HB 468
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AN ACT
RELATING TO LAND GRANTS; AMENDING CHAPTER 49, ARTICLE 1 NMSA
1978 TO INCLUDE THE TOWN OF TOME LAND GRANT-MERCED.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 49-1-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1907,
Chapter 42, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:
"49-1-2. APPLICATION.--
A. Sections 49-1-1 through 49-1-18 NMSA 1978 shall
apply to all land grants-mercedes confirmed by the congress of
the United States or by the court of private land claims or
designated as land grants-mercedes in any report or list of
land grants prepared by the surveyor general and confirmed by
congress, but shall not apply to any land grant that is now
managed or controlled in any manner, other than as provided in
Sections 49-1-1 through 49-1-18 NMSA 1978, by virtue of any
general or special act.
B. If a majority of the members of the board of
trustees of a land grant-merced covered by specific
legislation determines that the specific legislation is no
longer beneficial to the land grant-merced, the board has the
authority to petition the legislature to repeal the
legislation and to be governed by its bylaws and as provided
in Sections 49-1-1 through 49-1-18 NMSA 1978.
C. The town of Tome land grant-merced, situated in