A. There is created within the department the "traffic safety bureau". The chief shall receive no additional salary because of his activity as chief of the bureau.
B. The department shall employ such personnel and hire such consultants as are required to carry out the provisions of the Traffic Safety Act.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-7-504, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 491; 1987, ch. 268, § 29.
The 1987 amendment, effective July 1, 1987, in Subsection A substituted "department" for "division" in the first sentence and deleted the former second sentence as set out in the main pamphlet; and in Subsection B substituted "department" for "director".
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.