Ortiz v. Taxation & Revenue Department

OPINION

PICKARD, Judge.

1. In this case of first impression, we consider whether a “revolving doors” statute prohibiting former public officers and employees from representing persons for pay before their former government agency employers is constitutional as applied to executive branch employees. On appeal, we are asked to address whether the district court erred in holding that NMSA 1978, Section 10-16-8(0) (1993), of the Governmental Conduct Act, as applied to attorneys, violates the separation-of-powers doctrine because it is an infringement by the legislature upon the judiciary’s…