9-9-3: Bureaus; chiefs.

The adjutant general shall establish, within each division, such "bureaus" as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of the Military Affairs Act. He shall employ a "chief" to be the administrative head of [any] such bureaus. The chief [chiefs] and all subsidiary employees of the emergency preparedness division of the office shall be covered by the Personnel Act [Chapter 10, Article 9 NMSA 1978].