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Committee okays bill to channel wildlife-commission removals to governor and Supreme Court
Summary
A Judiciary Committee substitute for SB104 passed out of committee to require removal proceedings for wildlife commissioners to be initiated by the governor and adjudicated by the New Mexico Supreme Court, narrowing grounds for removal to malfeasance, incompetence or failure to attend meetings.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 104, a bill the sponsor described as the final step in reforms to depoliticize the State Wildlife Commission.
Senator Wirth said SB104 would give the governor the exclusive authority to initiate a removal process when statutory thresholds — incompetence, neglect of duty or malfeasance — are alleged, and would vest the…
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