A. There is created the "New Mexico law enforcement academy board".

B. The academy shall be controlled and supervised by policy set by the board. The board shall be composed of the attorney general, who shall serve automatically by reason of office and serve as chair of the board, and eight members who are qualified electors to be appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate. An appointed board member shall serve and have all of the duties, responsibilities and authority of that office during the period prior to the final action by the senate in confirming or rejecting the appointment.

C. Appointments to the board shall be for terms of four years or less made in such manner that the terms of not more than two members expire on July 1 of each year. At all times, the board shall have represented on it, as members, one municipal police chief, one sheriff, one state police officer, one attorney who is currently employed in a district attorney's office, one certified police chief of a New Mexico Indian tribe or pueblo, one certified New Mexico police officer holding the rank of sergeant or below and two citizen-at-large members, neither of whom shall be a police officer or retired police officer or have familial or financial connections to a police officer or any agency or department for which a police officer works. Vacancies shall be filled by the governor for the unexpired term.

D. Members of the board shall receive, for their service as members of the board, per diem and mileage as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978].

History: 1978 Comp., § 29-7-3, enacted by Laws 1979, ch. 202, § 42; 1983, ch. 121, § 1; 1993, ch. 250, § 1; 1993, ch. 255, § 2; 1994, ch. 39, § 1; 2015, ch. 3, § 22.

Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1977, ch. 257, § 51 repealed a former 39-6-3, 1953 Comp., relating to the academy board, and enacted a new 39-6-3, 1953 Comp. (29-7-3 NMSA 1978).

Laws 1979, ch. 202, § 42 repealed former 29-7-3 NMSA 1978, relating to the control and management of the law enforcement academy, and enacted a new 29-7-3 NMSA 1978.

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, provided for the reorganization of the department of public safety by amending the qualifications for the composition of the New Mexico law enforcement academy board; in Subsection B, after "reason of", deleted "his", after "serve as", deleted "chairman" and added "chair", and after "of the board, and", deleted "six" and added "eight"; in Subsection C, deleted "On or before July 1, 1994, the governor shall increase the number of members on the board to eight by appointing two additional members. The seventh member of the board shall be a citizen at-large member whose term shall end on July 1, 1996. The eighth member of the board shall be a police officer who is a New Mexico certified police officer, holding the rank of sergeant or below at the time of his appointment, and whose term shall end on July 1, 1996 or sooner if he retires or is deactivated from duty for longer than thirty days.", after "police officer, one", deleted "district", after "attorney", added "who is currently employed in a district attorney's office", and after "citizen-at-large members", added the remainder of the sentence.

The 1994 amendment, effective May 18, 1994, deleted "not later than July 1, 1983" following "governor" in the second sentence in Subsection B; and, in Subsection C, substituted the first three sentences for the former first three sentences, relating to appointment of the first board members, and substituted "Appointments to the board" for "Thereafter, all appointments" in the fourth sentence and "one certified New Mexico police officer holding the rank of sergeant or below and two citizen-at-large members" for "and one citizen-at-large member" in the next-to-last sentence.

The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, substituted "academy" for "New Mexico law enforcement academy" in the first sentence of Subsection B.