New Mexico Register / Volume XXXI, Issue 11 / June 9, 2020
NOTICE OF
RULEMAKING
The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions
(“Department” or “NMDWS”) hereby gives notice that the Department will conduct
a public hearing in the conference room of the Human Rights Bureau located at
1596 Pacheco Street Suite 103 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87505 on July 14, 2020
from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. The public
comment hearing will also be conducted virtually. Instructions regarding how to join the
virtual meeting will be posted on the NMDWS website at https://www.dws.state.nm.us/. The purpose of the public
hearing will be to obtain input and public comment on an amendment to 11.2.4 NMAC
adding a section governing Planning Regions.
Purpose of the amendment is to add a section to define
Planning Regions under WIOA and to establish a policy to regulate these regions
Summary: amending WIOA regulations to add a section to
define Planning Regions under WIOA and establishing a policy to regulate these
regions.
Under Title I of the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act, 29 U.S.C. Chapter 32, Subchapter I, WIOA USDOL
Final Rule 20 C.F.R. 683, et al, and NMSA 1978 §§50-14-1 et seq,
NMDWS is the agency responsible for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
Act and the Department has legal authority for rule making.
Interested individuals are
encouraged to submit written comments to the New Mexico Department of Workforce
Solutions, P.O. Box 1928, Albuquerque, N.M., 87103, attention Andrea Christman
prior to the hearing for consideration. Written comments must be received no
later than 5 p.m. on July 13, 2020.
However, the submission of written comments as soon as possible is
encouraged.
Copies of the proposed rule may be
accessed online at https://www.dws.state.nm.us/ or obtained by calling Andrea
Christman at (505) 841-8478 or sending an email to Andrea.Christman@state.nm.us. The proposed rules will be made available at
least thirty days prior to the hearing.
Individuals
with disabilities who require this information in an alternative format or need
any form of auxiliary aid to attend or participate in this meeting are asked to
contact Ms. Christman as soon as possible.
The Department requests at least ten (10) days advance notice to provide
requested special accommodations.