Wherever, under any statute which was administered or enforced prior to July 1, 1969, by the penitentiary of New Mexico board, the state board of probation and parole or by the boards of the New Mexico boys' school or the girls' welfare home or by the juvenile probation services division of the administrative office of the courts, or by their officers or employees, reference is made to any such officers, employees or agencies, the reference shall be construed to mean the corrections division [corrections department], except as powers and duties are designated to the parole board by the Parole Board Act [31-21-22 to 31-21-26 NMSA 1978].
History: 1953 Comp., § 42-9-9, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 226, § 9; 1971, ch. 221, § 9; 1975, ch. 194, § 10; 1977, ch. 257, § 102.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Laws 1981, ch. 73, § 8 provided that all references in law to the corrections division be construed as references to the corrections department.
Power to grant parole vested with adult parole hearing board. — The ultimate power to grant or revoke parole is vested in the adult parole hearing board and such powers shall be exercised by the board in accordance with the pertinent provisions of the Probation and Parole Act, 31-21-3 NMSA 1978 et seq. and the Corrections Act, 33-1-1 NMSA 1978 et seq. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-12.