The secretary of corrections may commit or transfer an inmate to any institution in or outside New Mexico if New Mexico has entered into a contract or contracts for the confinement of inmates in the institution pursuant to Article III of the Western Interstate Corrections Compact [31-5-4 NMSA 1978].
History: 1953 Comp., § 41-20-12, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 112, § 2; 1985, ch. 119, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSThe 1985 amendment, effective April 2, 1985, added the catchline, substituted "The secretary of corrections" for "Any court or other agency or officer of this state having power to commit or transfer an inmate (as defined in Article II(d) of the Western Interstate Corrections Compact) to any institution for confinement" at the beginning of the section and substituted "an inmate" for "the inmate" following "transfer."