The purpose of the Indian Affairs Department Act is to create a single, unified department to administer all laws and exercise all functions formerly administered and executed by the New Mexico office of Indian affairs. History: Laws 2004, ch. 18, § 2 and Laws 2004, ch. 24, § 2. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Laws 2004, ch. 18, § 2 and Laws 2004, ch. 24, § 2 enacted identical new sections of law, effective May 19, 2004. Both were compiled as 9-21-2 NMSA 1978.
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