HOUSE BILL 633

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2009

INTRODUCED BY

Patricia A. Lundstrom

AN ACT

RELATING TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS; CREATING THE INDIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS FUND; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.

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

     Section 1. INDIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS FUND--CREATED--PURPOSE--APPROPRIATION.--The "Indian arts and crafts fund" is created as a nonreverting fund in the state treasury and shall be administered by the cultural affairs department. The department shall establish procedures and adopt rules as required to administer the fund. The fund shall consist of appropriations, grants, donations and money that otherwise accrues to the fund. Income from investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Money in the fund shall be appropriated by the legislature to the cultural affairs department to conduct studies regarding Native American arts and crafts, including the extent to which the manufacture and sale of Native American arts and crafts contribute to the state's culture and economy, the potential adverse impact of the import, production and sale of items of non-authentic Native American arts and crafts, the extent to which non-authentic Native American arts and crafts are misrepresented to the public and ways in which the state might promote and protect the contribution of the manufacture and sale of Native American arts and crafts to the state's economy. Money shall be disbursed from the fund only on warrant of the secretary of finance and administration upon vouchers signed by the secretary of cultural affairs or the secretary's authorized representative. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

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