Section 9-15-17 - Director; duties. - New Mexico Statutes

9-15-17. Director; duties.

The director of the technology enterprise division is responsible for the overall supervision of the division in accordance with the provisions of Section 9-15-16 NMSA 1978. In addition, the director shall:   

A.     formulate and submit to the commission a five-year state technology development plan;   

B.     develop and be responsible for the operating and capital budgets of the division;   

C.     develop agreements with federal research, development, testing and evaluating organizations and universities to facilitate the transfer and commercialization of technology;   

D.     recommend to the secretary proposed projects and contracts in accordance with the policies, procedures and guidelines established by the department;   

E.     subject to the approval of the secretary, apply for and accept any federal funds or grants and private donations;   

F.     develop requests for proposals in technology commercialization areas given priority by the commission in the state's economic development and tourism plan; receive and refer with commentary to the secretary proposals submitted in response to requests for proposals; confer with research investigators to assist them when needed; monitor progress on state-funded research and development projects; maintain contact with research and development offices of the universities, federal laboratories and private research operations; and receive reports of individual projects;   

G.     prepare an annual report on:   

(1)     the status of the technology enterprise division;   

(2)     the status of ongoing research and development projects;   

(3)     the results obtained from completed projects and the dissemination of those results; and   

(4)     other activities of the division;   

H.     maintain and update records on the status of all completed and ongoing projects;   

I.     request from each entity under contract with the division a detailed description of tasks and associated budgets for review and approval by the commission; and   

J.     perform such other duties as are assigned to him by the secretary in order to further the purposes of Section 9-15-17 NMSA 1978.