17-2-5: Adoption of regulations; effective date.

Any written regulation of the state game commission [state wildlife commission] adopted by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the state game commission [state wildlife commission], signed by the chairman and attested by the secretary of the commission, filed in the office of the director of the department of game and fish [department of wildlife], and filed in accordance with Section 4-10-13 New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1953 Compilation, is duly adopted and promulgated and effective immediately. A copy of any regulation certified by the director of the department of game and fish [department of wildlife] to be a true copy of an adopted regulation is prima facie evidence in any court in this state of the adoption and promulgation of the regulation.