The state engineer may employ assistants and purchase materials and supplies for the proper conduct and maintenance of his office in pursuance of appropriations as made from time to time for such purposes. The salaries and expenses of the office of the state engineer shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner as those of other officers of the state.
History: Laws 1907, ch. 49, § 5; Code 1915, § 5658; C.S. 1929, § 151-105; 1941 Comp., § 77-202; 1953 Comp., § 75-2-2; Laws 1982, ch. 10, § 4.
Compiler's notes. — The "state engineer" heads a division of the natural resources department, namely, the water resources division. See 72-2-1 NMSA 1978.
Quasi-judicial duties not delegable. — State engineer is authorized to employ assistants for the proper conduct and maintenance of his office and department; however, he may not delegate his quasi-judicial authority and duties to anyone else. 1953 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 53-5786.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 63A Am. Jur. 2d Public Officers and Employees § 300.
81A C.J.S. States §§ 80, 92.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Section 72-2-1 - Appointment; removal; qualifications; duties; office; private practice prohibited.
Section 72-2-2 - Assistants; salary.
Section 72-2-3 - [Oath of office; bond.]
Section 72-2-4 - Payment of accounts.
Section 72-2-5 - Annual report.
Section 72-2-6 - Fees; amount; disposition.
Section 72-2-7 - [Records to be public; certified copies as evidence.]
Section 72-2-9 - [Supervising apportionment of waters.]
Section 72-2-9.1 - Priority administration; expedited water marketing and leasing; state engineer.
Section 72-2-9.2 - Office of the state engineer; devices to measure river water.
Section 72-2-10 - [Legal advisers; duties.]
Section 72-2-11 - [Board of water commissioners abolished; pending appeals.]
Section 72-2-12 - Hearing examiners.
Section 72-2-13 - Depositions, written interrogatories and administrative conferences.
Section 72-2-14 - Subpoena power.
Section 72-2-16 - Hearings required before appeal.
Section 72-2-17 - Hearing; notice; conduct; record.
Section 72-2-18 - State engineer; enforcement; compliance orders; penalty.
Section 72-2-19 - Advanced mapping fund; created.
Section 72-2-20 - Notice of applications; online posting; notice by publication; objections.