBLING
AND LIQUOR CONTROL
CHAPTER 1 GAMES
AND GAMING GENERAL PROVISIONS
PART 4 PARTICIPATION
IN GAMING CONTROL BOARD MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE
15.1.4.1 ISSUING AGENCY: New Mexico Gaming
Control Board.
[N,
1/29/99; 15.1.4.1 NMAC – Rn, 15 NMAC 1.4.1, 2/14/02]
15.1.4.2 SCOPE:
This rule applies to all members of the Gaming Control Board.
[N,
1/29/99; 15.1.4.2 NMAC – Rn, 15 NMAC 1.4.2, 2/14/02]
15.1.4.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Section
60-2E-7(B)(3) of the Gaming Control Act authorizes the Gaming Control Board to
develop, adopt and promulgate all regulations necessary to implement and
administer the provisions of the Gaming Control Act. Section 60-2E-7 of the Gaming Control Act requires that the
Gaming Control Board meet at least once each month. Section 10-15-1(C) of the New Mexico Open Meetings Act allows a
member of a public body to participate in a meeting by telephone if the rules
of the public body permit such participation.
[N,
1/29/99; 15.1.4.3 NMAC – Rn, 15 NMAC 1.4.3, 2/14/02]
15.1.4.4 DURATION:
Permanent.
[N,
1/29/99; 15.1.4.4 NMAC – Rn, 15 NMAC 1.4.4, 2/14/02]
15.1.4.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: January 29, 1999, unless a later date is
cited at the end of a section.
[N, 1/29/99; 15.1.4.5 NMAC – Rn & A, 15 NMAC 1.4.5, 2/14/02]
15.1.4.6 OBJECTIVE: The objective of this rule is to ensure that the
business of the Gaming Control Board is conducted as expeditiously as possible,
even when circumstances do not permit personal attendance of a member at a
public meeting, by establishing standards for telephone participation in the
meeting.
[N,
1/29/99; 15.1.4.6 NMAC – Rn, 15 NMAC 1.4.6, 2/14/02]
15.1.4.7 DEFINITIONS: Unless
otherwise defined below, terms used in this rule have the same meanings as set
forth in the Gaming Control Act:
A. “board” means the Gaming Control Board.
B. “conference telephone” means a telephone, or
similar communications equipment, with a speaker and amplifier capable of
picking up and projecting the voices of all participants in the
conversation.
[N,
1/29/99; 15.1.4.7 NMAC – Rn, 15 NMAC 1.4.7, 2/14/02]
15.1.4.8 TELEPHONE CONFERENCES:
A. In all cases where it is possible, board members must
attend public meetings of the board in person.
B. A member of the board may
participate in a meeting of the board by means of a conference telephone when
it is difficult or impossible for the member to attend the meeting in person,
provided:
(1) each member participating by conference telephone can
be and is identified when speaking;
(2) all
participants in the telephone conference are able to hear each other at the
same time; and
(3) members of the public who are attending the meeting
are able to hear any member of the board who speaks during the meeting.
C. Whenever
circumstances justifying participation by telephone conference arise, the board
member requiring the telephone conference must notify board staff as early in
advance of the meeting as possible so that arrangements can be made to set up
and operate necessary conference telephone equipment.
[N, 1/29/99; 15.1.4.8 NMAC – Rn, 15 NMAC 1.4.8, 2/14/02]
HISTORY OF 15.1.4 NMAC: [RESERVED]