There is created in the executive branch the "department of public safety". The department shall be a cabinet department and shall consist of, but not be limited to:

A. the New Mexico state police division;

B. the New Mexico law enforcement academy;

C. the technical support division;

D. the administrative services division; and

E. the information technology division.

History: 1978 Comp., § 9-18-4, enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 254, § 4; 1989, ch. 204, § 4; 1998 (1st S.S.), ch. 10, § 3; 2005, ch. 110, § 9; 2007, ch. 291, § 7; 2015, ch. 3, § 1.

Cross references. — For state police, see 29-2-1 to 29-2-29 NMSA 1978.

For law enforcement training, see 29-7-1 to 29-7-13 NMSA 1978.

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, effective July 1, 2015, provided for the reorganization of the department of public safety by removing the special investigations division, the training and recruiting division, and the motor transportation division from their current organizational position within the department of public safety; in the introductory paragraph, after "limited to", deleted "five program divisions, an administrative division and an information technology division as follows"; deleted Subsections B, C and F, relating to the special investigations division, the training and recruiting division, and the motor transportation division; added the present Subsection B, and redesignated the subsequent subsections accordingly.

Temporary provisions. — Laws 2015, ch. 3, § 43 provided:

On July 1, 2015:

A. all personnel, appropriations, money, records, equipment, supplies and other property of the training and recruiting division of the department of public safety shall be transferred to the New Mexico law enforcement academy of the department of public safety;

B. all contracts pertaining to the training and recruiting division of the department of public safety shall be binding and effective on the New Mexico law enforcement academy of the department of public safety; and

C. all references in law to the training and recruiting division of the department of public safety shall be deemed to refer to the New Mexico law enforcement academy of the department of public safety.

Laws 2015, ch. 3, § 44 provided:

On July 1, 2015:

A. all personnel, appropriations, money, records, equipment, supplies and other property of the training and recruiting division of the department of public safety shall be transferred to the New Mexico law enforcement academy division of the department of public safety;

B. all contracts pertaining to the training and recruiting division of the department of public safety shall be binding and effective on the New Mexico law enforcement academy division of the department of public safety; and

C. all references in law to the training and recruiting division of the department of public safety shall be deemed to refer to the New Mexico law enforcement academy division of the department of public safety.

The 2007 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, changed the name of the technical and emergency support bureau to the technical support division.

The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, created the information technology division within the department of public safety.

The 1998 amendment, effective July 1, 1998, added Subsection F and made minor related and stylistic changes.