Which New Mexico bills are going into law July 1?
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) — About a dozen new laws in New Mexico are set to go into effect on July 1. The bills range from changes in hair braiding licensing to increasing certain livestock fees.
You can find more information on the bills below.
'An act relating to public finance; increasing the amount that is annually transferred to the early childhood education and care program fund from the early childhood education and care fund.'
'An act relating to corrections; classifying homicide by a vehicle or great bodily harm by a vehicle as a serious violent offense for earned meritorious deductions.'
'An act relating to construction; requiring developers or owners of renewable energy or other projects to notify the chair of the military base planning commission of a notice of proposed construction or alteration submitted to the federal aviation administration to initiate the United States Department of Defense military aviation and installation assurance siting clearinghouse's approval process; requiring notice of federal approval or a finding of adverse impact.'
'An act relating to licensure; exempting hair braiding from provisions of the barbers and cosmetologists act; prohibiting disciplinary action for hair braiding without being licensed pursuant to the barbers and cosmetologists act.'
'An act relating to natural resources; providing that the energy, minerals and natural resources department may authorize the conversion of an oil or gas well into a facility that provides energy storage or develops geothermal energy.'
'An act relating to conservation; amending the watershed district act; providing for appointment of watershed boards of directors instead of election of the boards.'
'An act relating to primary elections; allowing voters who have not designated a major political party affiliation on their certificates of registration to participate in the primary election process by choosing to affiliate with a major political party participating in a primary by requesting the party's ballot; making conforming changes.'
'An act relating to insurance; amending the prior authorization act to add more classes of drugs that are not subject to prior authorizations or step therapy protocols.'
'An act Relating to the Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority; increasing the limit of outstanding indebtedness of the authority.'
'An act relating to livestock; increasing fees for services relating to livestock.'
'An act relating to motor vehicles; providing for the issuance of look twice for motorcycles special registration plates for motorcycles; amending section 66-3-424.40 NMSA 1978 (being laws 2023, chapter 73, section 1); making an appropriation.'
'An act relating to public property; changing the threshold for state board of finance approval on sales, trades or leases of property by state agencies and local public bodies.'
'An act relating to broadband; amending the severance tax bonding act to provide for the issuance of supplemental severance tax bonds for education technology infrastructure; amending the broadband access and expansion act; adding definitions; creating the education technology infrastructure fund; providing for rulemaking; authorizing grants; transferring the public school facilities authority's broadband deployment and connectivity program and statewide education network to the office of broadband access and expansion; making an appropriation.'
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