A. The "public regulation commission", created in Article 11, Section 1 of the constitution of New Mexico, is composed of five commissioners elected from districts as provided in that article and the Public Regulation Commission Apportionment Act [8-7-1 to 8-7-5 NMSA 1978].
B. The commission shall annually elect one of its members chairman, who shall preside at hearings. In the absence of the chairman, the commission may appoint any other member to preside.
History: Laws 1998, ch. 108, § 3.
ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Laws 2020, ch. 9, § 17 recompiled and amended former 8-8-3 NMSA 1978 as part of Chapter 62, Article 19 NMSA 1978, effective January 1, 2023, contingent upon certification by the secretary of state that the constitution of New Mexico has been amended as proposed by a joint resolution of the first session of the fifty-fourth legislature (Laws 2019, SJC/SRC/SJR Nos. 1 and 4, CA #1) at the general election to be held on November 3, 2020. See 62-19-3 NMSA 1978.