31-5-5. Inmate commitment or transfer.
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The secretary of corrections may commit or transfer an inmate to any institution in or outside New Mexico if New Mexico has entered into a contract or contracts for the confinement of inmates in the institution pursuant to Article III of the Western Interstate Corrections Compact [31-5-4 NMSA 1978]. History: 1953 Comp., § 41-20-12, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 112, § 2; 1985, ch. 119, § 1.