45th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2001

RELATING TO THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT ACT CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF EXEMPT EMPLOYEES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. Section 9-8-9 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1977, Chapter 252, Section 10, as amended) is amended to read:

"9-8-9. DIRECTORS.--The secretary shall appoint with the approval of the governor "directors" of divisions established within the department and a director of communications. The positions so appointed are exempt from the Personnel Act [with the exception of the director of the child support enforcement division and the director of the medical assistance division who each shall be covered under the Personnel Act]." Section 2. TEMPORARY PROVISION.--Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1 of this act, on the effective date of this act the directors of the child support enforcement division and the medical assistance division of the human services department shall continue to be covered under the Personnel Act until a vacancy occurs in the respective positions.