Jesse Duebel, the executive director of the New Mexico Wildlife Federation, and Judy Calman, the director of policy for Audubon Southwest said they were disappointed with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s partial veto of a bill overhauling the New Mexico Game and Fish Department, when she signed the majority of the reforms into law on Thursday. (Danielle Prokop / Source NM)
A legislative proposal to reform how members of Game and Fish commission can be removed “unnecessarily complicates and lengthens the removal process,” Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham wrote in a message to the State Senate Thursday explaining her partial veto of Senate Bill 5 , which reforms both the commission and the Game and Fish Department.
Currently, the governor can remove members of the commission. The proposed change would require the State Ethics Commission to file an action in district court to remove a board member and created the potential for appeal at the New Mexico Supreme Court…