New Mexico. State Highway and Transportation Dept.

The Territorial Roads Commission was established by a legislative act in 1909 (1909 Laws of N.M., Chp. 42, Sec. 1). In 1912 a legislative act changed the name to State Highway Commission (1912 Laws of N.M., Chp. 54, Sec. 1). In the 1920s and 1930s the Commission published the Highway Journal, which became New Mexico Magazine. Between approximately 1912 and 1967 the Highway Commission also used the name Highway Department. In 1967 a legislative act established the Highway Department and transferred to it some of the functions of the State Highway Commission, which was authorized to set policies for the Highway Department (1967 Laws of N.M., Chp. 266, Sec. 5). In 1987 a legislative act merged the State Highway Department with the State Transportation Department into the State Highway and Transportation Department (1987 Laws of N.M., Chp. 268, Sec. 35). The State Highway and Transportation Department is responsible for establishing and initiating plans for the location, design, construction, and maintenance of the state highway program and administering public transportation in New Mexico.