2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees
Article 9 - Personnel
Section 10-9-12 - Director duties.

The director shall:

A. supervise all administrative and technical personnel activities of the state;

B. act as secretary to the board;

C. establish, maintain and publish annually a roster of all employees of the state, showing for each employee his division, title, pay rate and other pertinent data;

D. make annual reports to the board;

E. recommend to the board rules he considers necessary or desirable to effectuate the Personnel Act; and

F. supervise all tests and prepare lists of persons passing them to submit to prospective employers.

History: 1953 Comp., § 5-4-35, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 240, § 8; 1967, ch. 181, § 4.

State law designates the position of personnel director to be a major advisory position. Perez v. N.M. Dep't of Workforce Solutions, 2014-NMCA-035.

Personnel director was not entitled to unemployment compensation. — Where petitioner, who was terminated from petitioner's position as personnel director, sought unemployment compensation; and pursuant to the Personnel Act, the personnel director is the administrative director of a governmental office in charge of Personnel Act matters throughout the entirety of state government, must supervise and advise other employees, agencies, departments, divisions, bureaus, sections, boards and commissions in regard to personnel issues and problems, and must recommend and advise the entity responsible for adopting rules for administration of the Personnel Act, petitioner was not entitled to unemployment compensation because the position of personnel director is designated pursuant to state law as a major advisory position which is subject to the exclusion in 51-1-44(A)(5)(a) NMSA 1978. Perez v. N.M. Dep't of Workforce Solutions, 2014-NMCA-035.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 67 C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees § 197.