In order to further the efforts of New Mexico in alleviating the problems of persons with a disability, full consideration shall be given to the employment of such persons in state government in positions in which they meet the necessary performance requirements or in positions in which performance requirements can be modified to take advantage of their abilities without detriment to the state service.
History: 1953 Comp., § 5-1-16, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 129, § 3; 2007, ch. 46, § 34.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, made non-substantive language changes.