The state historian at the state records center is designated as "state historian" for purposes of the Cultural Properties Act [18-6-1 to 18-6-17 NMSA 1978].
History: 1953 Comp., § 4-27-15, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 223, § 12; 1981, ch. 48, § 1.
Legislature implicitly recognized existence of position of deputy for archives when it enacted this section, as it read prior to the 1981 amendment, designating the deputy for archives for the state records center as the state historian. 1980 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 80-25.