Section 51-1-21 - Seal; report.
51-1-21. Seal; report.
The department shall adopt an official seal which shall be judicially noticed. Not later than December 1 of each year it shall submit to the governor a report covering the administration and operation of the Unemployment Compensation Law [51-1-1 NMSA 1978] for the preceding fiscal year ending June 30 and make recommendations for amendments to that act as it deems proper. The report shall include a balance sheet of the money in the fund in which there shall be provided, if possible a reserve against liability in future years, to pay benefits in excess of the then current contributions, which reserves shall be set up by the secretary in accordance with accepted actuarial principles on the basis of statistics of employment, business activity and other relevant factors for the longest possible period.