New Mexico Register / Volume XXXVI, Issue 12 / June 24, 2025

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

The New Mexico General Services Department, Transportation Services Division, (“GSD” or “Department” or “TSD”) hereby gives notice that the Department will conduct a public hearing as indicated to obtain input on the following rule revisions:

Amending 1.5.3.1 NMAC - ADMINSTRATION AND USE OF STATE VEHICLES current rule and replacing it with the following rule: (updated rule).

SUMMARY AND PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED RULE:

Clarifying and updating the Rule on the administration and use of state vehicles and updating and amending provisions including provisions on GPS usage and documentation and utilization.

PUBLICATION: The proposed rule is posted at the GSD website, and, on the Sunshine Portal.

A public hearing regarding the rules will be held on July 29, 2025, at 10:00 A.M., in the conference room of the Facilities Management (FMD) T-187 Building, 2542 Cerrillos Rd., Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505.

HOW TO COMMENT ON THE PROPOSED RULE: Interested individuals may testify regarding the proposed rulemaking relating to Administration and Use of State Vehicles, 1.5.3.1 NMAC. Written comments may also be submitted no later than the date of the public hearing to: Joe Vigil, PIO, Office of the Secretary, New Mexico General Services Department, Room 1004, 1100 St. Francis Drive, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 or Joe.Vigil@gsd.nm.gov. All written comments will be posted on the agency website within 3 days of receipt.

PROPOSED RULE COPIES: The public hearing agenda and the full text of the proposed rule may be accessed on the General Services Department website http://www.generalservices.gsd.nm.gov

or obtained from the Office of the Secretary, New Mexico General Services Department, Room 1004, 1100 St. Francis Drive, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 or by calling the main number at the General Services Department: 505-827-2000.

SPECIAL NEEDS: Individuals with disabilities who require this information in an alternative format or need any form of auxiliary aid to attend or participate in this hearing are asked to contact the main number at the office of the General Services Department (contact information provided above). The Department requests at least seven days of advance notice (i.e., by close of business, 5:00 P.M., Tuesday, July 8, 2025) for all requests regarding special accommodation for the public.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Section 9-17-5 NMSA 1978, and Section 15-8-1, et seq., NMSA 1978.