N.M. Stat. Ann. § 9-15-4
The "economic development department" is created in the executive branch. The department shall be a cabinet department and shall consist of, but not be limited to, seven divisions as follows:
History: Laws 1983, ch. 297, § 4; 1988, ch. 80, § 6; 1991, ch. 21, § 12; 1994, ch. 127, § 7; 1995, ch. 77, § 1; 1998, ch. 63, § 1; 2003, ch. 404, § 1; 2006, ch. 14, § 1; 2019, ch. 117, § 1; 2023, ch. 183, § 2; 2025, ch. 133, § 1.
The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, created the "technology and innovation division" within the economic development department; in Subsection D, after "technology" deleted "enterprise" and added "and innovation".
Temporary provisions. — Laws 2025, ch. 133, § 15 provided that:
A. On July 1, 2025:
(1) the office of strategy, science and technology of the economic development department and the office of entrepreneurship of the economic development department, including the functions, personnel, appropriations, money, records and other property of those offices, shall be transferred to the technology and innovation division of the economic development department; and
(2) money in the technology enterprise fund shall be transferred to the technology and innovation fund.
B. The secretary of economic development shall assign other programs and funds management to the appropriate division.
C. Contractual obligations of any of the transferred units of the economic development department shall continue to be obligations of the department.
The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, created the creative industries division in the economic development department; in the introductory paragraph, after "but not limited to", deleted "six" and added "seven"; and added Subsection G.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, created the New Mexico outdoor recreation division in the economic development department; in the introductory paragraph, after "limited to", deleted "five" and added "six"; and added Subsection F.
The 2006 amendment, effective May 17, 2006, changed the number of divisions from six to five divisions and deleted the space commercialization division.
Temporary provision. — Laws 2006, ch. 14, § 2 transferred the functions, personnel, appropriations, money, records, equipment, supplies and contractual obligations of the space commercialization division of the economic development department to the spaceport authority, 58-31-4 NMSA 1978.
The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, substituted "trade and Mexican affairs" for "trade" near the beginning of Subsection E; and in Subsection F deleted "office for" following "the" near the beginning and added "division" following "commercialization" at the end.
The 1998 amendment, effective July 1, 1998, substituted "six" for "seven" in the introductory language; added "and" at the end of Subsection E; deleted former Subsection F relating to the state housing authority, and redesignated Subsection G as Subsection F.
The 1995 amendment, effective April 5, 1995, in Subsection G, substituted "office for space commercialization" for "office of space".
The 1994 amendment, effective March 8, 1994, added Subsection G and made related changes.
The 1991 amendment, effective March 27, 1991, deleted " 'and tourism' " following " 'development' " in the first sentence; substituted "seven" for "six" in the second sentence; deleted former Subsections D and E, listing the New Mexico film and New Mexico magazine divisions; added present Subsections D and F; redesignated former Subsection F as present Subsection E; and made a related stylistic change.