It is the duty of the director of the labor and industrial division of the labor department to report to the district attorney of the district in which such violations occur, any violation of labor and industrial laws of New Mexico, and it is the duty of the district attorneys of the several districts, upon the complaint of the director, to prosecute all violations of law which may be reported to the district attorney by the director.

History: Laws 1931, ch. 9, § 13; 1941 Comp., § 57-113; 1953 Comp., § 59-1-13; Laws 1977, ch. 252, § 27; 1989, ch. 49, § 1.

Repeals. — Section 50-1-9 NMSA 1978 provided for the delayed repeal of the labor and industrial commission, effective July 1, 2014. Laws 2007, ch. 200, § 24 repealed 50-1-9 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2007.

Compiler's notes. — Laws 1987, ch. 342, § 33 provided that all references in law to the "labor commissioner" shall be construed as references to the "director of the labor and industrial division of the department of labor".

Laws 2007, ch. 200 repealed the labor department. Section 9-26-15 NMSA 1978 provides that all statutory references to the "labor department or any divisions of the labor department shall be deemed to be references to the workforce solutions department".

The 1989 amendment, effective June 16, 1989, substituted "director of the labor and industrial division of the labor department" for "labor commissioner", deleted "except violations of the state child labor law, which shall be reported to the children and youth services bureau of the social services division of the human services department" following "New Mexico", and made minor stylistic changes.

Aimed at enforcement. — The language of Sections 50-1-3, 50-1-5 NMSA 1978 and this section is aimed at enforcement of existing law rather than the making of new law by way of regulation. 1964 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 64-61.