Upon order issued by the governor, the department of finance and administration and the educational finance and cultural affairs department shall be merged. Their various divisions, boards and commissions may be then grouped in an orderly fashion and given such powers and such autonomy as the governor may set out in such reorganization. History: Laws 1979, ch. 205, § 1. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 1979, ch. 205 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective April 2, 1979, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
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