A. The "public school capital outlay oversight task force" is created. The task force consists of twenty-five members as follows:

(1) the secretary of finance and administration or the secretary's designee;

(2) the secretary of public education or the secretary's designee;

(3) the speaker of the house of representatives or the speaker's designee;

(4) the president pro tempore of the senate or the president pro tempore's designee;

(5) the chairs of the house appropriations and finance committee, the senate finance committee, the senate education committee and the house education committee or their designees;

(6) two minority party members of the house of representatives, appointed by the New Mexico legislative council;

(7) two minority party members of the senate, appointed by the New Mexico legislative council;

(8) a member of the interim legislative committee charged with the oversight of Indian affairs, appointed by the New Mexico legislative council, provided that the member shall rotate annually between a senate member and a member of the house of representatives;

(9) a member of the house of representatives and a member of the senate who represent districts with school districts receiving federal funds commonly known as "PL 874" funds or "impact aid", appointed by the New Mexico legislative council;

(10) two public members who have expertise in education and finance appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;

(11) two public members who have expertise in education and finance appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate;

(12) three public members, two of whom are residents of school districts that receive grants from the federal government as assistance to areas affected by federal activity authorized in accordance with Title 20 of the United States Code, appointed by the governor; and

(13) three superintendents of school districts or their designees, two of whom are from school districts that receive grants from the federal government as assistance to areas affected by federal activity authorized in accordance with Title 20 of the United States Code, appointed by the New Mexico legislative council in consultation with the governor.

B. The chair of the public school capital outlay oversight task force shall be elected by the task force. The task force shall meet at the call of the chair, but no more than four times per calendar year.

C. Non-ex-officio members of the task force shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authorities.

D. The public members of the public school capital outlay oversight task force shall receive per diem and mileage pursuant to the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978].

E. The legislative council service, with assistance from the public school facilities authority, the department of finance and administration, the public education department, the legislative education study committee and the legislative finance committee, shall provide staff for the public school capital outlay oversight task force.

History: Laws 2001, ch. 338, § 12; 2004, ch. 125, § 16; 2005, ch. 274, § 10; 2007, ch. 366, § 11; 2008, ch. 90, § 5.

Cross references. — For PL 874 funds, see 20 USCS § 7701 et seq.

Temporary provisions. — Laws 2010, ch. 104, § 5 provided that during calendar year 2010, the public school capital outlay oversight task force shall continue the working group studying issues relating to performance-based procurement for public school capital outlay projects, and shall report its findings and recommendations no later than December 15, 2010 to the governor and the legislature.

The 2008 amendment, effective May 14, 2008, in Subsection A, changed the number of members from twenty-six to twenty five and deleted the state investment officer or the state investment officer's designee.

The 2007 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, changed the number of members of the public school capital outlay oversight task force to twenty-six and added Paragraph (10) of Subsection A to provide new legislative members representing PL 874 school districts.

The 2005 amendment, effective April 6, 2005, changed the name of the task force to the public school capital outlay oversight task force and the number of members from twenty to twenty four in Subsection A; deleted the dean of the university of New Mexico school of law or the dean's designee as a member in Subsection A; added in Subsections A(3), (4) and (9) respectively, the speaker of the house of representatives or the speaker's designee, the president pro tempore of the senate or the president pro tempore's designee, and a member of the interim legislative committee charged with the oversight of Indian affairs as members of the task force; provided in Subsection A(9) that the member who is a member of the committee charged with Indian affairs shall rotate annually between a senate member and a house of representatives member; deleted the former requirement in Subsection A(10) that three members be public members who have expertise in education and finance; provided in Subsection A(12) that two of the public members must reside in school districts that receive federal grants as assistance to areas affected by federal activity; provided in Subsection A(13) that two superintendents must be from school districts that receive federal grants as assistance to areas affected by federal activity; provided in Subsection B that the task force shall meet no more than four times per calendar year; deleted the former provision of Subsection C that members shall serve through June 30, 2005 and that the task force is terminated on July 1, 2005; and provided in Subsection C that non-ex-officio members shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authorities.