A. The "department of finance and administration" is created. The department shall consist of those divisions created by law or executive order, as modified by executive order pursuant to Subsection C of this section, including but not limited to:
(1) the board of finance division;
(2) the financial control division;
(3) the local government division;
(4) the management and contracts review division; and
(5) the state budget division.
B. The secretary is empowered to organize the department and the divisions thereof specified in Subsection A of this section and may transfer or merge functions between divisions in the interest of efficiency and economy.
C. The governor is empowered to merge divisions of the department or to create additional divisions by executive order in the interest of efficiency and economy.
History: 1978 Comp., § 9-8-3, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 247, § 3; 1978, ch. 124, § 1; 1980, ch. 151, § 4; 1983, ch. 301, § 14; 1988, ch. 64, § 2.
Cross references. — For annexation of territory by municipalities, see 3-7-1 to 3-7-18 NMSA 1978.
For municipal street improvement funds, see 3-34-1 to 3-34-5 NMSA 1978.
For regional planning, see 3-56-1 to 3-56-9 NMSA 1978.
For planning districts, see 4-58-1 to 4-58-6 NMSA 1978.
For public finances generally, see Chapter 6 NMSA 1978.
For financial control division, see 6-2-1 and 6-5-1 to 6-5-11 NMSA 1978.
For state budgets, see 6-3-1 to 6-3-25 NMSA 1978.
For local government finances, see 6-6-1 to 6-6-19 NMSA 1978.
For investment of public money, see 6-8-1 to 6-8-24 NMSA 1978.
For administration of government generally, see Chapter 15 NMSA 1978.
For statewide post-secondary educational planning, see 21-2-1 to 21-2-9 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Right of citizen or taxpayer to enjoin waste or expenditure of state funds, 58 A.L.R. 588.
Taxpayer's right to maintain action to enjoin wrongful expenditure of public funds, as affected by the fact that the funds in question were not raised by taxation, 131 A.L.R. 1230.
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