New Mexico Register / Volume XXX, Issue 7 / April 9, 2019

NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING AND OF RULEMAKING

The New Mexico Commission of Public Records (“CPR”) has scheduled a regular meeting and rule hearing for Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at 10:00 A.M. at the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, which is an accessible facility, at 1209 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe, NM. If you are an individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the meeting, please contact Georgette Chavez at 476-7926 by May 8, 2019, or as soon as possible. Public documents, including the agenda and minutes, can be provided in various accessible formats.

The CPR may consider the following items of rulemaking at the meeting:

Amend:

1.21.2 NMAC Retention and Disposition of Public Records

Synopsis:

The proposed amendment of 1.21.2 NMAC consists of the following modifications:

Section 844 is being amended to add toxicology to the title and description.

Amend:

1.13.11 NMAC Access to Public Records, Research in the New Mexico Archives

Synopsis:

The proposed amendment of 1.13.11 NMAC is to comply with changes to the Inspection of Public Records Act (“IPRA”) as a result of Senate Bill 118 and consists of the following modifications:

Section 11 is being amended to remove definitional language and to add language that references IPRA definitions instead;

A new Section 17 is being added to provide parameters for requesting, redacting and releasing law enforcement records in conformance with IPRA.

A summary of the proposed revisions and copies of the full text of the proposed rules may be accessed at the Commission’s website (www.nmcpr.state.nm.us), or by contacting Rick Hendricks at Rick.Hendricks@state.nm.us, or via regular mail at 1205 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 or 476-7911.

At the hearing the CPR and Administrator will take oral and written comments related to the rulemaking actions listed below and during the meeting consider approving these rulemaking actions. The Commission may vote on the proposed rules during the meeting on May 21, 2019. The State Records Administrator may take action on those rules at the close of the public rulemaking hearing.

Interested persons may submit comments on the proposed rules at the rule hearing or may submit written comments via email at rmd.cpr@state.nm.us. Written comments must be received no later than 5 p.m. on May 10, 2019. If submitting written comments by email, please indicate in the subject line the number of each rule(s) for which you are providing comments. Persons offering written comments at the hearing must have eight (8) copies for the Commission and Administrator to review. Oral comments will also be accepted at the rule hearing, subject to time limitations.

A copy of the agenda for the combined regular meeting and rule hearing is also available on the Commission website and at the office of the State Records Administrator located at the State Records Center and Archives at 1209 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe, NM. The agenda is subject to change up to 72 hours prior to the meeting. Legal authority for this rulemaking can be found in the Public Records Act, Section 14-3-1, et seq. and in the State Rules Act, Section 14-4-1, et seq. NMSA 1978.