N.M. Stat. § 53-11-41
Executive and other committees.
If the articles of incorporation or the bylaws so provide, the board of directors, by
resolution adopted by a majority of the full board of directors, may designate from
among its members an executive committee and one or more other committees each of
which, to the extent provided in the resolution or in the articles of incorporation or the
bylaws of the corporation, shall have and may exercise all the authority of the board of
directors, except that no such committee shall have authority to:
A. declare dividends or authorize distributions;
B. approve or recommend to shareholders actions or proposals required by this act
to be approved by shareholders;
C. designate candidates for the office of director, for purposes of proxy solicitation
or otherwise, or fill vacancies on the board of directors or any committee thereof;
D. amend the bylaws;
E. approve a plan of merger not requiring shareholder approval;
F. authorize or approve the reacquisition of shares unless pursuant to general
formula or method specified by the board of directors; or
G. authorize or approve the issuance or sale of, or any contract to issue or sell,
shares or designate the terms of a series of a class of shares, provided that the board of
directors, having acted regarding general authorization for the issuance or sale of
shares, or any contract therefor, and, in the case of a series, the designation thereof,
may, pursuant to a general formula or method specified by the board of resolution or by
adoption of a stock option or other plan, authorize a committee to fix the terms of any
contract for the sale of the shares and to fix the terms upon which such shares may be
issued or sold, including, without limitation, the price, the dividend rate, provisions for
redemption, sinking fund, conversion, voting or preferential rights, and provisions for
other features of a class of shares, or a series of a class of shares, with full power in
such committee to adopt any final resolution setting forth all the terms thereof and to
authorize the statement of the terms of a series for filing with the commission [secretary
of state] under this act. Neither the designation of any such committee, the delegation
thereto of authority nor action by such committee pursuant to such authority shall alone
constitute compliance by any member of the board of directors, not a member of the
committee in question, with the director's responsibility to act in good faith, in a manner
the director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation, and with
such care as an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would use under similar
circumstances.