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Section 20-3-1 - Department of military affairs [created].

NM Stat § 20-3-1 (2019) (N/A)
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There is created the "department of military affairs" which shall act on behalf of the governor to exercise organizational, operational and administrative command and control of the military forces of the state and to direct and coordinate the functions, efforts and activities of the civil air patrol division for the well being of the state.

History: 1978 Comp., § 20-3-1, enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 318, § 16; 1989, ch. 204, § 20; 1989, ch. 337, § 1.

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1987, Chapter 318 repealed former 20-3-1 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1925, ch. 113, § 21, relating to the commander-in-chief, and enacted a new section, effective April 10, 1987.

Cross references. — For the Military Affairs Act, see 9-9-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.

The 1989 amendment, effective June 16, 1989, deleted "civil emergency preparedness division and the" preceding "civil air patrol division".

Laws 1989, ch. 204, § 20, effective July 1, 1989, and Laws 1989, ch. 337, § 1, effective June 16, 1989, enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 1989, ch. 337, § 1. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.

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