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Section 22-8-3 - Office of education abolished; functions transferred.

NM Stat § 22-8-3 (2019) (N/A)
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The office of education in the department of finance and administration is abolished. On the effective date of this act, all powers and duties provided by law for the office of education are transferred to the state department of public education [public education department].

History: 1978 Comp., § 22-8-3, enacted by Laws 1988, ch. 64, § 14.

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

Laws 2004, ch. 25, § 27, provided that all references to the superintendent of public instruction shall be deemed references to the secretary of public education and all references to the former state board of education or state department of education shall be deemed references to the public education department. See 9-24-15 NMSA 1978.

Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1988, ch. 64, § 14 repealed former 22-8-3 NMSA 1978, relating to creation of the office of education, as amended by Laws 1983, ch. 301, § 69 and enacted the above section, effective May 18, 1988.

Compiler's notes. — The phrase "effective date of this act" means May 18, 1988, the effective date of Laws 1988, Chapter 64.

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