HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 13

53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2018

INTRODUCED BY

Jim Dines

A JOINT RESOLUTION

GRANTING EXCLUSIVE LEGISLATIVE JURISDICTION TO THE UNITED STATES OVER CERTAIN LANDS LOCATED IN BERNALILLO COUNTY.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 19-2-2 NMSA 1978, and in reference to the notice received by the legislature from the governor, exclusive legislative jurisdiction is granted to the United States for real property now owned by the United States in Bernalillo county, New Mexico, described as the areas on Kirtland air force base known as:

          A. Maxwell housing;

          B. Pershing housing-commissary-Gibson gate; and

          C. the New Mexico national guard.

     SECTION 2. As used in Section 1 of this resolution, "exclusive legislative jurisdiction" means the vesting in the United States of all the rights accorded a sovereign with the broad qualification that such authority is held over matters, including criminal laws, public powers and tax laws to the extent that those rights do not contravene Section 19-2-3 NMSA 1978. It is the right of the federal government to legislate with respect to such land and persons present or residing on it, subject only to the United States and state constitutional constraints. 

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