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State Government Organizational Chart 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
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