AN ACT
RELATING TO LEGAL NOTICES; PROVIDING
FOR THE ELECTRONIC POSTING OF LEGAL NOTICES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF
THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. A new section of Chapter 14, Article 11 NMSA
1978 is enacted to read:
"ELECTRONIC POSTING OF
LEGAL NOTICES.--
A. Legal notices and advertisements of a state
agency shall be posted on the state agency's web site. If a county, municipality, board of education
or other political subdivision of the state has a web site, it shall post its
legal notices and advertisements on its web site. Electronic posting is not a substitute for
required publication of legal notices and advertisements, and failure to
electronically post shall not constitute grounds to challenge, void, set aside
or otherwise delay a proceeding properly noticed and advertised pursuant to
nonelectronic notice requirements.
B. Electronically posted legal notices and
advertisements shall be indexed in such a way that the general public is able
to easily find a particular legal notice or advertisement by subject."
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