AN ACT

RELATING TO STATE AGENCIES; INCREASING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE MILITARY BASE PLANNING COMMISSION.

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

     Section 1. Section 9-15-49 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003, Chapter 166, Section 2 and Laws 2003, Chapter 170, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:

     "9-15-49. MILITARY BASE PLANNING COMMISSION CREATED--COMPOSITION.--

          A. The "military base planning commission" is created, which is administratively attached to the economic development department. The department shall provide administrative services to the commission.

          B. The commission consists of seventeen members, fifteen of which are appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The commission shall include the lieutenant governor, the governor's homeland security adviser and appropriate representatives from the counties, or adjoining counties, in which military bases are located.

          C. The governor shall appoint a chair from among the members of the commission. The commission shall meet at the call of the chair and shall meet not less than quarterly. Members of the commission shall not be paid but shall receive per diem and mileage expenses as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act.

          D. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Open Meetings Act, meetings of the commission shall be closed to the public when proprietary alternative New Mexico military base realignment or closure strategies or any information regarding relocation of military units is discussed.

          E. Information developed or obtained by the commission that pertains to proprietary commission strategies or related to the relocation of military units shall be confidential and not subject to inspection pursuant to the Inspection of Public Records Act."

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