The governmental agency of this state which adopts standards pursuant to Section 18 [14-16-18 NMSA 1978] may encourage and promote consistency and interoperability with similar requirements adopted by other governmental agencies of this and other states and the federal government and nongovernmental persons interacting with governmental agencies of this state. If appropriate, those standards may specify differing levels of standards from which governmental agencies of this state may choose in implementing the most appropriate standard for a particular application.
History: Laws 2001, ch. 131, § 19.
ANNOTATIONSSeverability. — Laws 2001, ch. 131, § 20 provided that if any provision of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of the act are severable.