New Mexico Code § 61-23-32

Termination of agency life; delayed repeal. (Repealed effective July 1, 2030.)
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The state board of licensure for professional engineers and professional surveyors is terminated on July 1, 2029 pursuant to the Sunset Act [12-9-11 to 12-9-21 NMSA 1978]. The board shall continue to operate according to the provisions of the Engineering and Surveying Practice Act until July 1, 2030. Effective July 1, 2030, the Engineering and Surveying Practice Act is repealed.
History: Laws 1987, ch. 336, § 32; 1993, ch. 218, § 39; 1999, ch. 259, § 33; 2005, ch. 208, § 16; 2011, ch. 30, § 5; 2012, ch. 46, § 16; 2017, ch. 42, § 19; 2017, ch. 52, § 7; 2023, ch. 15, § 3; 2023, ch. 79, § 12.
The 2023 amendment, effective June 16, 2023, extended the termination date of the state board of licensure for professional engineers and professional surveyors; changed "July 1, "2023" to "July 1, 2029", and changed "July 1, 2024", to "July 1, 2030".
Laws 2023, ch. 15, § 3 and Laws 2023, ch. 79, § 12, both effective June 16, 2023, enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 2023, ch. 79, § 12. See Section 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
The 2017 amendment, effective June 16, 2017, changed "July 1, 2017" to "July 1, 2023", and changed "July 1, 2018" to "July 1, 2024" in two places.
The 2012 amendment, effective July 1, 2012, added the reference to professional surveyors and in the first sentence, after "engineers and" added "professional".
The 2011 amendment, effective June 17, 2011, changed the termination, operation and repeal dates.
The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, changed the termination, operation and repeal dates.
The 1999 amendment, effective June 18, 1999, substituted "licensure" for "registration" and "July 1, 2005" for "July 1, 1999" in the first sentence, and substituted "July 1, 2006" for "July 1, 2000" in the last two sentences.
The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, substituted "1999" for "1993" in the first sentence and "2000" for "1994" in the second and third sentences.

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