SENATE BILL 227
47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2006
INTRODUCED BY
Shannon Robinson
AN ACT
RELATING TO STATE MUSEUMS; TRANSFERRING THE NEW MEXICO FILM MUSEUM TO THE CULTURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT; CHANGING THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE NEW MEXICO FILM MUSEUM; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 18-14-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003, Chapter 250, Section 1) is amended to read:
"18-14-1. SHORT TITLE.--[This act] Chapter 18, Article 14 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "New Mexico Film Museum Act"."
Section 2. Section 18-14-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003, Chapter 250, Section 3) is amended to read:
"18-14-3. MUSEUM--LOCATION--PROPERTY.--
A. The "New Mexico film museum" is created within the [tourism department] cultural affairs department. The museum shall be located in Santa Fe.
B. All real or personal property held or subsequently acquired for the operation of the museum shall be under the control and authority of the board.
C. Funds or other property received as a gift, endowment or legacy shall remain under the control of the board and shall, upon acceptance, be used for the operation of the museum."
Section 3. Section 18-14-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003, Chapter 250, Section 4) is amended to read:
"18-14-4. BOARD--APPOINTMENT--TERMS--OFFICERS.--
A. The board of trustees of the museum is created.
B. The board shall consist of eleven members who are residents of New Mexico, appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. In making the appointments, the governor shall give due consideration to the geographic distribution of the members' places of residence. The members shall be persons who have expertise or have demonstrated a continuing interest in the fields of film, filmmaking or museums; provided that
[(1) one of the members shall be the director of the museum division of the office of cultural affairs or his designee;
(2)] one of the members shall be the director of the New Mexico film division of the economic development department or [his] the director's designee
[(3) two members shall be film actors;
(4) two members shall be screenwriters;
(5) two members shall be film technicians; and (6) one member representing the Indian nations, tribes and pueblos located wholly or partially in New Mexico].
C. The board members shall be appointed for terms of four years or less so that all terms are coterminous with the current term of the governor who appointed them. The board members shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.
D. The secretary of [tourism] cultural affairs or the secretary's designee shall be an ex-officio nonvoting member of the board.
E. The president of the board shall be designated by the governor and shall serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the governor. Other officers shall be elected annually by the board at its first scheduled meeting after July 1 of each year."
Section 4. TEMPORARY PROVISION--TRANSFERS.--
A. On the effective date of this act, all functions, appropriations, money, personnel, records, files, furniture, equipment and other property of the New Mexico film museum of the tourism department shall be transferred to the cultural affairs department.
B. On the effective date of this act, all contractual obligations of the New Mexico film museum of the tourism department shall be binding on the cultural affairs department.
Section 5. APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the cultural affairs department for expenditure in fiscal year 2007 to provide for operational costs for the New Mexico film museum. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert to the general fund.
Section 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2006.
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