The superintendent:

1. A. may hire employees and prescribe their duties and qualifications and fix their compensation pursuant to the Personnel Act [Chapter 10, Article 9 NMSA 1978]; and
2. B. shall designate an employee of the office of superintendent of insurance as chief deputy superintendent, who shall be acting superintendent when the superintendent position is vacant or the superintendent is unable to perform the duties of that office because of mental or physical disability.

History: Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 22; 1993, ch. 320, § 2; 1998, ch. 108, § 36; 2013, ch. 74, § 12.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2013 amendment, effective March 29, 2013, provided for staff of the superintendent of insurance; in the introductory sentence, at the beginning of the sentence, deleted "With the chief of staff’s approval"; in Subsection A, after "may", added the reminder of the sentence; in Subsection B, at the beginning of the sentence, added "shall", after "employee of the", added "office of superintendent of", after "insurance", deleted "division", after "when the", deleted "office of", and after "when the superintendent", deleted "position".

The 1998 amendment, effective January 1, 1999, deleted the Subsection A designation, substituted "chief of staff's" for "corporation commission's" near the beginning and deleted Subsections B through D.

The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, added Subsection D.