NMSA 60-13-8. Division; employees; equipment and supplies

60-13-8. Division; employees; equipment and supplies. A. The division shall employ personnel, procure equipment and supplies and assemble records as necessary to carry out the provisions of the Construction Industries Licensing Act. B. Any person employed or placed under contract by the division or by any county or municipality for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Construction Industries Licensing Act who holds any contractor's license or certificate of competence issued by the division, shall, as a condition of employment surrender the contractor's license or certificate of competence to the division to be held in inactive status. The division shall place the license or certificate on hold effective from the date the employment or contract begins until the date the employment or contract terminates. The license or certificate shall remain in effect after the hold period for the same number of days as it would have remained in effect but for the hold. History: 1953 Comp., § 67-35-12, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 199, § 12; 1977, ch. 245, § 170; 1987, ch. 283, § 2.