0001|                         A JOINT RESOLUTION
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0002| APPROVING AND RATIFYING THE TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY BY THE GENERAL
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0003| SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
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0004| 
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0005|      WHEREAS, the property control division of the general services
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0006| department has control over certain state buildings and lands; and
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0007|      WHEREAS, the property control division of the general services
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0008| department has authority to sell or trade state buildings and real
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0009| property under its control in accordance with Section 13-6-3 NMSA 1978;
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0010| and
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0011|      WHEREAS, the property of approximately forty-two and one-tenth
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0012| hectares, or one hundred four acres, in the area of the Santa Teresa
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0013| border crossing in Dona Ana county is under the jurisdiction of the
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0014| property control division of the general services department; and
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0015|      WHEREAS, the state of New Mexico has entered an agreement with the
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0016| United States government to develop a permanent border crossing between
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0017| Mexico and New Mexico at Santa Teresa; and
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0018|      WHEREAS, the United States government needs approximately
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0019| twenty-eight and three-fourths hectares, or seventy-one and one-tenth
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0020| acres, of land on which to construct the permanent border crossing
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0021| facilities; and
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0022|      WHEREAS, having a permanent border crossing between Mexico and New
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0023| Mexico would benefit the citizens and economy of New Mexico; and
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0024|      WHEREAS, construction of the permanent border crossing facilities
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0025| is scheduled to commence in June 1996;
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0001|      NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
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0002| NEW MEXICO that the general services department be authorized to
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0003| transfer to the United States government approximately seventy-one and
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0004| one-tenth acres of the one hundred four acres of state-owned land in the
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0005| area of the Santa Teresa border crossing; and
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0006|      BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the secretary of general services be
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0007| empowered to take all actions necessary or expedient to accomplish the
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0008| transfer of the real property to the United States government; and
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0009|      BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that pursuant to Section 13-6-3 NMSA 1978
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0010| the legislature hereby approve and ratify the transfer of real property
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0011| by the general services department to the United States government; and
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0012|      BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
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0013| transmitted to the secretary of general services.
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