SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 9

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2010

INTRODUCED BY

Mary Kay Papen

A JOINT RESOLUTION

GRANTING PRIOR APPROVAL TO THE PROPERTY CONTROL DIVISION OF THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO EXCHANGE STATE-OWNED LAND FOR PRIVATELY OWNED LAND NEAR THE NEW MEXICO INSPECTION STATION AT SANTA TERESA IN DONA ANA COUNTY.

     WHEREAS, Section 13-6-3 NMSA 1978 requires ratification and approval of any sale or trade or lease of more than twenty-five years of real property belonging to a state agency for a consideration of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more; and

     WHEREAS, the property control division of the general services department has title to a number of parcels totaling approximately four and eighty-two hundredths acres within Section 18, Township 29S in Dona Ana county; and

     WHEREAS, a three and seventy-nine hundredths acre parcel of land in Section 18, Township 29S that is adjacent to a planned new port of entry and that is needed by the state is currently under private ownership; and

     WHEREAS, the property that is owned by the state is not needed by the state for any purpose, but the privately owned property to be traded for is necessary to construct a new port of entry;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the property control division trade a portion of the described state-owned property in exchange for privately owned land of approximately equal value near the proposed new port of entry and that the trade be hereby ratified and approved pursuant to the provisions of Section 13-6-3 NMSA 1978, subject to the conditions of this resolution; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, if the property is traded, both parcels be appraised by one appraiser who is mutually agreeable to the property control division, the private owner and the property tax division of the taxation and revenue department and that the appraisal of both parcels be reviewed and validated by the property tax division; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the property not be traded until the trade has been reviewed by the capitol buildings planning commission; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be transmitted to the property control division of the general services department, the property tax division of the taxation and revenue department, the border authority and the private landowner.

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