N.M. Admin. Code § 16.44.1.8

Current through Register Vol. 36, No. 1, January 14, 2025

Section 16.44.1.8 - BOARD MEMBERSHIP

A. Board members: The board of landscape architects consists of five members appointed by the governor who are residents of New Mexico and serve for three-year staggered terms. The landscape architect members shall have been registered as landscape architects for at least five years.

B. The members shall be appointed as follows:

(1) Three shall be professional members who are registered under the Landscape Architects Act as landscape architects. The governor shall appoint the professional members from a list of names nominated by the New Mexico chapter of the American society of landscape architects (ASLA).

(2) Two members shall be public members who are laymen and have no significant financial interest, direct or indirect, in the practice of landscape architecture.

C. Expiration dates: Each member shall hold office until the expiration of his or her appointed term or until a successor is duly appointed. When the term of each member ends, the governor shall appoint the member's successor for a term of three years. Any vacancy occurring in the board membership other than by expiration of term shall be filled by the governor by appointment for the un-expired term of the member. The governor may remove any board member for misconduct, incompetence, or neglect of duty.

N.M. Admin. Code § 16.44.1.8

11-10-97, 16.44.1.8 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 44.1.9, 10-05-02; A, 06-15-08, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVII, Issue 16, August 31, 2016, eff. 9/30/2016