HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 20

52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2015

INTRODUCED BY

Jim R. Trujillo

A JOINT RESOLUTION

RATIFYING AND APPROVING A TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY FROM THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS FOR A FUTURE MAGISTRATE COURT FACILITY.

     WHEREAS, Section 13-6-2 NMSA 1978 provides that a state

agency may sell or otherwise dispose of real property by

negotiated sale or donation to a state agency; and

     WHEREAS, Section 13-6-3 NMSA 1978 provides that any sale,

trade or lease for a period exceeding twenty-five years in duration of real property belonging to any state agency, which sale, trade or lease shall be for a consideration of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more, shall be subject to the ratification and approval of the state legislature prior to the sale, trade, donation or lease becoming effective; and

     WHEREAS, the general services department, in 2006, acquired certain undeveloped real property in the county of Santa Fe, state of New Mexico, described as lots 1A through 5A, as shown on plat of survey entitled "Lot Line Adjustment Plat … adjusting the line between Lots 1 and 5, Joseph E. Valdes Industrial Park", filed for record as document number 1204685, appearing in plat book 501, page 016, records of Santa Fe county, New Mexico; and

     WHEREAS, the general services department has determined that it does not need the property and, in consultation with the administrative office of the courts, has determined that the best use of the value of the property is as a future building site for a magistrate court facility; and

     WHEREAS, the property has a value in excess of one hundred

thousand dollars ($100,000);

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the proposed transfer of the property from the general services department to the administrative office of the courts be hereby ratified and approved by the legislature; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the legislative authorization for the proposed transfer be contingent upon agreement by the parties in the conveyance document; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the property shall not be sold, conveyed or transferred until the proposed transfer has been reviewed by the capitol buildings planning commission; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be transmitted to the secretary of general services, the director of the administrative office of the courts and the director of the legislative council service on behalf of the capitol buildings planning commission.

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