The purpose of the Indian Affairs Department Act is to create a single, unified department to administer all laws and exercise all functions formerly administered and executed by the New Mexico office of Indian affairs.
History: Laws 2004, ch. 18, § 2 and Laws 2004, ch. 24, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Laws 2004, ch. 18, § 2 and Laws 2004, ch. 24, § 2 enacted identical new sections of law, effective May 19, 2004. Both were compiled as 9-21-2 NMSA 1978.