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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 13

TH LEGISLATURE

- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -

FIRST SESSION

, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Mary Kay Papen

A JOINT RESOLUTION

GRANTING PRIOR APPROVAL TO SELL LAND IN LAS CRUCES OWNED BY

THE PROPERTY CONTROL DIVISION OF THE GENERAL SERVICES

DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION

ADMINISTRATION OR TO EXCHANGE THE LAND FOR LAND OWNED BY THE

CITY OF LAS CRUCES IN DONA ANA COUNTY.

WHEREAS, Section 13-6-3 NMSA 1978 requires ratification

and approval of any sale, trade or lease of state property for

a period exceeding twenty-five years and for over one hundred

thousand dollars ($100,000) in value; and

WHEREAS, Laws 2002, Chapter 110, Section 49 appropriated

two million eight hundred thousand dollars ($2,800,000) from

the workers' compensation administration fund to the capital

program fund "to acquire land, design, plan, construct or

remodel, equip and furnish office buildings in Las Cruces in

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Dona Ana county and in Farmington in San Juan county"; and

WHEREAS, a parcel of land in downtown Las Cruces of

approximately one and seventy-six hundredths acres, located on

the corner of Lohman avenue and Alameda boulevard, was

purchased on December 30, 2002; and

WHEREAS, Paragraph (1) of Subsection B of Section 44 of

Chapter 126 of Laws 2004 appropriated two hundred thousand

dollars ($200,000) to the capital program fund "to plan and

design a new state office building in Las Cruces to reduce the

cost of leasing and to co-locate state agencies in a state-

owned facility"; and

WHEREAS, co-location of offices facilitates public access

to state services and reduces capital expenditure requirements

by sharing infrastructure costs; and

WHEREAS, in connection with its downtown revitalization

efforts, the city of Las Cruces has expressed an interest in

acquiring the state-owned property held by the general

services department on behalf of the workers' compensation

administration; and

WHEREAS, the workers' compensation administration in Las

Cruces will be co-located with other state agencies in a state

office building, and funds appropriated to house the workers'

compensation administration in Las Cruces will contribute to

the state office building;

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

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STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the property control division of the

general services department may sell to or exchange state-

owned land with the city of Las Cruces in Dona Ana county, and

the sale or exchange is ratified and approved pursuant to the

provisions of Section 13-6-3 NMSA 1978; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the state-owned property

shall not be sold or exchanged for less than the value of the

property established by the taxation and revenue department

using generally acceptable appraisal techniques for this type

of property and that the state shall not acquire land from the

city of Las Cruces for more than the value of the property

established by the taxation and revenue department using

generally acceptable appraisal techniques for this type of

property; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the properties shall be

appraised by one appraiser that is mutually agreed to by the

property control division of the general services department,

the city of Las Cruces and the property tax division of the

taxation and revenue department; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the appraisal of land shall

be reviewed and validated by the property tax division of the

taxation and revenue department; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the owner of the parcel with

the lower appraised value shall pay to the owner of the parcel

with the higher appraised value the difference between the

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value of the parcels to be exchanged; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be

transmitted to the property control division of the general

services department, the workers' compensation administration,

the city of Las Cruces and the property tax division of the

taxation and revenue department.

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