____________________ V IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO NEW ENERGY ECONOMY, INC. Petitioner, vs. No.: THE HONORABLE SUSANA MARTINEZ, Governor of the State of New Mexico, F. DAVID MARTIN, Secretary of the New Mexico Environment Department, and SANDRA JARAMILLO, New Mexico State Records Administrator, Respondents. ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN MANDAMUS VERIFIED PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER R. Bruce Frederick Douglas Meiklejohn 1405 Luisa Street, Ste. 5 Santa Fe, NM 87505 “ I,li ‘H ( O[ ‘Ft [\B’o (505) 989—9022 Lfl)
[email protected] [email protected] JAN 11 2011 Attorneys for Petitioner Introduction and Basis for Jurisdiction 1. This original mandamus action, filed in accordance with Rule of Appellate Procedure 12-504 NMRA, presents substantial questions of law regarding the constitutional limits of executive power and the Separation of Powers Doctrine. Petitioner seeks to prevent Respondents from circumventing the lawful process by which final administrative rules, duly filed with the State Records Center, become codified and published as enforceable law. Petitioner also seeks to prevent Respondents from encroaching on the powers of the Legislature and the appellant jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals. This Court has jurisdiction to hear this case pursuant to the New Mexico Constitution, which grants the “supreme court ... original jurisdiction in quo warranto and mandamus against all state officers, boards and commissions.” N.M. çonst. Art. VI, § 3. 2. On December 6, 2010, after presiding over an arduous two-year administrative hearing process, the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board (“Board”) duly adopted a final rule pursuant to the Environmental Improvement Act (“EIA”) and the Air Quality Control Act (“AQCA”), to be codified as “Rule 20.2.100 NMAC.” On December 27, 2010, having taken every preliminary step required by statute to adopt a new rule, the Board duly filed Rule 20.2.100 NMAC with the State Records Center pursuant to NMSA 1978, § 14-4- 3(1995) of the State Rules Act.