STRUCTURE OF NEW MEXICO STATE GOVERNMENT
LEGISLATIVE EXECUTIVE JUDICIAL
SECRETARY GOVERNOR Nominating Comsn & STATE ATTORNEY COMMISSIONER OF Coms STATE STATE TREASURER PUBLIC REGULATION OF STATE (ART 5, SEC 1) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HOUSE SENATE AUDITOR TRANSPORTATION Task Force to GENERAL PUBLIC LANDS PUBLIC EDUCATION CONSTITUTIONAL INSTITUTIONS (ART 15, SEC 1) Militia and National Guard of NM (ART 18, SEC 2) Senate Rules (ART 5, SEC 1) COMMISSION (ART 5, SEC 1) (Elected) LIEUTENANT (ART 5, SEC 1) Combat Human State Land Trusts COMMISSION (Elected) (ART 11, SEC 1) Voting System (ART 5, SEC 1) (ART 13, SEC 2) DEPARTMENT AND (A cabinet level department, but controlled by (See Military Affairs) Committee (Elected) Trafficking GOVERNOR Advisory Board (Elected) Certification Com (Elected) (Elected) COMMISSION the NMSU Board of Regents) (Art 5, Sec 14) (Elected) Science Advisor (ART 5, SEC 1) (Appointed) (Department of (ART 12, SEC 6) National Memberships (Elected) EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC Senate Standing Justice) (10 MEMBERS ELECTED) (dues paying) SUPREME COURT House Standing House Chief Senate Chief Bureau of (ART 12, SEC 11) (ART 14, SEC 1) Joint Permanent Office of State (CABINET DEPARTMENT) Nat'l Ctr for State Committees Clerk Committees Elections State Land Office Eastern NM University Committees Clerk Cash Manager Behavioral Health Institute at Las Courts DISTRICT ATTORNEYS Ofc of Electronic Roswell Branch Vegas (DOH) Documentation Ruidoso Branch Boys' School (CYFD) DIVISIONS Behavioral Health Planning Rangeland Protection Judges Pro Tempore Operations* NM Highlands University Carrie Tingley Crippled Adv Com Administrative Services Divisions Council Ofc of State Climatologist Firefighters Training NM Institute of Mining & Children's Hospital (UNM) Consumer Relations Administrative Services Children's Cabinet Administrative Office of the Courts Academy NM Sentencing Comsn Tech Girls' Welfare Home (CYFD) Insurance Border Violence* Judicial Standards Comsn (Art 6, Sec 32) Regional/National Memberships Fire Protection Grant Sex Offender Management Mines and Mineral Los Lunas Medical Center (DOH) COURT OF APPEALS Administrative Office of the DAs Legislative Council Legal Civil* Supreme Ct Building Comsn (dues paying) Council St. Canvassing Bd Board Resources, Bureau of (closed) District Atty Personnel Review Bd State Fire Marshal (Art 5, Sec 2) (Consists Consumer Protection* Administratively Attached: Supreme Ct Law Library NCSL Firefighters' St Mine Inspector (Art 17, Miners' Hospital (Board of Survivors Transportation of Secy of State, Criminal Appeals* Governor's Office of Policy and Livestock Bd, NM Practice & Procedures Coms Energy Council Sec 1) Trustees) Legislative Council Service Supplemental Death Utility Governor and Chief Environment and Utility* Planning Soil & Water Conservation Council of State Governments Mining Safety Advisory Penitentiary of NM (CD) Benefits Review Com Justice) Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty Comsn and Districts NM Medical Review Comsn, Director Litigation* Board DISTRICT COURTS Medicaid Fraud Petroleum Recovery Prosecutions* Research Center Legislative Education Study NM Military Institute Committee Violence Against Women* Appt by Director: Water, Environment and Northern NM College Beef Council LESC Staff NM School for the Deaf Utilities* Sheep & Goat Council AGISTRATE OURTS NM School for the Blind & M C Comsn on Intergovernmental Visually Handicapped Cooperation (council serves as NM State University comsn) Alamogordo Branch Comsn for Promotion of Uniformity Legislative Finance Carlsbad Branch of Legislation in the U.S. Committee LFC Staff Dona Ana Branch PROBATE COURTS Grants Branch Coop Extension Service County Agents Agricultural Expt Station COMPILATION COMSN Bldg Mat Research & (serves both legislative and Testing Inst judicial branches) Ctr for Bcast & Intl Com Intl Bus Facil Ctr Ctr for Business Research and Service Joint Border Research Inst Indian Resources Dev Inst St Chemical Lab University of NM Gallup Branch Los Alamos Branch DEPARTMENTS UNDER GOVERNOR'S AUTHORITY Taos Branch Departments under the governor's authority appear on the second level of this Valencia Branch chart. This includes cabinet and non-cabinet level departments. Statutory Institute of Pub Law (Law divisions of the departments are directly below the department name. Policy School) and advisory boards and commissions are to the side of the departments as EMS Training Academy indicated by arrows. Independent agencies that are administratively attached (Med School) to departments are in the boxed area on the third level; adjunct agencies Spanish Resource Center appear in the box on the fourth level of this chart. (Center for SW Research) Indian Resources Dev Inst State Med Investigator Judicial Education Ctr (IPL) Western NM University
(includes statutorily created agencies and boards)
HIGHER EDUCATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGING AND LONG-TERM SERVICES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NVIRONMENT GENERAL SERVICES UMAN ERVICES TOURISM VETERANS' SERVICES CORRECTIONS Environmental Improvement Board E (Serves as St Comsn on Post-Secondary Education) H S Information REGULATION AND LICENSING Litter Control Veterans' Gov's Council on Film & (exempt from secretary's authority) Public Service Law Technology Comsn INDEPENDENT LICENSING BOARDS* Aging, Advisory Com Cor Adv Panels Accountancy, Public Council Services Media Industries Food Service Sanitation Adv Council Adv Com Information Non-cabinet level department Com to St PUBLIC EDUCATION Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Advisory Bd Agency On Medical Imaging & Radiation Therapy Advisory Technology Rate DIVISIONS Architect, Engineer, DEPARTMENT Animal Sheltering DIVISIONS (ALTSD) IVISIONS Council Committee Council on Technology Athletic Trainer Practice Ofc of Secretary PUBLIC ADULT INSTITUTIONS D Landscape Architect DIVISIONS Occ Health & Safety Review Comsn Education (Adv to PED & Barbers and Cosmetologists Ofc of Secretary Office of Indian Elder Central NM Corr Facility Ofc of Secretary DIVISIONS & Surveyor Ofc of Secretary Alcohol Server DIVISIONS DIVISIONS DIVISIONS (exempt from secretary's authority) DIVISIONS DIVISIONS LEG) Chiropractic Administrative Affairs Penitentiary of NM Administrative Services Ofc of Secretary Selection Com Administrative Services Ed Adv Com Administrative Services Ofc of the Secretary Ofc of Secretary Radiation Technical Advisory Council Ofc of Secretary Ofc of Secretary Family & Youth Resources Counseling and Therapy Practice Services Roswell Corr Center Economic Development Administrative Services St Procurement Administrative Services Administrative Services Administrative Services Storage Tank Com Administrative Services Planning & Research Administrative Services Divisions Adv Com Alcohol & Gaming Dental Health Care Field Services Southern NM Corr Facility International Trade* Environmental Health* Standards & Specs Dental Hygienists Com Intertribal Indian Consumer & Elder Rights Water Quality Control Comsn Building Services Financial Aid Ofc of Secretary Hispanic Education Adv Construction Construction Industries (Criminal Justice Planning Com Behavioral Health Services Interior Design State Approving Springer Corr Center NM Film (exempt from secretary's authority) Environmental Protection* Industries Comsn Electrical Bureau Ceremonial Ofc Aging Network Services Agency) Property Control Public Information & Child Support Enforcement Program Support Council Landscape Architects State Benefits Western NM Corr Facility Science & Technology* Information Technology* (exempt from General Construction Bureau Marketing Long-Term Care Adult Institutions Wastewater Technical Advisory Com Purchasing Communications Income Support Compliance & Project Mgmt Military Children Education Massage Therapy Technology Enterprise Water and Waste Mgmt* Group Benefits Compact State Council superintendent's Mechanical and LP Gas Bureau New Mexico Magazine Adult Protective Services Adult Probation and Risk Management Adult Basic Education Information Technology Enterprise Services Naprapathic Practice State Trade & Mexican Affairs Water & Wastewater Com Regional Education authority) Financial Institutions Nursing Home Administrators Promotion Corrections Parole Ofc of Alt Dispute Information Technology Medical Assistance Sports Adv Transportation Infrastructure Development* Risk Management Coordinating Councils/Reg (exempt from super's authority) Nutrition & Dietetics Sports Authority Industries Comsn Corrections Industries PRIVATE ADULT INSTITUTIONS Advisory Bd Prevention and Resolution Private & Proprietary Schools Manufactured Occupational Therapy Com Comsn Ed Coops DIVISIONS Savings & Loan Bureau Tourism Development Information Technology Guadalupe Co Corr Transportation Services Public Schools Liaison Housing Com Optometry TRANSPORTATION Administrative Services Manufactured Housing Welcome Centers Training Academy Facility Alt Dispute St Aviation Bureau American Indian Post- (exempt from Osteopathic Medical Examiners Assessment & Securities Pharmacy Lea Co Corr Facility Prevention & Secondary Education superintendent's NM Women's Corr Facility Accountability authority) (exempt from super's authority) Physical Therapy Resolution Adv Indian INDIAN AFFAIRS Podiatry CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES Northeast NM Detention CULTURAL AFFAIRS ENERGY, MINERALS AND NATURAL RESOURCES Charter Schools Council Affairs Private Investigations Adv Bd Comsn Indian Ed Advisory Council Educator Quality Psychologists DIVISIONS Child Dev Bd (Adv to NM Arts Comsn Indian Education Real Estate Highway Office of Secretary CYFD, PED & DOH) DIVISIONS Adolescent Trtmt Center Gov Bd HEALTH Real Estate Appraisers DIVISIONS JUVENILE INSTITUTIONS Music Comsn Information Technology Selection Com Business Support* Children, Youth & Adult Support and Services Task Force STATE HOSPITALS & TREATMENT DIVISIONS Respiratory Care Practitioners Advisory Boys' School (Area 1) Ofc of Secretary Industrial Training Board Instructional Support & (Procurement) Ofc of Secretary Natural Lands Protection Com FACILITIES Signed Language Interpreting Practice Aviation Families Adv Com Girls' Welfare Home Bd of the Farm & Ranch Heritage Administrative Services FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION Hospital-Acquired Infection Advisory Com Ofc of Secretary Appren & Trng Adv Com Vocational Ed Social Work TAXATION & REVENUE Children's Trust Fund Quality Assurance Office Museum Medical Advisory Com (for HIV & AIDS) Carrie Tingley Crippled Children's Administrative Services UBLIC AFETY Eng. Design* Youth Diag & Dev Ctr Arts Public Safety P S Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology and Bd Administrative Services St Adv Com to Citizens Medical Use of Cannabis Advisory Bd (no Hospital (UNM) Mathematics & Science Hwy Operations* Reintegration Centers Farm & Ranch Heritage Technical Advisory Program Services Math & Science Advisory Advisory Comsn Hearing Aid Dispensers Interagency Coord Early Childhood Services* DIVISIONS Substitute Care Review Bds statutory name) Fort Bayard Medical Center Bureau Trans. Planning* Abq boys Museum Com Council Intrastate Mutual Thanatopractice Group Board of Trustees of NM Film Museum Ofc of Secretary NM Veterans' Advisory Bd Fort Bayard Medical Center Veterans Program Support & Employee Support Abq girls STATE MONUMENTS DIVISIONS Aid Com Traffic Safety Trans. Programs* Interstate Juvenile Film Museum Tree Planting Adv Com Ofc of Interstate Natural Gas Pain Mgmt Adv Council Unit Student Transportation Financial Services Carlsbad Coronado Ofc of Secretary St SAR Review Collection Agencies (Fin Inst, RLD) Bureau Adv Traffic Safety Bureau Supervision, St Council Bd of Directors Natl Hispanic Cultural Hispanic Cultural Fire Planning Task Markets Patient Qualification Review Bd (medIcal Fort Stanton Hospital and Training Mathematics & Science Hoisting Operators DIVISIONS Information Technology Eagle Nest El Camino Real Bd Com Office of Highway for Center of NM Historic Preservation Force marijuana) Administrative Services School (closed) Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapies Ofc of Secretary Juvenile Justice John Paul Taylor Center Ft. Stanton Administrative Services Adv Council DIVISIONS Litter Control Juvenile Community Library Developmental Disabilities* Los Lunas Medical Center (closed) HOMELAND SECURITY AND (Environment Dept) Administrative Services Ofc of Child Development Ft. Sumner Coal Surface Mining Energy Conservation and DIVISIONS Quality Assurance & Corr Review Panel Cultural Properties Review Com Health Improvement* Miners' Hospital (independent) Ofc of Secretary Utility Operators (Environment Dept) Museum of New Mexico Jemez Comsn Mgmt Ofc of Secretary EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT System Integration Audit & Compliance Juvenile Justice Adv Prevention & Intervention Main Street Revolving Loan Com EMS Bureau NM Behavioral Health Institute at Las DNA ID System Administrative Services Archaeological Services Lincoln Mining Comsn Administrative Services EMS Licensing Comsn Information Technology Services St Alt Fuel Pgm Mgr Vegas (state hospital) Rural Education Oversight Com DNA ID Center Com Fine Arts Taylor Reynolds Barela Medical Direction Com Ofc of Health Promotion & * See Independent Licensing Bds at Motor Vehicle Protective Services Forestry Board of Finance NM Veterans' Center Vocational Rehabilitation Next Genration Council NM St Library Comsn Mesilla Civil Legal Services Joint Org on Education in EMS Community Health Motor Transportation Div adjunct agencies Property Tax Indian Arts & Culture Oil Conservation Comsn Mining and Minerals Financial Control Northern NM Rehab Center Youth & Family Services Comsn Statewide EMS Advisory Com Improvement* NM St Police WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS International Folk Art Oil Conservation Office of Education Pecos Lodge (statutory but subsumed Revenue Processing Museum Bd of Regents Community Dev Council Trauma Adv Com Information Technology* Special Investigations St Adv Council Palace of Governors State Parks Adv Bd Accountability under SNMRC) Tax Fraud Investigations* State Parks DWI Grant Council Air Transport Adv Com Technical Support (Unemployment State History Long-Term Care & Restorative Sequoyah Adolescent Treatment Health Stnds ONGARD Service Center Museum of Space Local Government Awards Boards Emergency Planning and Compensation) Services* Center Advisory (budget thru TRD) History Comsn State Monuments Management and Contracts Coordination Bureau Individual Development Public Health* Southern NM Rehab Center ILITARY FFAIRS Board Museum of Space History Review M A Missing Persons Information Account Council Vital Statistics Bureau T or C Veterans Center Unemployment Comp Bd of Bd of Trustees of NM Museum of Natural History & Science State Budget Non-cabinet level department Clearinghouse Ofc of School Health* Turquoise Lodge Review DIVISIONS Natural History & Science Museum Training and Recruiting (Law Scientific Laboratory* Villa Solano (statutory but defunct) Ofc of Secretary Museum Resources Enforcement Academy) Bd of Trustees of DIVISIONS Administrative Services Veterans Museum Information Technology Veterans Museum Office of Adjutant General Business Services Air National Guard Apprenticeship Labor Relations Council Army National Guard Workforce Technology Civil Air Patrol Workforce Transition Selective Service Office Services Armory Bd State Armory Bd Council State Defense Force State Programs Office U.S. Property and Fiscal Office
Interoperability Planning Disability Adv Council Acequia Comsn (LGD) Comsn Adult Parole Board Gov Residence Adv Comsn Athletic Comsn Intertribal Ceremonial Bd Fort Stanton Development Gov's Comsn on Disability Medical Adv Bd Gov's Organized Crime Prevention Ofc of Natural Personnel Board and Office State Fair Commission Comsn St Game Comsn Health Policy Comsn, NM Compulsive Gambling Council Comsn (also attached to DPS) Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Resources Trustee Health Care Providers State Racing Commission Domestic Violence Dept of Game and Fish Finance, St Bd of Gov's HIV & AIDS Policy Comsn Education Trust Bd (statutory but defunct) Advisory Bd Licensing & Credentialing Tourism Commission Leadership Comsn Youth Conservation Corps Comsn, NM Land Grant Council Telehealth Comsn Higher Education Advisory Administratively attached agencies are attached Public Defender Department Task Force Public Education Comsn Juvenile Public Trauma System Fund Authority Board Tribal Infrastructure Bd to a department for administrative purposes only. African American Affairs, Ofc Safety Advisory Bd The agency exercises its functions independently Comsn on Status of Women Youth Alliance of the department. The agency submits its Economic Development Comsn Displaced Homemakers, Ofc for budgetary requests and annual and other reports Military Base Planning Comsn Ofc of Gov's Council on Human Rights Comsn through the department, but the department is and Ofc Women's Health Labor and Industrial Comsn prohibited from changing the agency's budget. New Mexico - Chihuahua Comsn Workforce Development The department may provide budgeting, record- New Mexico - Sonora Comsn Board keeping and related administrative and clerical Small Business Regulatory Gov's Organized Crime Prevention Comsn Skills Council functions if mutually agreed. (9-1-7 NMSA 1978) Advisory Comsn (also attached to Corrections) (statutory but Spaceport Authority defunct) Law Enforcement Academy Board, NM
INTERAGENCY COOPERATION INSTRUMENTALITIES & OTHER STATUTORY CREATIONS INTERSTATE COMPACTS ADJUNCT AGENCIES INDEPENDENT LICENSING BDS DESIGNATED STATE PROFESSIONALS CAPITOL BUILDINGS PLANNING COMSN BEEF COUNCIL, NM ANIMAS-LA PLATA PROJECT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INTERSTATE COMPACT ON MENTALLY Adjunct agencies are those agencies, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PLANNING COUNCIL DISABILITIES, NM COUNCIL ON PURCHASING FROM ARCHITECTS STAFF ARCHITECT (GSD) ROCKY MOUNTAIN LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE LABOR RELATIONS BD VOTING SYSTEM CERTIFICATION COM CHILDREN'S CABINET EXPOSITION CENTER AUTHORITY, NM (not active) COMPACT ASSISTANCE COMPACT boards, commissions, offices or other BICYCLE RACING COMSN (statutory but nonexistent) PERSONS WITH STATE ARCHAEOLOGIST (CAD) DISORDERED OFFENDERS WASTE COMPACT PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT BD WATER TRUST BOARD ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS HEALTH INSURANCE ALLIANCE, NM & BD OF DIRS CANADIAN RIVER COMPACT INDIAN GAMING COMPACT instrumentalities of the executive branch BLIND, COMSN FOR THE EDUCATIONAL RETIREMENT BD DATA SYSTEM COUNCIL STATE CLIMATOLOGIST (NMSU) INTERSTATE COMPACT ON PLACEMENT OF PUBLIC RECORDS, ST COMSN OF & STATE WORKERS' COMPENSATION MEDICAL BOARD HISTORIC LANDSCAPE TRUST, BD OF TRUSTEES INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR ADOPTION WILDLIFE VIOLATOR COMPACT not assigned to the elected constitutional BORDER AUTHORITY FAMILY INFANT TODDLER INTERAGENCY COORDINATING STATE CHEMIST (NMSU) COLORADO RIVER COMPACT CHILDREN EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMSN, STATE RECORDS CENTER & ARCHIVES ADMINISTRATION Polysomnography Practice Adv Com WESTERN INTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT officers; they have full policymaking and COUNCIL (ADV TO DOH) HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT LOAN COUNCIL, NM COSTILLA CREEK COMPACT & MEDICAL ASSISTANCE INTERSTATE INSURANCE PRODUCT REGULATION CORRECTIONS POPULATION CONTROL COMSN Hazardous Materials Safety Board Safety and Fraud NURSING STATE GEOLOGIST (NMIMT) WESTERN INTERSTATE NUCLEAR COMPACT Archives FIRE PLANNING TASK FORCE INDUSTRIAL & AGRICULTURAL FINANCE AUTHORITY, NM LA PLATA RIVER COMPACT INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR ADULT COMPACT administrative autonomy. (9-1-6 NMSA CRIME STOPPERS ADVISORY COUNCIL ENGINEER, ST & INTERSTATE STREAM COMSN VETERINARY MEDICINE STATE HISTORIAN (RECORDS & ARCHIVES) WESTERN REGIONAL COOPERATION IN HIGHER Records Management Workers' Comp & Occupational Disease HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY BD (not active) PECOS RIVER COMPACT OFFENDER SUPERVISION 1978) CRIME VICTIMS REPARATION COMSN GAMING CONTROL BOARD STATE MINE INSPECTOR INTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT EDUCATION COMPACT Administrative Law Disablement Council LOTTERY AUTHORITY, NM & BD OF DIRS RIO GRANDE COMPACT INTERSTATE COMPACT ON Domestic Violence Homicide Review Team INVESTMENT COUNCIL & OFC, STATE INTERAGENCY COORDINATING GROUP (for CYFD) STATE RODENT INSPECTOR (NMSU) INTERSTATE LIBRARY COMPACT PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL OUTLAY COUNCIL MORTGAGE FINANCE AUTHORITY UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD COMSN Private Equity Investment Adv Com INTRASTATE MUTUAL AID COM (DPS) STATE VETERINARIAN (NMLB) MULTISTATE TAX COMPACT Public School Facilities Authority NM FINANCE AUTHORITY COMPACT MILITARY CHILDREN DEAF & HARD-OF-HEARING PERSONS, COMSN FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., COMSN LONG-TERM CARE, INTERAGENCY COM ON MULTISTATE HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC SCHOOL INSURANCE AUTHORITY & Colonias Infrastructure Board COMPACT FOR EDUCATION INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL MEDICAL INVESTIGATORS, BD OF NATURAL LANDS PROTECTION COMMITTEE AGREEMENT BD RECYCLING & ILLEGAL DUMPING ALLIANCE (EID) DRIVER LICENSE COMPACT INTERSTATE COMPACT ON MENTAL Brain Injury Advisory Council MOUNTED PATROL, NM, BD OF DIRECTORS ONGARD SERVICE CENTER (TRD, SLO, ENMRD) NONRESIDENT VIOLATOR COMPACT (MVD) RETIREE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY & BD RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSMISSION AUTHORITY, NM HEALTH Office of Guardianship ORGANIC COMMODITY COMSN PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL OUTLAY COUNCIL NURSING LICENSURE COMPACT PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL OUTLAY OVERSIGHT TASK RESEARCH APPLICATIONS CENTER & BD, NM FORCE SHEEP & GOAT COUNCIL RADIOACTIVE WASTE CONSULTATION TASK FORCE RANGELAND PROTECTION ADV COM WATER CABINET
Prepared by LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SERVICE May 2010
(Chart is derived from review of constitution and statutes. Actual agency organization may differ.)
*Indicates nonstatutorily created divisions, as known