NMSA 1-3A-6. Committee meetings before proposing district plans

1-3A-6. Committee meetings before proposing district plans. A. Before the committee issues proposed district plans for public comment, the committee shall hold no fewer than six public meetings at which the committee shall receive testimony, documents and information regarding the identification of communities of interest and other testimony, documents and information regarding the creation of district plans. The committee shall provide the public with notice not later than thirty days before these meetings and the notice shall include information about how the public may participate and submit testimony, documents and information. The committee shall hold meetings in various regions across the state, including in central New Mexico and in each of the four geographic quadrants of the state, with at least one meeting on tribal lands. B. The committee shall compile, index, maintain and provide public access to all testimony, documents and information received in the meetings conducted before issuing proposed district plans for public comment. C. The proposed district plans that the committee issues for public comment shall be based, in part, on the testimony, documents and information received. History: Laws 2021, ch. 79, § 7.