New Mexico Register / Volume XXXII, Issue 5 / March 9, 2021

NOTICE OF PUBLIC RULE HEARING AND REGULAR BOARD MEETING

The New Mexico Athletic Commission will hold a rule hearing on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. Following the rule hearing, the New Mexico Athletic Commission will convene a board meeting where it may adopt the rule changes and will take care of regular business. The rule hearing and board meeting will be held via Cisco Webex Meetings. Please use the following link:

https://nmrld.webex.com/nmrld/onstage/g.php?MTID=e87212c4f2c1c0664b378761bc06025ba

To join the meeting by phone: 1-415-655-0002 United States Toll

Access Code: 187 572 8347

The purpose of the rule hearing is to consider proposed amendments to the following rule:

15.6.19 NMAC – Conduct of Bare-Knuckle Contests

To obtain and review copies of the proposed changes and public comments, you may go to the Board’s website at: http://www.rld.state.nm.us/boards/Athletic_Commission_Members_and_Meetings.aspx or contact the Boards and Commissions Division at (505) 476-4622.

The Commission is currently accepting public written comments on the proposed amendments. Please submit written comments on the proposed changes to Richard Espinoza, Executive Director, via electronic mail at: Athletic.Commisson@state.nm.us , or by regular mail at P.O. Box 25101, Santa Fe, NM 87504, no later than Monday, April 12, 2021. Written comments received prior to the rule hearing will be posted to the RLD website at: http://www.rld.state.nm.us/boards/Athletic_Commission_Members_and_Meetings. Persons will also be given the opportunity to present their written or oral comments at the public rule hearing.

The agenda for the Commission meeting will be posted and available at least 72 hours before the meeting on the Commission website at http://www.rld.state.nm.us/boards/Athletic_Commission_Members_and_Meetings. Copies of the rules or the agenda may also be obtained by contacting Richard Espinoza, Executive Director at (505) 476-4622.

An individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the hearing, please contact Richard Espinoza, Executive Director (505) 476-4622.

Statutory Authority: The Professional Athletic Competition Act, Sections 60-2A-1 through 60-2A-33, NMSA 1978, among other provisions, specifically authorizes the Board to “adopt and promulgate in accordance with the Uniform Licensing Act and the State Rules Act all rules for the implementation and enforcement of the Professional Athletic Competition Act.”

NMSA 1978 § 15-6-1.

Purpose of the Proposed Rules: The proposed rule is to input Conduct of Bare-Knuckle Contests rules in the rulebook.

Summary of Proposed Changes:

15.6.19 NMAC (NEW PART) – Conduct of Bare-Knuckle Contests

A new part has been added to add a reference to the statutory authority to input Conduct of Bare-Knuckle Contests.