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AN ACT
RELATING TO THE NATIONAL STATUARY HALL; CREATING A STATUARY
HALL COMMISSION; HONORING POPÉ; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION;
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. COMMISSION CREATED.--The "statuary hall
commission" is created. The commission shall be composed of
no more than nine persons, the chairman of which shall be the
governor and the membership of which shall include the state
treasurer, the state cultural affairs officer, the executive
director of the New Mexico office of Indian affairs and no
fewer than four members appointed by the governor from a list
of names that have been submitted to him by the Indian
nations, tribes or pueblos in New Mexico, containing names of
members of those Indian nations, tribes or pueblos who would
be appropriate to serve on the commission. Terms of the
members shall extend until a second statue from New Mexico is
emplaced in the national statuary hall in Washington, D.C.
The governor shall fill any vacancy on the statuary hall
commission within three months from the date that the vacancy
occurs in the same manner as original members were appointed.
Section 2. DUTIES.--The statuary hall commission shall:
A. meet at the call of the governor but shall
meet no fewer than four times per year;
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B. determine the process necessary for New Mexico
to have a second statue placed in the national statuary hall;
C. develop procedures for the funding of the
second statue and raise funds to commission the design,
creation and transport of a statue to be placed in the
national statuary hall through the creation of a foundation
for the acceptance of gifts, donations, bequests and proceeds
from appropriate fundraising events in accordance with the
provisions of the act of July 2, 1864 (40 U.S.C. 187); and
D. commission the design and creation of a statue
of the illustrious San Juan pueblo Indian strategist and
warrior Popé, who was renowned, respected and revered by the
Native Americans of New Mexico as the leader of the pueblo
revolt of 1680 and who would be the second Native American to
be honored with placement of a statue in the national
statuary hall.
Section 3. APPROPRIATION.--Sixty thousand dollars
($60,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the office
of cultural affairs for expenditure in fiscal years 1997 and
1998 for the purpose of paying mileage and per diem expenses
pursuant to the Per Diem and Mileage Act to members of the
statuary hall commission that are not official
representatives of state agencies and to pay for operational
expenses of the commission. Any unexpended or unencumbered
balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1998 shall revert
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to the general fund.
Section 4. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
peace, health and safety that this act take effect
immediately.