{"data":{"id":"us-nm/12-9-12","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"12-9-12","heading":"Findings of fact.","body":"The legislature finds that state government actions have produced a substantial increase in numbers of programs and a proliferation of rules and regulations and that the whole process has developed in a haphazard, piecemeal fashion resulting in overlapping and duplication without regulatory accountability or a system of checks and balances. The legislature further finds that by establishing a system for periodic review of certain separate administratively attached and adjunct agencies, it will be in a better position to evaluate the need for the continued existence of the regulatory agencies covered by the Sunset Act [12-9-11 to 12-9-21 NMSA 1978].","path":["Chapter 12 - Miscellaneous Public Affairs Matters","ARTICLE 9 Sunset Act"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18512/index.do","current_through":"2025-06-20","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"95698668636fc0bebab8e71b76b9746ca1b10aba7b19fcb8997f471e8a33d42a","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/12-9-11","next":"us-nm/12-9-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}