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The Association
of Commerce and Industry of New Mexico (ACI) is the statewide
business advocate and aggressively lobbies the state’s
legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
year–round to enact laws and policies that improve the state’s
business climate.
ACI is a leader, a
facilitator, and a coalition–builder. It works closely with
local chambers of commerce, business and trade associations, and
community organizations to build winning coalitions and
partnerships. ACI provides access and involvement in the
legislative process. It encourages active participation in the
development of its annual legislative agenda, through issues
committees, Issues Roundtables, and legislative briefings held
around the state.
ACI is pursuing New
Mexico legal reforms that significantly reduce opportunities of
abuse of the civil justice system. ACI supports measures that
discourage the filing of frivolous lawsuits. Among the reforms
that ACI is promoting are abolishment of the prima facie tort as
a cause of action in New Mexico, limits on punitive damages, and
jury reform. Also, in order to inform and educate the New Mexico
business community on how businesses are faring in the New
Mexico appellate courts, ACI has established a judicial review
committee which reviews all reported decisions of the New Mexico
appellate courts, categorizes the results of selected cases as
favorable or unfavorable to business and scores the appellate
judges based on their decisions in the selected cases. The
report is published annually and posted on ACI's web site.
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