"State agency" means any department, institution, board, bureau, commission, district or committee of government of the state of New Mexico and means every office or officer of any of the above.
History: 1953 Comp., § 11-4-1.1, enacted by Laws 1957, ch. 253, § 1.
Eleventh amendment immunity. — The university of New Mexico board of regents, medical school, medical school's admissions committee and two officials of that committee fell within the state's definition of agency for purposes of eleventh amendment immunity from plaintiff's claims for failure to admit her to the medical school. Buchwald v. Univ. of N.M. Sch. of Med., 159 F.3d 487 (10th Cir. N.M. 1998).
New Mexico beef council. — The New Mexico beef council, created under Section 77-2A-3 NMSA 1978, is a commission or committee of government and falls within this definition of "state agency"; it, thus, is subject to the requirements of this article. 1987 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 87-44.
The public school insurance authority is a state agency for purposes of the state budget laws. 1990 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 90-23.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Section 6-3-1 - State agency defined.
Section 6-3-2 - Director of state budget division; qualifications.
Section 6-3-5 - State budget division; research; surveys; reports.
Section 6-3-6 - State budget division; periodic allotments.
Section 6-3-8 - [Violation of expenditure restrictions; penalty.]
Section 6-3-9 - State agency defined.
Section 6-3-10 - Budget defined.
Section 6-3-11 - Parts of the budget.
Section 6-3-12 - Printing of budget.
Section 6-3-15 - State budget division director; powers and duties.
Section 6-3-16 - Power to sue.
Section 6-3-17 - Agencies subject to act.
Section 6-3-18 - Budget forms.
Section 6-3-19 - Agencies to complete budget forms.
Section 6-3-20 - Review of budget forms.
Section 6-3-21 - Preparation of the budget.
Section 6-3-22 - Copies of the budget.
Section 6-3-23 - Budget adjustment defined.
Section 6-3-24 - Budget adjustments; authorizations permitted.