N.M. Stat. § 17-2-5
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§ 17-2-5. Adoption of regulations; effective date
Official statutory text
Any written regulation of the state game commission adopted by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the state game commission, signed by the chairman and attested by the secretary of the commission, filed in the office of the director of the department of game and fish, and filed in accordance with Section 4-10-13 New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1953 Compilation, is duly adopted and promulgated and effective immediately. A copy of any regulation certified by the director of the department of game and fish to be a true copy of an adopted regulation is prima facie evidence in any court in this state of the adoption and promulgation of the regulation.
Status: in_force
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