SENATE BILL 555

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2005

INTRODUCED BY

Shannon Robinson

AN ACT

RELATING TO LITIGATION; DIRECTING THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY

GENERAL TO SUE THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR THE RETURN OF LAND;

DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. LITIGATION--DIRECTING THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO SUE THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR THE RETURN OF LAND.--The office of the attorney general is directed to sue the state of Texas for the return of six hundred three thousand four hundred eighty-five acres of land taken from New Mexico due to an error in drawing the north-south boundary between New Mexico and Texas. The attorney general is further directed to seek compensation for subsurface mineral rights, oil and gas royalties and income, property taxes and grazing privileges that New Mexico has not realized due to the boundary error.

     Section 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.

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