As used in the Traffic Safety Act:
A. "bureau" means the traffic safety bureau of the department;
B. "chief" means the administrative head of the bureau;
C. "committee" means the advisory committee to the bureau; and
D. "department" means the state highway and transportation department.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-7-503, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 490; 1987, ch. 268, § 28.
The 1987 amendment, effective July 1, 1987, substituted "department" for "division" in Subsection A, deleted the former Subsections D and E, and added the present Subsection D.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 7 - Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety
Section 66-7-501 - Short title.
Section 66-7-502 - Legislative intent.
Section 66-7-503 - Definitions.
Section 66-7-504 - Bureau; creation; administrative head.
Section 66-7-505 - Advisory committee; creation; members; terms.
Section 66-7-506 - Bureau; functions; powers; duties.
Section 66-7-506.1 - DWI prevention and education program; organ donation.
Section 66-7-507 - Approval of accident-investigation programs; privacy of victims.
Section 66-7-508 - Confidentiality of records.
Section 66-7-509 - Annual reports.
Section 66-7-510 - Bureau; information request.
Section 66-7-511 - Acceptance of gifts; function of advisory committee.
Section 66-7-512 - Traffic safety education and enforcement fund created.