SENATE BILL 385

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025

INTRODUCED BY

Pete Campos

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL; REVISING THE METHOD FOR SETTING RATES FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO STATE AGENCIES.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. Section 8-5-2.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1980, Chapter 2, Section 1) is amended to read:

     "8-5-2.1. ATTORNEY GENERAL--LEGAL SERVICE FEES FOR STATE AGENCIES.--The attorney general may charge state agencies [as defined herein] for the provision of legal services in noncriminal cases requested by the agencies [according to a fee schedule approved by the department of finance and administration] using rates for service equivalent to rates provided for in a current contract between the risk management division of the general services department and counsel providing legal services to the risk management division. For the purpose of this section, "state agency" means any department, institution, board, bureau, commission, district or committee of government of the state [of New Mexico] and every office or officer thereof."

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