N.M. Admin. Code § 1.8.1.7 - DEFINITIONS
A.
"Administrative complaint" means an allegation of an actual or
potential violation of ethics laws in a sworn complaint, as fully described in
Subsection D of Section
10-16G-2 NMSA 1978.
B.
"Advisory opinions" are
opinions written by the commission responding to questions presented by persons
authorized under Paragraph 1 of Subsection A of Section
10-16G-8 NMSA 1978 about how laws
within the commission's jurisdiction apply to specific fact
situations.
C.
"Commission" means the State Ethics Commission.
D.
"Ethics laws" means Article
IX, Section 14 of the New Mexico Constitution and the statutes set out in
Subsection A of Section
10-16G-9 NMSA 1978.
E.
"Government agency" means an
instrumentality of the United States or an agency of a state, county, or
municipal government.
F.
"Informal complaint" means an allegation of an actual or potential
violation of ethics laws from a person, which is not an administrative
complaint.
G.
"Interagency
agreement" means an agreement between the commission and another state
or federal agency, including memoranda of understanding, joint powers
agreements, and services agreements.
H.
"Joint powers agreement" as
used in this part, has the same meaning as it does in the Joint Powers
Agreements Act, Section
1-11-1 NMSA 1978.
I.
"Person" means any natural
person or organization that is not a government agency.
J.
"Referral" means any
allegation of an actual or potential violation of ethics laws received by the
Commission or its staff from a government agency that is not an administrative
complaint.
K. Other words and
phrases used in this part have the same meaning as found in
1.8.3.7 NMAC or the State Ethics
Commission Act, Sections
10-16G-1 to -16 NMSA
1978.
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