A. The "Mexican affairs division" is created as a division of the department.
B. The division shall be responsible for conducting and coordinating the state's relations with the Republic of Mexico and the state of Chihuahua and shall promote New Mexico products and services in Mexico. The division is created to coordinate activities of the department, the tourism department, the cultural affairs department, the department of transportation, the department of health, the department of environment, the department of public safety, the New Mexico-Chihuahua commission, the border authority and the joint border research institute at New Mexico state university as those activities relate to improving New Mexico-Mexico relations and trade and encouraging or funding appropriate border development.
C. The division shall provide periodic reports to the New Mexico finance authority oversight committee on its activities and the activities of the state pertaining to New Mexico-Mexico relations, trade and border development.
History: Laws 1988, ch. 80, § 4; 2003, ch. 404, § 3; 2005, ch. 57, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, changed the name of the trade and Mexican affairs division to the Mexican affairs division; required the division to promote New Mexico products and services in Mexico; and eliminated responsibilities that are assigned to the division of international trade in Section 9-15-30.1 NMSA 1978.
The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, substituted "trade and Mexican affairs" for "trade" in the section heading; substituted "trade and Mexican affairs" for "trade" following "the" near the beginning of Subsection A; inserted "be responsible for conducting and coordinating the state's relations with the Republic of Mexico and the state of Chihuahua and shall" following "division shall" near the beginning of Subsection B; added present Paragraph B(1) and redesignated the subsequent paragraphs accordingly; and added Subsection C.