N.M. Admin. Code § 12.2.1.7

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 21, November 5, 2024

Section 12.2.1.7 - DEFINITIONS

The following words when used in this part, except as otherwise required by the context, shall have the following meaning:

A. "Attorney general" means the office of the attorney general or any division therein.

B. "Rule" includes the whole or any part of every regulation of general or particular application adopted by the attorney general to implement, interpret or prescribe law enforced or administered by the attorney general, if the adoption or issuance of such rules is specifically authorized by the law giving the attorney general jurisdiction over such matters.

C. "Rule-making" means any process for the promulgation, adoption, amendment or repeal of a rule.

D. "Proceeding" means any division process in connection with rule-making.

E. "Action" includes the whole or part of every rule or failure to act upon a proposed rule.

N.M. Admin. Code § 12.2.1.7

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