There is created in the executive branch the "economic development department". The department shall be a cabinet department and shall consist of, but not be limited to, six divisions as follows:
A. the administrative services division;
B. the economic development division;
C. the New Mexico film division;
D. the technology enterprise division;
E. the trade and Mexican affairs division; and
F. the New Mexico outdoor recreation division.
History: Laws 1983, ch. 297, § 4; 1988, ch. 80, § 6; 1991, ch. 21, § 12; 1994, ch. 127, § 7; 1995, ch. 77, § 1; 1998, ch. 63, § 1; 2003, ch. 404, § 1; 2006, ch. 14, § 1; 2019, ch. 117, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, created the New Mexico outdoor recreation division in the economic development department; in the introductory paragraph, after "limited to", deleted "five" and added "six"; and added Subsection F.
The 2006 amendment, effective May 17, 2006, changed the number of divisions from six to five divisions and deleted the space commercialization division.
Temporary provision. — Laws 2006, ch. 14, § 2 transferred the functions, personnel, appropriations, money, records, equipment, supplies and contractual obligations of the space commercialization division of the economic development department to the spaceport authority, 58-31-4 NMSA 1978.
The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, substituted "trade and Mexican affairs" for "trade" near the beginning of Subsection E; and in Subsection F deleted "office for" following "the" near the beginning and added "division" following "commercialization" at the end.
The 1998 amendment, effective July 1, 1998, substituted "six" for "seven" in the introductory language; added "and" at the end of Subsection E; deleted former Subsection F relating to the state housing authority, and redesignated Subsection G as Subsection F.
The 1995 amendment, effective April 5, 1995, in Subsection G, substituted "office for space commercialization" for "office of space".
The 1994 amendment, effective March 8, 1994, added Subsection G and made related changes.
The 1991 amendment, effective March 27, 1991, deleted " 'and tourism' " following " 'development' " in the first sentence; substituted "seven" for "six" in the second sentence; deleted former Subsections D and E, listing the New Mexico film and New Mexico magazine divisions; added present Subsections D and F; redesignated former Subsection F as present Subsection E; and made a related stylistic change.