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§ 17-1-5 NMSA 1978

Employment and discharge of director and other employees; department of game and fish [department of wildlife] created

Known as the Game and Fish Bond Act

The act spans §§ 17–17 (34 sections).

Laws 1931, ch. 117, § 5; 1941 Comp., § 43-105; 1953 Comp., § 53-1-5; Laws 1955, ch. 59, § 1; 1973, ch. 186, § 3.

A. The state game commission [state wildlife commission] shall employ a director who shall, under such authorization that the game commission shall approve, employ such conservation officers, clerks and other employees as he shall deem proper and necessary to enforce and administer the laws and regulations relating to game and fish, and who shall prescribe their duties respectively, and who with the advice and consent of the state game commission [state wildlife commission] shall fix the compensation of all the employees of the "department of game and fish [department of wildlife]," which is hereby created.

B. The state game commission [state wildlife commission] may at any time discharge the director for reasons that the state game commission [state wildlife commission] shall deem sufficient. The director may dismiss employees in accordance with the provisions of the Personnel Act [Chapter10, Article 9 NMSA 1978].

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.