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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.

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.--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 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,

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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 one of the members

shall be the director of the New Mexico film division of the

economic development department or the director's designee.

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 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."

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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. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the

provisions of this act is July 1, 2006.