A. The state mine inspector is assigned to the New Mexico institute of mining and technology.
B. The board of regents of the New Mexico institute of mining and technology and the mining safety board may recommend the names of qualified individuals to the governor for appointment as the state mine inspector.
C. In addition to those duties assigned to the state mine inspector by the board of regents of the New Mexico institute of mining and technology, by the mining safety board and by statute, the state mine inspector shall cooperate with the director of the mining and minerals division of the energy, minerals and natural resources department to assist the director in the performance of the director's duties.
History: 1978 Comp., § 69-1-6, enacted by Laws 1979, ch. 68, § 3; 1987, ch. 234, § 48; 1989, ch. 193, § 1; 2007, ch. 301, § 1; 2007, ch. 302, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSRepeals and reenactments. — Laws 1979, ch. 68, § 3, repealed former 69-1-6 NMSA 1978, relating to the designation of the chief of the bureau of mine inspection as the state mine inspector, and enacted a new 69-1-6 NMSA 1978.
Cross references. — For the duties of the state mine inspector, see 69-5-7 NMSA 1978.
The 2007 amendment, effective June 20, 2007, added the references to the mining safety board.
Laws 2007, ch. 301, § 1 and Laws 2007, ch. 302, § 1, both effective June 20, 2007, enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 2007, ch. 302, § 1. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
The 1989 amendment, effective July 1, 1989, in Subsection A substituted "New Mexico institute of mining and technology" for "energy, minerals and natural resources department and is an assistant to the director of the mining and minerals department"; substituted the present language of Subsection B for "In addition to those duties assigned to the inspector by the secretary of energy, minerals and natural resources or the director of the mining and minerals division, the state mine inspector shall act on behalf of the division when exercising those powers and fulfilling those duties assigned by statute to the state mining inspector"; and added Subsection C.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 53A Am. Jur. 2d Mines and Minerals § 274 et seq.
58 C.J.S. Mines and Minerals § 237.