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AN ACT
RELATING TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS; CHANGING THE NAME OF THE MUSEUM
OF FINE ART DIVISION AND THE MUSEUM SERVICES DIVISION OF THE
CULTURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT; PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSFER OF
FUNCTIONS, PERSONNEL, MONEY, APPROPRIATIONS, PROPERTY,
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND STATUTORY REFERENCES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 9-4A-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2004,
Chapter 25, Section 1) is amended to read:
"9-4A-1. SHORT TITLE.--Chapter 9, Article 4A NMSA 1978
may be cited as the "Cultural Affairs Department Act"."
Section 2. Section 9-4A-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2004,
Chapter 25, Section 4) is amended to read:
"9-4A-4. DEPARTMENT CREATED.--The "cultural affairs
department" is created in the executive branch. The
department is a cabinet department and includes the following
divisions:
A. the administrative services division;
B. the arts division;
C. the historic preservation division;
D. the library division;
E. the Hispanic cultural division;
F. the farm and ranch heritage museum division;
G. the natural history and science museum
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division;
H. the museum of space history division;
I. the museum resources division; and
J. the following divisions that make up the museum
of New Mexico:
(1) the palace of the governors state
history museum division;
(2) the New Mexico museum of art division;
(3) the museum of Indian arts and culture
division;
(4) the museum of international folk art
division;
(5) the archaeological services division;
and
(6) the state monuments division."
Section 3. Section 9-4A-12 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2004,
Chapter 25, Section 12) is amended to read:
"9-4A-12. MUSEUM RESOURCES DIVISION.--The "museum
resources division" is created within the department. The
museum resources division shall provide support in
exhibitions, statewide education services, publishing and
other services requested by the museums or the secretary."
Section 4. Section 9-4A-13 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2004,
Chapter 25, Section 13) is amended to read:
"9-4A-13. NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF ART DIVISION CREATED--
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LOCATION--BOARD OF REGENTS.--
A. The "New Mexico museum of art division" is
created in the department. The New Mexico museum of art
located in Santa Fe shall be operated as a division of the
department under the imprimatur of the museum of New Mexico.
The museum of New Mexico board of regents shall exercise
trusteeship over the New Mexico museum of art.
B. The director of the division shall meet the
following minimum qualifications:
(1) hold a bachelor's or higher degree in a
discipline related to the function of the division; and
(2) have significant experience in the
management and operation of an organization similar to the
division.
C. The director shall be appointed by the
secretary from a list of no less than three names provided by
the museum of New Mexico board of regents."
Section 5. Section 18-3-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1975,
Chapter 264, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
"18-3-1. MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO ESTABLISHED--LOCATION--
PROPERTY.--
A. The "museum of New Mexico" is established. All
properties, real or personal, now held for museum purposes
and all properties, real or personal, that may be acquired
for museum purposes at any time in the future shall be under
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the control of the museum board of regents of the museum of
New Mexico.
B. The museum of New Mexico consists of:
(1) the palace of the governors state
history museum;
(2) the New Mexico museum of art;
(3) the museum of Indian arts and culture;
(4) the museum of international folk art;
(5) archaeological services; and
(6) the state monuments:
(a) Coronado state monument;
(b) Jemez state monument;
(c) Fort Selden state monument;
(d) Fort Sumner state monument;
(e) Lincoln state monument;
(f) El Camino Real international
heritage center; and
(g) the Taylor Reynolds Barela Mesilla
state monument."
Section 6. TEMPORARY PROVISION--TRANSFERS.--On the
effective date of this act:
A. all functions, personnel, money,
appropriations, records, files, furniture, equipment and
other property of the museum of fine art or the museum of
fine art division of the cultural affairs department shall be
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transferred to the New Mexico museum of art or the New Mexico
museum of art division of that department, respectively;
B. all functions, personnel, money,
appropriations, records, files, furniture, equipment and
other property of the museum services division of the
cultural affairs department shall be transferred to the
museum resources division of that department;
C. all contractual obligations of the museum of
fine art or museum of fine art division of the cultural
affairs department shall be binding on the New Mexico museum
of art or the New Mexico museum of art division of that
department, respectively;
D. all contractual obligations of the museum
services division of the cultural affairs department shall be
binding on the museum resources division of that department;
E. all statutory references to the museum of fine
art or museum of fine art division of the cultural affairs
department shall be deemed to be references to the New Mexico
museum of art or the New Mexico museum of art division of
that department, respectively; and
F. all statutory references to the museum services
division of the cultural affairs department shall be deemed to
be references to the museum resources division of that
department.