0001|                            HOUSE BILL 973
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                             GAIL C. BEAM
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE
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0012|     NMSA 1978 TO BRING THE EMPLOYEES OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER
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0013|     THE PERSONNEL ACT.
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  Section 8-5-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1933,
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0017|     Chapter 21, Section 5, as amended) is amended to read:
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0018|          "8-5-5.  ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS GENERAL--OTHER EMPLOYEES--
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0019|     APPOINTMENT.--
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0020|               A. <u>Within legislative appropriations,</u> the attorney
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0021|     general may appoint <s>[a]</s> deputy <s>[attorney]</s> <u>attorneys</u> gen-
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0023|     eral, <s>[and as many]</s> other assistant attorneys general
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0024|     <s>[together with]</s> <u>and</u> stenographic, clerical and other
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0025|     necessary employees <s>[on a full- or part-time basis, at
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<s></s>0001| <s>    salaries to be fixed by him within budget allowances and ap-
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<s></s>0003| <s>    propriation limits, as the business of the department shall
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<s></s>0004| <s>    require and who shall hold office at the pleasure of the
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<s></s>0005| <s>    attorney general]</s>.  The deputy <s>[attorney]</s> <u>attorneys</u>
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0006|     general and the assistant attorneys general shall, subject to
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0007|     the direction of the attorney general, have the same power and
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0008|     authority as the attorney general.
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0009|               B.  Within legislative appropriations, the attorney
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0010|     general may appoint full-time salaried members of his staff as
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0011|     peace officers for the full-time investigation of violations
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0012|     of, <s>[and]</s> and the full-time enforcement of, the criminal laws
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0013|     of the state.  These employees shall comply with the
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0014|     certification provisions of <s>[Section 29-7-8 NMSA l978]</s> <u>the
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<u></u>0015| <u>    Law Enforcement Training Act</u>.
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0016|               <u>C.  Employees of the attorney general are subject
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<u></u>0017| <u>    to the provisions of the Personnel Act.</u>"
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