The department shall enforce and collect all excise taxes, license fees and other fees and charges of every nature and perform all inspections and collect all information considered necessary to enforce the laws of all departments, commissions and other agencies of state government, in addition to those specifically assigned to the department, whenever the department is so requested and agrees and the agreement is in writing containing all reasonable detail concerning the responsibilities of the parties to the agreement. The department shall also assist, as far as practicable and in accordance with a proper written agreement, in the enforcement of statutory, administrative and judicial provisions of the federal Motor Carrier Act.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-34-11, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 97, § 11; 1977, ch. 250, § 107; 1992, ch. 106, § 4; 1998 (1st S.S.), ch. 10, § 7.
ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — The federal Motor Carrier Act (part II of the Interstate Commerce Act) was compiled as 49 U.S.C. App. §§ 301 to 327, before being repealed in 1978 and 1983.
The 1998 amendment, effective July 1, 1998, deleted "by law" following "assigned" near the middle of the first sentence, and deleted the former last sentence, which read: "Enforcement employees of the department shall be considered to have the same powers as the enforcement officers of the department, commission or other agency having the primary responsibility."
The 1992 amendment, effective July 1, 1992, substituted "Department" for "Division" in the section catchline; and substituted "department" for "division" several times throughout the section.
Appointment of division inspectors to enforce Motor Vehicle Code. — Although motor transportation division (MTD) statutes do not specifically grant MTD inspectors authority to enforce traffic laws against noncommercial drivers and vehicles, the Motor Vehicle Code, Chapter 66, Articles 1 through 8 NMSA 1978, allows the director of the motor vehicle division to appoint MTD inspectors to assist him in the enforcement of the Motor Vehicle Code. 1992 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 92-02.