A. The supreme court law library shall be under the care and custody of a librarian who shall be appointed by the supreme court and shall hold office at its pleasure.
B. The librarian shall have the custody and charge of all books, archives, maps, charts, engravings and all other things properly belonging to the library or directed to be deposited in the library.
C. The librarian, before taking office, shall give bond to the state of New Mexico in the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000), with sufficient surety or sureties, for the faithful performance of the librarian's duties, for the preservation and safe delivery of all property committed to the librarian's care to the librarian's successor and for the faithful paying over of all funds coming into the librarian's hands as librarian. The bond shall be approved by the chief justice of the supreme court and be filed with the clerk of the supreme court.
D. If the librarian permits or allows a person not authorized by rules promulgated by the supreme court to remove a book or other property from the library, the librarian shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject to a fine of ten dollars ($10.00) for every book or other article so removed.
History: 1978 Comp., § 34-2-13, enacted by Laws 2018, ch. 39, § 3.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2018, ch. 39, § 11 made Laws 2018, ch. 39, § 3 effective July 1, 2018.