N.M. Stat. § 77-2-2
New Mexico livestock board created; transfer of powers;
transfer of property.
A. In order to achieve the purposes set forth in Section 1 [77-2-1 NMSA 1978], there
is hereby created a board to be known as the "New Mexico livestock board." The New
Mexico livestock board shall have all powers which have heretofore been held by the
cattle sanitary board or the sheep sanitary board and those powers are hereby
transferred to the New Mexico livestock board.
B. Wherever in the NMSA 1978 the term "board" or "sanitary board" is used in
relation to the sheep sanitary board or the cattle sanitary board, it shall mean the New
Mexico livestock board. Wherever in the NMSA 1978 the terms [term] "sheep sanitary
board" or "cattle sanitary board" are [is] used it shall mean the New Mexico livestock
board.
C. Wherever in the NMSA 1978 the term "secretary," "secretary of the board,"
"secretary of the sheep sanitary board," "secretary of the cattle sanitary board" or any
similar term is used in relation to the secretary of the sheep sanitary board or the
secretary of the cattle sanitary board, it shall mean the executive director of the New
Mexico livestock board.
D. All books, records, property and equipment of the sheep sanitary board and the
cattle sanitary board are transferred to the New Mexico livestock board.