A. As used in this section: (1) 'public facility' means a building or other real property under the control of the division; and (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. B. A public facility shall not be named for a public officer during the period in which that person is a public officer. C. 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. D. 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. E. 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. F. . 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. F. 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. History: Laws 2018, ch. 13, § 1. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2018, ch. 13 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 16, 2018, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
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