AN ACT

RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PROVIDING FOR COORDINATION OF NEW MEXICO-MEXICO RELATIONS AND BORDER DEVELOPMENT IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT; AMENDING AND REPEALING SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978.

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

Section 1. Section 9-15-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1983, Chapter 297, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:

"9‑15‑4. DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHED.‑‑There is created in the executive branch the "economic development department". The department shall be a cabinet department and shall consist of, but not be limited to, six divisions as follows:

A. the administrative services division;

B. the economic development division;

C. the New Mexico film division;

D. the technology enterprise division;

E. the trade and Mexican affairs division; and

F. the space commercialization division."

Section 2. Section 9-15-29 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1988, Chapter 80, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:

"9-15-29. DEFINITIONS.--As used in Sections 9-15-28 through 9-15-34 NMSA 1978:

A. "department" means the economic development department;

B. "director" means the director of the trade and Mexican affairs division of the economic development department; and

C. "secretary" means the secretary of economic development."

Section 3. Section 9-15-30 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1988, Chapter 80, Section 4) is amended to read:

"9-15-30. TRADE AND MEXICAN AFFAIRS DIVISION CREATED--DUTIES.--

A. The "trade and Mexican division" is created as a division of the department.

B. The division shall be responsible for conducting and coordinating the state's relations with the Republic of Mexico and the state of Chihuahua and shall promote New Mexico products and services. The division is created to:

(1) coordinate activities of the department, the tourism department, the office of cultural affairs, the state highway and transportation department, the department of health, the department of environment, the department of public safety, the New Mexico border commission, the border authority and the joint border research institute at New Mexico state university as those activities relate to improving New Mexico-Mexico relations and trade and encouraging or funding appropriate border development;

(2) promote New Mexico products and services to potential domestic and international consumers;

(3) establish a central registry for New Mexico products and services;

(4) develop, maintain and use a data base of potential domestic and international consumers of New Mexico products and services; and

(5) foster, coordinate and support the efforts of individuals and organizations involved in the promotion of New Mexico products and services to consumers.

C. The division shall provide periodic reports to the New Mexico finance authority oversight committee on its activities and the activities of the state pertaining to New Mexico-Mexico relations, trade and border development."

Section 4. REPEAL.--Section 9-15-28 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1988, Chapter 80, Section 2, as amended) is repealed.