HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 4

46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2004

INTRODUCED BY

Brian K. Moore

A JOINT RESOLUTION

AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF A PORTION OF THE EAGLE NEST LAKE PROPERTY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STATE PARK.

     WHEREAS, Section 16-2-11 NMSA 1978 requires legislative approval of any acquisition of land for state park purposes prior to the execution of a written agreement binding the state to an expenditure of funds; and

     WHEREAS, in 2002, the legislature appropriated funds to the department of game and fish for the purchase of Eagle Nest lake and environs in Colfax county for the purpose of providing hunting, fishing, boating and recreation and promoting tourism; and

     WHEREAS, the department of game and fish and the state parks division of the energy, minerals and natural resources department agree that it would benefit the state to transfer ownership of part of the property to the state parks division for use and operation as a state park; and

     WHEREAS, the land to be transferred is located on the north, west and south sides of Eagle Nest lake and comprises approximately eight hundred seventy-two acres as shall be determined by a survey prior to the transfer of the property;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the transfer of the described property from the department of game and fish to the state parks division of the energy, minerals and natural resources department be hereby approved pursuant to Section 16-2-11 NMSA 1978; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be transmitted to the department of game and fish and to the state parks division of the energy, minerals and natural resources department.

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