A. The "instructional material bureau" is created within the department of education [public education department].
B. With approval of the state board [department], the state superintendent [secretary] shall appoint a chief of the bureau.
History: 1953 Comp., § 77-13-3, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 207; 1975, ch. 270, § 3; 1993, ch. 226, § 36.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Laws 2004, ch. 25, § 27, provided that all references to the superintendent of public instruction shall be deemed references to the secretary of public education and all references to the former state board of education or state department of education shall be deemed references to the public education department. See 9-24-15 NMSA 1978.
The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, rewrote the catchline, which formerly read "Division director; surety bond"; substituted "instructional material bureau" for "state instructional material division" in Subsection A; substituted "chief of the bureau" for "director of the division to be known as the 'state instructional material director'"; and deleted former Subsection C, pertaining to the official bond of the director.