New Mexico Statutes

N.M. Stat. § 9-26-4 (2026)

Workforce solutions department created

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The "workforce solutions department" is created in the executive branch pursuant to the Executive Reorganization Act [9-1-1 to 9-1-10 NMSA 1978]. The department is a cabinet department that includes:

A. the office of the secretary;

B. the administrative services division;

C. the business services division;

D. the labor relations division;

E. the workforce technology division; and

F. the workforce transition services division.

History: Laws 2007, ch. 200, § 4.

ANNOTATIONS

Effective dates. — Laws 2007, ch. 200, § 25 made the Workforce Solutions Department Act effective July 1, 2007.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2014–2016 · leading case: Quevedo ex rel. Bevan v. New Mexico Child., 2016-NMCA-101, 385 P.3d 657.
Quevedo ex rel. Bevan v. New Mexico Child., 2016-NMCA-101, 385 P.3d 657. · cites it 2× “NMSA 1978, § 9-26-4 (2007). The district court granted summary judgment “in favor of the [sjtate [defendants,” including both CYFD (and its Licensing and Certification Authority) and DWS.”
Garcia v. Bd. of Regents, 2014-NMCA-083. · cites it 2× “{3} In April and June 2009, the Director certified that two projects undertaken by the Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico, Sandia Foundation, and Enterprise Builders (collectively, the Builders) were public works projects subject to the PWMWA.”
Garcia v. UNM Bd. of Regents, 2014-NMCA-083, 6 N.M. 465. · cites it 2× “{3} In April and June 2009, the Director certified that two projects undertaken by the Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico, Sandia Foundation, and Enterprise Builders (collectively, the Builders) were public works projects subject to the PWMWA.”
Quevado v. Child., Youth & Families Dep't, No. 34,345 (N.M. Ct. App. Aug. 31, 2016). · cites it 2× “12 {3} Plaintiffs Quevedo, Morgan, Almanza, and Fleming, together with the other 13 plaintiffs (collectively, Plaintiffs), filed a multi-count complaint in 2013 against CYFD1 1 15 Plaintiffs’ complaint also named the Department of Workforce Solutions 16 (DWS), a cabinet-level…”
N.M. Stat. § 9-26-4(D): 2 cases
Garcia v. Bd. of Regents, 2014-NMCA-083. “{3} In April and June 2009, the Director certified that two projects undertaken by the Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico, Sandia Foundation, and Enterprise Builders (collectively, the Builders) were public works projects subject to the PWMWA.”
Garcia v. UNM Bd. of Regents, 2014-NMCA-083, 6 N.M. 465. “{3} In April and June 2009, the Director certified that two projects undertaken by the Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico, Sandia Foundation, and Enterprise Builders (collectively, the Builders) were public works projects subject to the PWMWA.”
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