Section 14-3-7.1 - Access to confidential records.

NM Stat § 14-3-7.1 (2019) (N/A)

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A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any public record deemed by law to be confidential and required by a records retention and disposition schedule to be maintained longer than twenty-five years shall not, after twenty-five years from the date of creation, be confidential and shall be accessible to the public, except:

(1) personal identification information deemed confidential by law, which shall remain confidential for one hundred years after the date of creation, unless a shorter duration is otherwise required by law;

(2) records that are confidential pursuant to Section 2-3-13 NMSA 1978, which shall remain confidential for seventy-five years after the date of creation;

(3) records that are confidential pursuant to Section 18-6-11.1 NMSA 1978; and

(4) records whose disclosure is prohibited by court action or federal law.

B. Nothing in this section shall limit or remove the discretion of a records custodian to withhold a public record pursuant to Section 14-2-1 NMSA 1978.

History: Laws 2005, ch. 79, § 2.

Effective dates. — Laws 2005, ch. 79 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 17, 2005, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.

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