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HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 52

48

TH LEGISLATURE

- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -

FIRST SESSION

, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

W. C. "Dub" Williams

A JOINT MEMORIAL

REQUESTING THE NEW MEXICO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO DIRECT THE

APPROPRIATE INTERIM COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE NEW MEXICO

SUBDIVISION ACT.

WHEREAS, New Mexico counties are subject to the provisions

of the New Mexico Subdivision Act; and

WHEREAS, many New Mexico land divisions are being created

pursuant to thirteen exemptions allowed by the New Mexico

Subdivision Act; and

WHEREAS, properties are being divided and subdivisions

created without compliance with the provisions of the New

Mexico Subdivision Act through transfer of real property by

means of transfers on death deeds; and

WHEREAS, exemptions from the New Mexico Subdivision Act do

not currently include a requirement of documentation that all

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tax obligations are current on land parcels and are assessed on

rolls in the assessors' offices in the name of the current

owner; and

WHEREAS, precise definitions of terms are necessary to

implement the New Mexico Subdivision Act;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE

STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico legislative council be

requested to direct the appropriate interim legislative

committee to study the New Mexico Subdivision Act, including

review of the state's statutes relating to exemptions allowed

in the act, the transfer of deeds upon death, tax and

assessment obligations and definition of terms; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the interim legislative

committee report its findings and recommendations for

legislation to the second session of the forty-eighth

legislature; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

transmitted to the members of the New Mexico legislative

council.

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