{"data":{"id":"us-nm/12-9a-5","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"12-9A-5","heading":"Required information.","body":"If the legislative finance committee recommends creation of a new board or commission to license or regulate a profession or occupation, the following information shall be included with its recommendation:\nA. the number of individuals or businesses that would be subject to licensure or regulation;\nB. the names of all appropriate professional or occupational associations and a copy of each association's code of ethics or conduct;\nC. a list of states that regulate the profession or occupation together with the descriptions and dates of enactment of each state's licensing or regulatory scheme;\nD. a documentation of the nature and extent of the harm to the public caused by the unregulated practice of the profession or occupation;\nE. a list and description of complaints that have been lodged against practitioners of the profession or occupation in this state during the preceding three years;\nF. a list and description of existing laws that affect the profession or occupation and which may protect the public;\nG. a copy of any federal law mandating or necessitating licensure or regulation;\nH. the reasons that other types of less restrictive regulation would not effectively protect the public;\nI. the fiscal impact of the proposed licensure or regulation, including the indirect cost to consumers, and the proposed method of financing the licensure or regulation; and\nJ. the extent to which the proposed licensure or regulation will affect the number and distribution of members of the profession or occupation in the state.","path":["Chapter 12 - Miscellaneous Public Affairs Matters","ARTICLE 9A Sunrise 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":"a08ae12af8494b94335c26d946205f410a347d103b829615e5064c85ba266772","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/12-9a-4","next":"us-nm/12-9a-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}