0001|                               AN ACT
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0002| RELATING TO INDIAN CULTURE; ABOLISHING THE STATE AGENCY STATUS OF
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0003| THE INTERTRIBAL INDIAN CEREMONIAL ASSOCIATION; TRANSFERRING
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0004| PROPERTY AND PERSONNEL; AMENDING, REPEALING AND ENACTING SECTIONS
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0005| OF THE NMSA 1978.
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0007| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0008|      Section 1.  A new section of the Tourism Department Act is enacted to read:
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0009|      "SECRETARY--ADDITIONAL DUTIES--PROMOTION OF INDIAN ARTS,
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0010| CRAFTS AND CULTURE.--In addition to the secretary's responsibility for the overall
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0011| supervision of the department, the secretary shall:
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0012|           A.  encourage the preservation and development of Indian arts and crafts among
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0013| the Indian tribes and pueblos of the state;
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0014|           B.  encourage the preservation of traditional rites and ceremonials of Indian tribes
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0015| and pueblos to increase knowledge and appreciation of those arts, crafts, rites and ceremonials;
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0016| and
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0017|           C.  promote the intertribal Indian ceremonial association, incorporated, located in
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0018| Gallup."
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0019|      Section 2.  Section 13-1-99 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984, Chapter 65, Section 72, as
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0020| amended) is amended to read:
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0021|      "13-1-99.  EXCLUDED FROM CENTRAL PURCHASING THROUGH THE STATE
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0022| PURCHASING AGENT.--Excluded from the requirement of procurement through the state
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0023| purchasing agent but not from the requirements of the Procurement Code are the following:
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0024|           A.  procurement of professional services;
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0025|           B.  small purchases having a value not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars
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0001| ($250);
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0002|           C.  emergency procurement;
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0003|           D.  procurement of highway construction or reconstruction by the state highway
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0004| and transportation department;
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0005|           E.  procurement by the judicial branch of state government;
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0006|           F.  procurement by the legislative branch of state government;
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0007|           G.  procurement by the boards of regents of state educational institutions named
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0008| in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico;
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0009|           H.  procurement of information processing resources procured through the
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0010| commission on information and communication management;
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0011|           I.  procurement by the state fair commission of tangible personal property,
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0012| services and construction under five thousand dollars ($5,000);
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0013|           J.  purchases from the instructional material fund;
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0014|           K.  procurement by all local public bodies;
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0015|           L.  procurement by regional education cooperatives; and
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0016|           M.  procurement by each state health care institution that provides direct patient
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0017| care and that is, or a part of which is, medicaid certified and participating in the New Mexico
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0018| medicaid program."
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0019|      Section 3.  TEMPORARY PROVISION--TRANSFER OF PERSONNEL,
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0020| APPROPRIATIONS AND ASSETS.--On the effective date of this act, all personnel, money,
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0021| appropriations, records, property, equipment and supplies belonging to the intertribal Indian
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0022| ceremonial association, a state agency, are transferred to the city of Gallup for the exclusive use
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0023| by the intertribal Indian ceremonial association, incorporated, a nonprofit corporation.
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0024|      Section 4.  REPEAL.--Sections 28-12-1 through 28-12-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws
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0025| 1939, Chapter 42, Section 1 and Laws, 1967, Chapter 299, Sections 1 and 2) are repealed.
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0001|      Section 5.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is
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0002|                                                               July 1, 1996.                         
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