46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2003

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS; PROVIDING FOR SENATE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE FIELD SERVICES DIVISION OF THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT.

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

Section 1. Section 31-21-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1955, Chapter 232, Section 10, as amended) is amended to read:

"31-21-7. DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.--The director shall:

A. provide probation and parole services and supervise probationers and parolees;

B. assign officers to serve in each judicial district. Selection and assignment of officers to each judicial district shall be made by the director;

C. obtain office quarters for the staff in each district as necessary;

D. assign the secretarial, bookkeeping and accounting work to clerical employees;

E. direct the work of the officers and other employees;

F. formulate methods of investigation, supervision, recordkeeping and reports;

G. conduct training courses for the staff;

H. seek to cooperate with all agencies, public and private, that are concerned with the treatment or welfare of persons on probation or parole;

I. report to the parole board concerning the status of parolees under [his] the director's supervision; [and]

J. be appointed by the secretary of corrections, with the consent of the senate; and

[J.] K. perform such other duties as directed by the secretary of corrections."