New Mexico Statutes Chapter 61. Professional and Occupational Licenses § 61-24B-6. Board created; members; qualifications; terms; vacancies; removal

A. The “board of landscape architects” is created. The board is administratively attached to the regulation and licensing department. The board shall consist of five members, three of whom shall be landscape architects. The landscape architect members shall have been registered as landscape architects for at least five years. The two public members shall represent the public and shall not have been licensed as landscape architects or have any significant financial interest, direct or indirect, in the occupation regulated.

B. The members of the board shall be appointed by the governor for staggered terms of three years, and appointments shall be made in a manner that the terms of board members expire on June 30. The landscape architect members of the board shall be appointed from lists submitted to the governor by the New Mexico chapter of the American society of landscape architects. A vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the unexpired term and shall be filled by persons having similar qualifications to those of the member being replaced. Board members shall serve until their successors have been appointed and qualified.

C. The board shall meet within sixty days of the beginning of a fiscal year and elect from its membership a chairman and vice chairman. The board shall meet at other times as it deems necessary or advisable or as deemed necessary and advisable by the chairman or a majority of its members or the governor, but in no event less than twice a year. Reasonable notice of all meetings shall be given in the manner prescribed by the board. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum at any meeting or hearing.

D. The governor may remove a member from the board for neglect of a duty required by law, for incompetence, for improper or unprofessional conduct as defined by board rule or for any reason that would justify the suspension or revocation of his registration to practice landscape architecture.

E. A board member shall not serve more than two consecutive full terms, and a member failing to attend, after proper notice, three consecutive meetings shall automatically be removed as a board member, unless excused for reasons set forth in board rules.

F. Members of the board shall be reimbursed as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.