{"data":{"id":"us-nm/15-3b-22","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"15-3B-22","heading":"Public facilities; naming; prohibition; exceptions.","body":"A. As used in this section:\n(1) \"public facility\" means a building or other real property under the control of the division; and\n(2) \"public officer\" means a person elected to public office or any person appointed or employed by the state or a political subdivision of the state.\nB. A public facility shall not be named for a public officer during the period in which that person is a public officer.\nC. A public facility shall not be named for a public officer or other person who has been convicted of a felony. The division shall remove the name from a public facility named for such person immediately upon conviction, whether or not another name has been offered or approved for substitution and renaming. The secretary shall promulgate a rule for the removal of the name.\nD. A public facility that has been named for a person who was not a public officer at the time of the naming may continue to bear that name if the person subsequently becomes a public officer.\nE. Except as provided in Subsection C of this section, a public facility named for a public officer prior to the effective date of this section may continue to bear the name of that public officer.\nF. The secretary shall submit a list of names for naming a public facility for consideration by the governor. The secretary shall promulgate a rule for the development of the list of names.","path":["Chapter 15 - Administration of Government","ARTICLE 3B Property Control"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18515/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"a0f7584d499a9452dad4a89b97a7c7dcad1dfcdd7c53f693dfe0182d3ab82f39","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/15-3b-21","next":"us-nm/15-3b-23"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}