On the effective date of this act:

A. all staff positions and all money, appropriations, records, furniture, equipment, supplies and other property belonging to the labor department or the job training division on the effective date of this act and funded or purchased by federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 grants are transferred to the office of workforce training and development. The labor department shall produce an accounting of all staff positions funded and property purchased in any part by such grants. For those staff positions and items of property that the grants partially funded or purchased, the labor department shall transfer sufficient full-time-equivalent positions, money or property of sufficient value to the office of workforce training and development to achieve a complete transition to the office of workforce training and development;

B. all existing contracts, agreements and other obligations in effect for the labor department or the job training division and funded by federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 grants shall be binding on the office of workforce training and development;

C. all pending cases, legal actions, appeals and other legal proceedings and all pending administrative proceedings that involve the labor department or the job training division and arise out of administration or enforcement of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 or the Workforce Development Act shall be unaffected and shall continue in the name of the office of workforce training and development;

D. all rules, orders and other official acts of the labor department or the job training division arising out of the administration and enforcement of the federal Job Training Partnership Act, the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and the Workforce Development Act shall continue in effect until amended, replaced or repealed by the office of workforce training and development; and

E. all references in law, rules, orders and other official acts to the labor department or the job training division and related to the administration and enforcement of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 or the Workforce Development Act shall be construed to be references to the office of workforce training and development.

History: Laws 2005, ch. 111, § 22.

Repeals. — Section 50-14-16 NMSA 1978 provided for the delayed repeal of the Workforce Development Act, effective July 1, 2012. Laws 2007, ch. 200, § 24 repealed 50-14-16 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2007.

Effective dates. — Laws 2005, ch. 111, 26 made Laws 2005, ch. 111, § 22 effective April 4, 2005.