New Mexico Statutes 77-2-2. New Mexico livestock board created; transfer of powers;
transfer of property.
A. In order to achieve the purposes set forth in Section 1 [77-2-1 N.M. Stat. Ann.], there is hereby created a board to be known as the “New Mexico livestock board.” The New Mexico livestock board shall have all powers which have heretofore been held by the cattle sanitary board or the sheep sanitary board and those powers are hereby transferred to the New Mexico livestock board.
B. Wherever in the NMSA 1978 the term “board” or “sanitary board” is used in relation to the sheep sanitary board or the cattle sanitary board, it shall mean the New Mexico livestock board. Wherever in the NMSA 1978 the terms [term] “sheep sanitary board” or “cattle sanitary board” are [is] used it shall mean the New Mexico livestock board.
C. Wherever in the NMSA 1978 the term “secretary,” “secretary of the board,” “secretary of the sheep sanitary board,” “secretary of the cattle sanitary board” or any similar term is used in relation to the secretary of the sheep sanitary board or the secretary of the cattle sanitary board, it shall mean the executive director of the New Mexico livestock board.
D. All books, records, property and equipment of the sheep sanitary board and the cattle sanitary board are transferred to the New Mexico livestock board.