A. No regulation shall be adopted, amended or repealed without a public hearing before the commission or a hearing officer appointed by the commission.
B. Any person may recommend or propose regulations to the commission for adoption, amendment or repeal. The commission shall determine within sixty days of submission of a proposed regulation whether to hold a hearing. If the commission determines not to hold a hearing, the determination shall be subject to review under Section 16 [69-36-16 NMSA 1978] of the New Mexico Mining Act.
C. The public hearing shall be held in Santa Fe, and a verbatim record shall be maintained of all proceedings. Notice of the subject, time and place of the hearing, the manner in which interested persons may present their views and the method by which copies of the proposed regulation or amendment may be obtained shall be:
(1) published at least thirty days prior to the hearing date in a newspaper of general circulation in the state and in the New Mexico register, if published; and
(2) mailed at least thirty days prior to the hearing date to all persons who have made a written request to the commission for advance notice of hearings.
D. The commission shall allow all interested persons a reasonable opportunity to submit arguments and to examine witnesses testifying at the hearing.
E. A person appearing or represented at the hearing shall, upon a written request, be given written notice of the commission's action on the proposed adoption, amendment or repeal of regulation.
F. No regulation, its amendment or repeal shall be effective except as provided by the Public Records Act [Chapter 14, Article 3 NMSA 1978].
History: Laws 1993, ch. 315, § 8.
Cross references. — For regulation of lands affected by coal surface mining, see Chapter 69, Article 25A NMSA 1978.
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