A. The "New Mexico community development council" is created.

B. The council shall consist of

(1) the secretary of finance and administration or a member of his staff designated by him;

(2) the governor or a member of his staff designated by him;

(3) the secretary of health and environment or a member of his staff designated by him;

(4) the lieutenant governor or a member of his staff designated by him; and

(5) seven members appointed by the governor. Appointments shall be made for three-year terms expiring on January 1 of the appropriate year. Each of the following districts shall be represented by one member who shall reside in that district:

(a) district one - San Juan, McKinley and Cibola counties;

(b) district two - Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, Taos, Los Alamos, Colfax, Mora and San Miguel counties;

(c) district three - Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance and Valencia counties;

(d) district four - Union, Harding, Quay, Guadalupe, DeBaca, Roosevelt and Curry counties;

(e) district five - Catron, Hidalgo, Luna and Grant counties;

(f) district six - Lincoln, Otero, Chaves, Eddy and Lea counties; and

(g) district seven - Sierra, Dona Ana and Socorro counties.

Appointment of the two additional members provided for in the 1984 amendment to this subsection shall be for terms expiring on January 1, 1986 and January 1, 1987, and thereafter for three years.

C. An appointed member's term may be terminated by the governor for good cause shown.

D. Appointed members shall serve in office until their successors are appointed unless sooner removed according to law. If a vacancy occurs in the office of an approved member by death, resignation or otherwise, the governor shall appoint a successor to serve for the balance of the unexpired term.

E. The governor shall select one member to be chairman of the council. The council shall select such other officers as it deems necessary.

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-64-4, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 299, § 4; 1978, ch. 63, § 1; 1981 (1st S.S.), ch. 11, § 2; 1983, ch. 296, § 15; 1983, ch. 298, § 2; 1984, ch. 5, § 4.

Compiler's notes. — Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 16 repealed former 9-7-4 NMSA 1978, relating to the department of health and environment, and enacted new 9-7-4 NMSA 1978, relating to the department of health. Laws 1991, ch. 25 also enacted 9-7A-1 to 9-7A-14 NMSA 1978, relating to the department of the environment. The reference to the secretary of health and environment in Paragraph B(3) should now be a reference to either the secretary of health or the secretary of environment. See 9-7-5 NMSA 1978 and 9-7A-5 NMSA 1978.

Cross references. — For governor's office of policy and planning, see 9-14-3 NMSA 1978.

The 1984 amendment, effective July 1, 1984, substituted "development" for "assistance" in the section heading and in Subsection A and rewrote the rest of the section to the extent that a detailed comparison is impracticable.