New Mexico Register / Volume XXXII, Issue 2 / January 26, 2021

NOTICE OF RESCHEDULED PROPOSED RULEMAKING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Subsection A of 1.24.25.9 and 1.24.25.11 NMAC, the State of New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration (hereinafter “DFA”) will hold a rescheduled rulemaking hearing on Friday, February 26, 2021 at 10:00 AM. This meeting was originally scheduled for Friday, January 15, 2021. The meeting will be held virtually via Webex. Members of the public may attend the Webex meeting on a computer, mobile device, or telephone. The videoconference’s Meeting ID and Password, video link, and telephone numbers are as follows:

Webex meeting scheduled: Department of Finance and Administration Rulemaking Hearing - Virtual

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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 Andrew Baranowski at (505) 670-2285 by February 10, 2021, or as soon as possible. Public documents, including the agenda and minutes, can be provided in various accessible formats. A copy of the agenda is also available on the DFA website and at the office of the DFA located at 180 Bataan Memorial Building, 407 Galisteo Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501. The agenda is subject to change up to 72 hours prior to the meeting.

Synopsis:

DFA will hold a hearing to repeal and replace 2.20.2 NMAC, Execution of Contracts, Vouchers, Purchase Orders and Other Financial Commitments. Pursuant to Subsection E of 9-1-5 and 9-6-5 NMSA 1978, DFA promulgates these rules to administer the duties of the Department and its divisions. Further legal authority for this rulemaking can be found in the State Rules Act, Section 14-4-1 et seq. NMSA 1978. Due to the age of 2.20.2 NMAC, the entire rule must be repealed and replaced in order to amend it.

Due to the Governor’s declaration of a public health emergency, DFA issued an emergency amendment effective August 25, 2020 allowing for certain documents being submitted to DFA to be digitally, rather than just manually, signed. The emergency amendment also made associated changes to the form of submission of documents to DFA given the acceptance of digital signatures. The proposed amendment of 2.20.2.7 and 2.20.2.9 NMAC consists of continuing to accept digital signatures and the associated document submission requirements by eliminating the public health emergency justification. Additionally, the amendment will update 2.20.2.10 NMAC to better reflect the current composition of state government and will clean up old formatting.

Interested individuals are encouraged to submit comments during the Public Comment Period, which runs through February 26, 2021. Written comments may be submitted to Andrew Baranowski, General Counsel, DFA, via email at Andrew.Baranowski@state.nm.us. All written comments will be posted on DFA’s website within three days of receipt. Interested persons may also provide data, opinion, or arguments, orally at the virtual public rule hearing on Friday, February 26, 2021 at 10:00 AM, or in writing as provided above.

Copies of the proposed rule may be accessed on the Department’s website at http://www.nmdfa.state.nm.us/, or obtained from Mr. Baranowski by emailing Andrew.Baranowski@state.nm.us or calling (505) 670-2285. Additionally, the text of the proposed rule is available in the original Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published in Volume XXXI, Issue 23 of the New Mexico Register on December 15, 2020: http://164.64.110.134/nmac/nmregister/xxxi/DFAnotice_xxxi23.html.