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AN ACT

RELATING TO THE NEW MEXICO COMPILATION COMMISSION; AMENDING

CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978 CONCERNING THE COMPOSITION

AND POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.

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

Section 1. Section 12-1-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1953,

Chapter 39, Section 2) is amended to read:

"12-1-2. NEW MEXICO COMPILATION COMMISSION--CREATION.--

There is hereby established the "New Mexico compilation

commission". The commission shall consist of the chief

justice of the supreme court or a justice designated by the

chief justice, who shall act as president of the commission,

the clerk of the supreme court, the attorney general or a

deputy or assistant attorney general designated by the

attorney general, the state records administrator or the

administrator's designee, the dean of the university of New

Mexico school of law or the dean's designee, the director of

the legislative council service and the president of the New

Mexico state bar association or a member of the state bar

commissioners appointed by the president."

Section 2. Section 12-1-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1977,

Chapter 74, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:

"12-1-3. POWERS OF COMMISSION.--The New Mexico

compilation commission, acting on the advice and approval of

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an advisory committee appointed by the New Mexico supreme

court, may:

A. provide for official, annotated compilations of

the New Mexico statutes, including court rules governing

practice and procedure in the state courts, provide for

supplements to the compilations and do all other necessary

things pertaining to the publication of any compilation and

related publications;

B. provide for the sale of any compilation and the

supplements thereto;

C. provide for exchange of compilations and

supplements with exchange libraries of other states and

territories;

D. contract with the publisher of any compilation

as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the provisions

of this section;

E. do all things necessary to keep current one or

more computer databases of publications published by the

compilation commission and parallel tables prepared by the

commission for computerized search and manipulation; and

F. hire an executive director. The executive

director shall:

(1) serve as the chief administrative

officer of the commission;

(2) serve at the pleasure of the commission;

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(3) carry out the policies established by

the commission; and

(4) within available funding, hire such

additional staff as necessary to effectuate the powers

exercised by the commission."

Section 3. Section 12-1-3.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1982,

Chapter 7, Section 2) is amended to read:

"12-1-3.1. ADDITIONAL POWERS OF COMMISSION.--The New

Mexico compilation commission may publish, distribute or sell

and keep current automated legal databases of the following

legal publications, including any revisions:

A. New Mexico reports;

B. New Mexico municipal benchbook;

C. New Mexico magistrate benchbook;

D. advance opinions, compliance guides and

informational pamphlets issued by the attorney general of New

Mexico;

E. publications of laws and court and

administrative rules of this state;

F. indices of attorney general opinions; and

G. parallel tables of New Mexico laws."

Section 4. Section 12-1-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1953,

Chapter 39, Section 7, as amended) is amended to read:

"12-1-7. RECOGNITION AS OFFICIAL COMPILATION.--Upon the

certification of the compilation of 1978 or any supplement by

the New Mexico compilation commission, with the advice and

approval of the advisory committee of the supreme court, the

compilation or supplement shall be in force, and printed and

electronic copies thereof shall be received, recognized,

referred to and used in all the courts and in all departments

and offices of the state as the official compilation of the

statutory law of New Mexico and may be cited as the "NMSA

1978"."

Section 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the

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