SENATE BILL 225

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2006

INTRODUCED BY

Bernadette M. Sanchez

FOR THE LAND GRANT COMMITTEE

AN ACT

RELATING TO LAND GRANTS; AMENDING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF THE GUADALUPE HIDALGO TREATY DIVISION OF THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

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

     Section 1. Section 8-5-18 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003, Chapter 101, Section 1) is amended to read:

     "8-5-18. GUADALUPE HIDALGO TREATY DIVISION.--

          A. The "Guadalupe Hidalgo treaty division" is created within the office of the attorney general. The division shall review, oversee and address concerns relating to the provisions of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that have not been implemented or observed in the spirit of Article 2, Section 5 of the constitution of New Mexico and Section 47-1-25 NMSA 1978.

          B. The division shall consist of such personnel and have such duties as the attorney general shall designate.

          C. The attorney general shall report the findings and recommendations of the division to the [second session of the forty-sixth] legislature annually."

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