A. The identification agency:

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(1)     shall identify or cause to be identified:

(a) any provision in the constitution of New Mexico and New Mexico’s statutes published in the New Mexico Statutes Annotated that imposes a collateral sanction or authorizes the imposition of a disqualification; and

(b) any provision of law that may afford relief from a collateral consequence; (2)     not later than six months after the effective date of the Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act, shall prepare or cause to be prepared a collection of citations to, and the text or short descriptions of, the provisions identified pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this subsection;

(3)     shall update or cause to be updated the collection provided for in Paragraph (2) of this subsection within three months after the laws enacted during each session of the legislature are published in the New Mexico Statutes Annotated; and

(4)     in complying with Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, may rely on the study of New Mexico’s collateral sanctions, disqualifications and relief provisions prepared by the national institute of justice described in Section 510 of the federal Court Security Improvement Act of 2007, Pub. L. 110-177.

B. As required by Subsection A of this section, the identification agency shall include or cause to be included the following statements in a prominent manner at the beginning of the collection:

(1)     “This collection has not been enacted into law and does not have the force of law.”;

(2)     “An error or omission in this collection, or in any reference work cited in this collection, is not a reason for invalidating a plea, conviction or sentence or for not imposing a collateral sanction or authorizing a disqualification.”;

(3)     “The laws of other jurisdictions and New Mexico counties and municipalities and the New Mexico Administrative Code are not included in this collection and may impose additional collateral sanctions and authorize additional disqualifications.”; and

(4)     “This collection does not include any law or other provision regarding the imposition of or relief from a collateral sanction or a disqualification enacted or adopted after [insert date the collection was prepared or last updated].”.

C. The identification agency shall publish or cause to be published in the manner provided in Subsection D of this section the collection prepared and updated as required by Subsection A of this section. If available, the identification agency shall publish or cause to be published, as part of the collection, the title and internet address of:

(1)     the most recent collection of collateral consequences imposed by federal law; and

(2)     any provision of federal law that may afford relief from a collateral consequence.

D. The collection provided for in Subsection C of this section shall be published on the website of the identification agency and shall be available to the public on the internet without charge not later than three weeks after it is created or updated.