It is the purpose of the legislature to create a single, unified corrections department to administer all laws and exercise all functions formerly administered and exercised by the penitentiary of New Mexico and the state board of probation and parole except to the extent delegated to the parole board by the Parole Board Act [ 31-21-22 to 31-21-26 NMSA 1978].
§ 33-1-3 NMSA 1978
Purpose
Known as the Corrections Act
The act spans §§ 33–33 (22 sections).
1953 Comp., § 42-9-3, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 226, § 3; 1971, ch. 221, § 3; 1975, ch. 194, § 9; 1977, ch. 257, § 98; 1988, ch. 101, § 32.
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.