2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 60 - Business Licenses
Article 3A - General Provisions
Section 60-3A-8 - Powers and duties of the director of the alcoholic beverage control division.
The director of the alcoholic beverage control division of the regulation and licensing department is responsible for the operation of the division. It is the director's duty to supervise all operations of the division and to:
A. administer the laws that the division administers, including the Liquor Control Act. The director shall request the department of public safety to enforce the provisions of the Liquor Control Act as deemed necessary;
B. exercise general supervisory authority over all employees of the division;
C. organize the division into units to enable it to function most effectively;
D. confer authority and delegate responsibility as is necessary and appropriate;
E. employ, within the limitations of current appropriations and personnel laws, persons as are required to discharge the director's duties;
F. undertake studies and conduct courses of instruction for division employees that will improve the operations of the division and advance its purposes; and
G. require compliance by employees of the division with the director's verbal and written instructions by whatever disciplinary means appropriate.
History: Laws 2001, ch. 86, § 5; 2019, ch. 29, § 4.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2019 amendment, effective June 14, 2019, renamed the alcohol and gaming division to the alcoholic beverage control division; in the section heading and introductory clause, changed "alcohol and gaming" to "alcoholic beverage control".
Temporary provisions. — Laws 2019, ch. 29, § 5 provided that on June 14, 2019, all:
A. functions, personnel, appropriations, money, records, furniture, equipment and other property of the alcohol and gaming division of the regulation and licensing department are transferred to the alcoholic beverage control division of that department;
B. contractual obligations of the alcohol and gaming division of the regulation and licensing department shall be deemed to be references to the alcoholic beverage control division of that department; and
C. references in law to the alcohol and gaming division of the regulation and licensing department shall be deemed to be references to the alcoholic beverage control division of that department.
