SENATE BILL 783

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2005

INTRODUCED BY

Phil A. Griego

AN ACT

RELATING TO AGENCIES; CREATING A SEPARATE DIVISION FOR COMMISSIONERS OF THE PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION; AMENDING AND ENACTING SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978.

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

     Section 1. Section 8-8-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1998, Chapter 108, Section 1) is amended to read:

     "8-8-1. SHORT TITLE.--[Sections 1 through 20 of this act] Chapter 8, Article 8 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Public Regulation Commission Act"."

     Section 2. Section 8-8-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1998, Chapter 108, Section 6) is amended to read:

     "8-8-6. COMMISSION--DIVISIONS.--The commission shall include the following organizational units:

          A. the administrative services division;

          B. the commissioner division;

          [B.] C. the consumer relations division;

          [C.] D. the insurance division;

          [D.] E. the legal division;

          [E.] F. the transportation division; and

          [F.] G. the utility division."

     Section 3. A new section of the Public Regulation Commission Act is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] COMMISSIONER DIVISION.--The commissioner division of the public regulation commission shall consist of duly elected commissioners and one assistant for each commissioner to address administrative functions."

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