SENATE BILL 534
49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2009
INTRODUCED BY
Linda M. Lopez
AN ACT
RELATING TO THE STATE FAIR; ADDING THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE AND THE CHAIR OF THE BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSION TO THE STATE FAIR COMMISSION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 16-6-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1913, Chapter 46, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:
"16-6-1. STATE FAIR COMMISSION--MEMBERS--
APPOINTMENT--NUMBER--QUALIFICATION--TERMS--OATH--BOND.--
A. The governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the senate, a "state fair commission", consisting of [seven] nine members, seven of whom shall be appointed for terms of five years each; provided that the first appointments shall be made of two commissioners for one-year terms, two for two-year terms, one for a three-year term, one for a four-year term and one for a five-year term. The mayor of the city of Albuquerque and the chair of the Bernalillo county commission shall serve ex officio for the duration of their elected terms of office as the other two members. All state fair commissioners shall be bona fide residents of the state. No [less] fewer than two commissioners shall be engaged in the business of livestock raising, and no [less] fewer than two commissioners shall be engaged in agricultural vocations and pursuits other than livestock raising.
B. Before entering upon the duties of [his office] commissioner, each state fair commissioner shall take and subscribe an oath [that he will] to faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of [his] the office, which oath shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. Each commissioner shall furnish a good and sufficient surety bond as provided in the Surety Bond Act.
C. No member of the commission shall be removed during the term for which [he] the commissioner is appointed, except for cause, following notice and an opportunity for a hearing, unless the notice and hearing are, in writing, expressly waived."
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