0001| HOUSE BILL 590
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0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| GARY K. KING
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0009|
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO OPEN MEETINGS; REVISING ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS OF
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0012| THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
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0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015| Section 1. Section 10-15-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1974,
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0016| Chapter 91, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:
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0017| "10-15-3. INVALID ACTIONS--STANDING.--
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0018| A. No resolution, rule, regulation, ordinance or
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0019| action of any board, commission, committee or other
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0020| policymaking body shall be valid unless taken or made at a
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0021| meeting held in accordance with the requirements of Section 10-
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0022| 15-1 NMSA 1978. Every resolution, rule, regulation, ordinance
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0023| or action of any board, commission, committee or other
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0024| policymaking body shall be presumed to have been taken or made
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0025| at a meeting held in accordance with the requirements of
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0001| Section 10-15-1 NMSA 1978.
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0002| B. All provisions of the Open Meetings Act shall be
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0003| enforced by the attorney general or by the district attorney in
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0004| the county of jurisdiction. However, nothing in that act shall
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0005| prevent an individual from independently applying for
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0006| enforcement through the district courts, provided that the
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0007| individual first provides written notice of the claimed
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0008| violation to the public body and that the public body has
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0009| denied or not acted on the claim within fifteen days of
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0010| receiving it. A public meeting held to address a claimed
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0011| violation of the Open Meetings Act shall include a summary of
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0012| comments made at the meeting at which the claimed violation
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0013| occurred.
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0014| C. The district courts of this state shall have
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0015| jurisdiction, upon the application of any person to enforce the
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0016| purpose of the Open Meetings Act, by injunction, mandamus or
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0017| other appropriate order. The court shall award damages, costs
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0018| and reasonable attorney fees to any person who is successful in
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0019| bringing a court action to enforce the provisions of the Open
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0020| Meetings Act. If the prevailing party in [that] a legal
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0021| action brought under this section is a public body defendant,
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0022| it shall be awarded court costs.
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0023| D. No section of the Open Meetings Act shall be
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0024| construed to preclude other remedies or rights not relating to
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0025| the question of open meetings."
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0001| State of New Mexico
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0002| House of Representatives
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0004| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0005| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0008| February 19, 1997
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0011| Mr. Speaker:
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0013| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0014|
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0015| HOUSE BILL 590
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0017| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0018| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0020| 1. On page 2, line 15, after "award" strike "damages,".
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0021|
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0022| 2. On page 2, line 20, after the period insert:
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0023|
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0024| "A public body defendant that prevails in a court action brought
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0025| under this section shall be awarded its reasonable attorney fees
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0001| from the plaintiff if the plaintiff brought the action without
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0002| sufficient information and belief that good grounds supported
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0003| it.".
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0004|
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0005| Respectfully submitted,
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0010|
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0011| Thomas P. Foy, Chairman
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0014| Adopted Not Adopted
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0016| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0018| Date
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0020| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against
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0021| Yes: 9
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0022| Excused: Alwin, Luna, Mallory, Rios
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0023| Absent: None
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0004| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0005| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0008| March 16, 1997
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0009|
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0010| Mr. President:
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0011|
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0012| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been
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0013| referred
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0014|
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0015| HOUSE BILL 590, as amended
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0016|
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0017| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0018| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0019| JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
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0020|
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0021| Respectfully submitted,
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0001| __________________________________
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0002| Shannon Robinson, Chairman
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0006| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0007| Adopted_______________________
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0008| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0011| Date ________________________
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0014| The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against
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0015| Yes: 5
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0016| No: 0
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0017| Excused: Boitano, Garcia, Ingle, Rodarte
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0018| Absent: None
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0025| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0001| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0004| March 21, 1997
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0005|
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0006| Mr. President:
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0007|
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0008| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0009|
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0010| HOUSE BILL 590, as amended
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0011|
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0012| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0013| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0014|
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0015| Respectfully submitted,
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0020| __________________________________
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0021| Fernando R. Macias, Chairman
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0025| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0001| Adopted_______________________
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0002| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0006| Date ________________________
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0009| The roll call vote was 6 For 2 Against
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0010| Yes: 6
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0011| No: Sanchez, Tsosie
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0012| Excused: None
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0013| Absent: None
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