Ethics task force to meet Monday in Socorro

Gov. Bill Richardson’s ethics task force is scheduled to meet Monday in Socorro.

The meeting is being held halfway between Santa Fe and Las Cruces to give people from the southern part of the state a chance to have input. I’ll be attending Monday’s meeting and will report on it on Tuesday.

Since I’ll be gone most of Monday, I won’t be updating this site much on that day.

The meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. and will be held in the library at New Mexico Tech.

The task force’s agenda includes a report from the state auditor and consideration of ethics reform proposals made by the attorney general. It also includes reports from working groups on proposals to create an elections commission, reform procurement laws, increase transparency through opening conference committees and other changes, create an ethics commission, limit campaign contributions, make the auditor and treasurer appointed positions, expand the public financing system and pay lawmakers.

The meeting is scheduled to last until 4:15 p.m.