A. The "state workforce development board" is created. The board consists of members appointed as provided in the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998.

B. Appointments of members shall have taken into consideration gender, ethnicity and geographic diversity.

C. A vacancy on the board shall be filled in the same manner as regular appointments are made for the unexpired portion of the regular term.

D. All terms of the public members shall be for four years.

E. The governor shall appoint one of the business representatives as chairman of the board.

F. The board shall meet at the call of the chair.

G. A majority of the board members constitutes a quorum.

H. Members are eligible to be paid pursuant to the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978].

I. A member of the board may not vote on a matter under consideration by the board relating to provision of services by the member or by the entity the member represents, or that would provide direct financial benefit to the member or the member's immediate family, or engage in any other activity determined by the governor to be a conflict of interest as provided in the state plan prepared pursuant to the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998.

History: Laws 1999, ch. 260, § 3; 2004, ch. 21, § 1; 2005, ch. 111, § 5.

Repeals. — Section 50-14-16 NMSA 1978 provided for the delayed repeal of the Workforce Development Act, effective July 1, 2012. Laws 2007, ch. 200, § 24 repealed 50-14-16 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2007.

Cross references. — For the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, see 29 U.S.C. § 2801 et seq.

The 2005 amendment, effective April 4, 2005, provided in Subsection A that members of the state workforce development board shall be appointed as provided in the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998; deleted the list of members on the board in former paragraphs (1) through (4) and subparagraphs (a) through (j); deleted the requirement in Subsection B that the speaker of the house, the president pro tempore and the governor consider the listed factors in making appointment to the board; provided in Subsection D that the terms of public members shall be four years; and deleted the requirement in former Subsection E that a majority of members of the board shall be representatives of business.

The 2004 amendment, effective May 19, 2004, amended Paragraph (4) (a), (b), (c) and (d) of Subsection A to permit cabinet secretaries to designate persons to serve on the state workforce development board.