A. The headquarters of the department shall be maintained at Santa Fe.
B. All salaries and other expenses of the department shall be paid by warrants of the secretary of finance and administration, supported by vouchers signed by the chief or the chief's authorized representative and in accordance with budgets approved by the state budget division of the department of finance and administration.
History: 1953 Comp., § 41-22A-5, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 14, § 1; 2013, ch. 195, § 9.
Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1978, ch. 14, § 1, repealed 41-22A-5, 1953 Comp. (former 31-15-5 NMSA 1978), relating to the creation, administration and finance of the public defender department, and enacted the above section.
Cross references. — For administrative attachment to the criminal justice department, see 9-3-11 NMSA 1978.
The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, provided for the administration of the public defender department as an independent state agency; in the title, after "department", deleted "creation"; and in Subsection A, deleted the former first sentence, which created the public defender department; deleted the former third sentence, which provided that the chief was the administrative head of the department; and deleted the former fourth sentence, which provided that the department was administratively attached to the criminal justice department.
Temporary provisions. — Laws 2013, ch. 195, § 13, provided that existing contracts, agreements and other obligations in effect for the public defender department shall be binding on the public defender department on and after the effective date of Laws 2013, ch. 195, June 14, 2013.
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