The telecommunications bureau of the enterprise services division of the department shall provide the staff and material necessary to properly and adequately operate the central telecommunication network. The budget for the central telecommunication network shall be approved as part of the total operating budget of the department.

History: Laws 1963, ch. 181, § 2; 1953 Comp., § 6-1-25; Laws 1965, ch. 225, § 2; 1977, ch. 247, § 62; 1978, ch. 124, § 12; 1980, ch. 151, § 18; 1983, ch. 301, § 58; 1978 Comp., § 15-5-2, recompiled and amended as § 9-27-21 by Laws 2009, ch. 146, § 7; 2017, ch. 7, § 4.

Recompilations. — Laws 2009, ch. 146, § 7 recompiled and amended former 15-5-2 NMSA 1978 as 9-27-21 NMSA 1978, effective June 19, 2009.

The 2017 amendment, effective June 16, 2017, required the telecommunications bureau of the enterprise services division of the department of information technology to provide the staff and material necessary to operate the central telecommunication network; in the catchline, deleted "telephone" and added "telecommunication network"; in the first sentence, after "adequately operate the central", deleted "telephone system" and added "telecommunication network"; and in the second sentence, after "budget for the central", deleted "telephone system" and added "telecommunication network".

The 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, added "of the enterprise services division of the department" and after "operating budget of the", deleted "general services".