The state records administrator shall develop and recommend to the state commission of public records uniform standards of style and format for the following:
A. manuals of procedure prepared and published by state agencies for the guidance of public officers and employees engaged in operations required for the efficient operation of state and local government, including but not limited to acquiring space, budgeting, accounting, purchasing, contracting, vouchering, printing, appointment and dismissal of employees and record maintenance;
B. manuals of procedures prepared and published by state agencies for the guidance of their own employees and for their own operations;
C. official rules and regulations and reprints of laws published by state agencies, excluding session laws published by the secretary of state; and
D. official reports of state agencies required by law, excluding the budget document presented to the legislature.
The state commission of public records, after consultation with the affected agencies, and with the approval of the governor, shall adopt and promulgate uniform standards of style and format for the above publications and a schedule of distribution for each class of publication which shall be binding upon all state agencies. "Agencies" means, for the purposes of this section, all state departments, bureaus, commissions, committees, institutions and boards, except those agencies of the legislative and judicial branches, and those educational institutions listed in Article 12, Section 11 of the New Mexico Constitution.
History: 1953 Comp., § 71-6-20, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 154, § 1.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Cross references. — For provisions of the State Rules Act, see Chapter 14, Article 4 NMSA 1978.
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