A. The military and veterans' affairs committee shall conduct meetings in several geographically dispersed areas of the state and shall conduct hearings related to military issues and veterans' issues. The committee shall make an annual report and recommend any necessary legislation to each session of the legislature. The committee shall request necessary action to the federal congress, the United States department of veterans affairs and the United States department of defense.
B. The staff of the committee shall be provided by the legislative council service.
C. Subcommittees shall be created only by majority vote of all the members appointed to the committee and with the prior approval of the New Mexico legislative council. A subcommittee shall be composed of at least one member from the senate and one member from the house of representatives, and at least one member of the minority party shall be a member of the subcommittee. All meetings and expenditures of a subcommittee shall be approved by the full committee in advance of the meeting or expenditure, and the approval shall be shown in the minutes of the committee.
History: Laws 2010, ch. 23, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2010, ch. 23 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 19, 2010, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.