Chapter 9 — Chapter 9

specified by law; access to information. Those organizational units of the department and the officers of those units specified by law shall have all of the powers and duties enumerated in the specific laws involved. However, the carrying out of those powers and duties shall be s…

secretary; single state agency status. A. The department is authorized to cooperate with the federal government in the administration of higher education programs in which financial or other participation by the federal government is authorized or mandated under state or federal …

A. In addition to the higher education advisory board, the department may create other advisory committees. "Advisory" means furnishing advice, gathering information, making recommendations and performing such other activities as may be instructed or delegated and as may be neces…

program; created; administration; eligibility; monetary stipend; rules. A. The "New Mexico workforce training economic support pilot program" is created within the department as a three-year study. The department may use money appropriated to the department to pilot and evaluate …

The purpose of the Higher Education Department Act is to establish a single, unified department to administer laws and exercise functions formerly administered and exercised by the commission on higher education. History: Laws 2005, ch. 289, § 2.

As used in the Higher Education Department Act: A. "board" means the higher education advisory board; B. "department" means the higher education department; and C. "secretary" means the secretary of higher education. History: Laws 2005, ch. 289, § 3.

As used in Sections 1 [9-25-3.1 NMSA 1978] and 2 [9-25-14 NMSA 1978] of this 2024 act: A. "participant" means a New Mexico resident approved by the department to participate in the pilot program; B. "pilot program" means the New Mexico workforce training economic support pilot pr…

A. The "higher education department" is created in the executive branch. The department is a cabinet department and includes the following divisions: (1) the administrative services division; (2) the planning and research division; (3) the financial aid division; (4) the public i…

A. On the effective date of this act, all functions, appropriations, money, personnel, records, files, furniture, equipment and other property of the commission on higher education shall be transferred to the higher education department. B. On the effective date of this act, all …

A. The administrative head of the department is the "secretary of higher education", who shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate and who shall serve in the executive cabinet. The secretary shall possess a terminal degree from a regionally accredited post…

The secretary shall appoint directors of the divisions established within the department. Division directors are exempt from the Personnel Act [Chapter 10, Article 9 NMSA 1978]. History: Laws 2005, ch. 289, § .6

The secretary may establish within each division of the department such bureaus as the secretary deems necessary to carry out the provisions of the Higher Education Department Act. The secretary shall employ a chief to be the administrative head of each bureau. The chiefs and all…

A. The secretary is responsible to the governor for the operation of the department. It is the secretary's duty to manage all operations of the department and to administer and enforce the laws with which the secretary or the department is charged. B. To perform the duties of the…

Consistent with constitutional provisions relating to the control and management of the educational institutions enumerated in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico, the department shall: A. cooperate with colleges and universities to create a statewide public …

Chapter 9, Article 26 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Workforce Solutions Department Act". History: Laws 2007, ch. 200, § 1; 2022, ch. 13, § 1.

All employees and positions in the department, except for the positions of secretary and division directors and other positions expressly permitted to be exempt by the Personnel Act [Chapter 10, Article 9 NMSA 1978], shall be covered by and shall be subject to the provisions of t…

secretary; single state agency status. A. The department is authorized to cooperate with the federal government in the administration of employment, training and public assistance programs under the jurisdiction of the department in which financial or other participation by the f…

The secretary, with the consent of the governor, may create advisory committees in accordance with the provisions of Section 9-1-9 NMSA 1978. The secretary shall appoint the members of advisory committees with the consent of the governor. If the existence of an advisory committee…

specified by law; access to information. Those organizational units of the department and the officers of those units specified by law shall have all the powers and duties enumerated in the specific laws assigned to their organizational units for administration. However, the carr…

To the extent permitted by federal law, upon the written request of a corporation organized pursuant to the Educational Assistance Act [Chapter 21, Article 21A NMSA 1978], the department shall furnish the last known address and the date of that address of every person certified t…

History: Laws 2007, ch. 200, § 23; repealed by Laws 2022, ch. 13, § 3.

rulemaking; confidentiality; penalties. A. The department shall require fingerprint-based records on: (1) department employees who have or will have access to federal tax information; and (2) finalists for employment by the department who have or may have access to federal tax in…

A. The "workforce development and apprenticeship trust fund" is created within the state treasury. The fund consists of distributions, appropriations, gifts, grants and donations. Income from investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Money in the fund shall be expende…

A. The purpose of the new Americans division of the department is to support new Americans residing in New Mexico in achieving their maximum economic potential in New Mexico's workforce and as entrepreneurs. In furtherance of this purpose, the division shall: (1) support and expa…

The purpose of the Workforce Solutions Department Act is to establish a single, unified department to administer all laws and exercise all functions formerly administered and exercised by the labor department and the office of workforce development. History: Laws 2007, ch. 200, §…

As used in the Workforce Solutions Department Act: A. "department" means the workforce solutions department; B. "new Americans" means people residing in the United States who are not citizens of the United States or who were not citizens of the United States at birth; and C. "sec…

The "workforce solutions department" is created in the executive branch pursuant to the Executive Reorganization Act [9-1-1 to 9-1-10 NMSA 1978]. The department is a cabinet department that includes: A. the office of the secretary; B. the administrative services division; C. the …

A. The chief executive and administrative officer of the department is the "secretary of workforce solutions". The secretary shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. The secretary shall hold office at the pleasure of the governor and shall serve in the e…

A. The secretary is responsible to the governor for the operation of the department. It is the secretary's duty to manage all operations of the department and to administer and enforce the laws with which the secretary or the department is charged. B. To perform the secretary's d…

The following are administratively attached to the department: A. the human rights commission; B. the labor and industrial commission; and C. the state workforce development board. History: Laws 2007, ch. 200, § 7.

The secretary shall appoint, with the approval of the governor, directors of such divisions as are established within the department. The positions so appointed are exempt from the Personnel Act [Chapter 10, Article 9 NMSA 1978]. History: Laws 2007, ch. 200, § 8.

The secretary shall establish within each division such bureaus as the secretary deems necessary to carry out the provisions of the Workforce Solutions Department Act. The secretary shall employ a chief to be administrative head of each bureau. History: Laws 2007, ch. 200, § 9.

Chapter 9, Article 27 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Department of Information Technology Act". History: Laws 2007, ch. 290, § 1; 2008, ch. 84, § 1.

property, contracts and references in law. A. The transfer of functions, personnel, appropriations, money, records, equipment, supplies, other property and contractual obligations of the office of the chief information officer, the information technology commission, pursuant to t…

and software replacement revolving funds. A. In order to plan for the expenditure of capital investments necessary to provide goods and services to the state and its agencies and to local public bodies and other enterprise customers, the department shall establish and maintain an…

The department shall: A. enter into a memorandum of understanding with the department of finance and administration for the joint design, development, acquisition and implementation of the statewide human resources, accounting and management reporting system or its successor syst…

A. The secretary of information technology may hire a communications engineer to oversee the engineering responsibilities of the department of information technology. The communications engineer shall have a degree in either electrical engineering with an electrical communication…

The department of information technology shall have supervisory control over all mobile or fixed radio equipment now owned or subsequently acquired by the executive branch or any state officer, department, other agency, board, commission, division or bureau of any executive state…

requirements. In exercising supervisory control pursuant to Section 9-27-14 NMSA 1978, the department may lease to a private entity excess capacity relating to the provision of two-way radio services on its radio communications property, including buildings, towers or antennas, p…

Beginning December 1, 2026, the department shall submit a written report to the legislative finance committee on the subscriber fees and users for the next fiscal year for the digital trunked radio communications system by December 1 of each year. History: Laws 2025, ch. 34, § 1.

A. The department of information technology shall charge a fee to the state or any officer, agency, department, division, board or commission of the state for any services rendered in the exercise of its supervisory control. B. Fees shall be fixed by the secretary of information …

The department of information technology shall not have supervisory control over: A. the use of radio equipment, except as to the technical requirements of the equipment or unless the equipment is used by one or more agencies, and the department of information technology must det…

Ownership of all radio communication property at mountaintop or remote sites, including buildings, towers, antennas, emergency power plants and radio equipment owned by the New Mexico state police, department of transportation, department of game and fish and forestry division of…

The radio equipment purchased in accordance with Laws 1972, Chapter 74 by the facilities management division of the general services department is transferred to the department of information technology. The department has the custody and control of the transferred radio equipmen…

The purpose of the Department of Information Technology Act is to create a single, unified executive branch department to administer all laws and exercise all functions formerly administered by the office of the chief information officer, the information technology commission, pu…

A. The department shall enter into necessary agreements to provide, where feasible, a telecommunication network and related facilities to all executive, legislative and judicial branches and may, when capacity exists and it is economical, provide a telecommunication network and r…

The telecommunications bureau of the enterprise services division of the department shall provide the staff and material necessary to properly and adequately operate the central telecommunication network. The budget for the central telecommunication network shall be approved as p…

Departments, institutions and agencies participating in the central telecommunication network shall be charged a pro rata and equitable share of the total monthly costs of the service. This determination is to be made by the department. Toll calls not covered by the wide-area tel…

The department shall order the deposit or transfer monthly to a fund known as the "central telecommunication network fund" the amount of money owed by each department, institution and agency utilizing the central telecommunication network. State institutions and agencies shall ad…

All income to the central telecommunication network fund is appropriated to carry out the purposes of Sections 9-27-20 through 9-27-25 NMSA 1978 or their successor recompiled sections. Payments from the central telecommunication network fund shall be made on vouchers signed by th…