New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 1 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 8 - STATE ETHICS COMMISSION
Part 2 - RECUSAL AND DISQUALIFICATION OF COMMISSIONERS
Section 1.8.2.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. "Disqualification" means the removal by the commission of a commissioner from involvement in a matter of any kind upon a motion by any party alleging a real or apparent conflict of interest or other cause that reasonably calls into question the commissioner's ability to act impartially in that matter;

B. "Pecuniary interest" means the stricter applicable definition of "financial interest" in Subsection F of Section 10-16-2, the Governmental Conduct Act, Section 10-16-1 NMSA 1978, or in Section 13-1-57 NMSA 1978, the Procurement Code, Section 13-1-28 NMSA 1978;

C. "Personal bias or prejudice" of a commissioner means a predisposition toward or against a person based on a previous or ongoing relationship that renders the commissioner unable to exercise the commissioner's functions impartially;

D. "Recusal" means the withdrawal of a commissioner from a commission matter of any kind on the grounds that it is inappropriate for the commissioner to participate because of an actual or apparent conflict of interest or lack of impartiality in that matter;

E. Other words and phrases used in this part have the same meaning as found in 1.8.1.7 NMAC and 1.8.3.7 NMAC.