0001| HOUSE BILL 624 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| SANDRA L. TOWNSEND | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY; PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL METHODS | 0012| OF DISPOSITION OF OBSOLETE, WORN-OUT AND UNUSABLE TANGIBLE | 0013| PERSONAL PROPERTY. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. Section 13-6-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws | 0017| 1961, Chapter 100, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read: | 0018| "13-6-1. DISPOSITION OF OBSOLETE, WORN-OUT AND UNUSABLE | 0019| TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY.-- | 0020| A. The governing authority of each state agency, | 0021| local public body, school district and state educational | 0022| institution may dispose of any item of tangible personal | 0023| property belonging to that authority and delete the item from | 0024| its public inventory upon a specific finding by the authority | 0025| that the item of property is: | 0001| (1) of a current resale value of five thousand | 0002| dollars ($5,000) or less; and | 0003| (2) worn-out, unusable or obsolete to the | 0004| extent that the item is no longer economical or safe for | 0005| continued use by the body. | 0006| B. The governing authority shall, as a prerequisite | 0007| to the disposition of any items of tangible personal | 0008| property: | 0009| (1) designate a committee of at least three | 0010| officials of the governing authority to approve and oversee | 0011| such disposition; and | 0012| (2) give notification at least thirty days | 0013| prior to its action making such deletion by sending a copy of | 0014| its official finding and the proposed disposition of the | 0015| property to the state auditor and any other appropriate or | 0016| required authority, duly sworn and subscribed under oath by | 0017| each member of the authority approving the action. | 0018| C. A copy of the official finding and proposed | 0019| disposition of the tangible personal property sought to be | 0020| disposed of shall be made a permanent part of the official | 0021| minutes of the governing authority or otherwise maintained as | 0022| a public record subject to the Inspection of Public Records | 0023| Act. | 0024| D. The governing authority shall dispose of the | 0025| [item] tangible personal property by negotiated sale, | 0001| trade or donation to other state agencies, local public | 0002| bodies, school districts, state educational institutions or | 0003| municipalities or through the central purchasing office by | 0004| means of competitive sealed bid or public auction or through | 0005| the federal property assistance bureau of the general services | 0006| department. If the governing authority is unable to dispose of | 0007| any item of tangible personal property by the methods listed in | 0008| this section, the governing authority may donate the items of | 0009| tangible personal property to any charitable organization | 0010| registered with the office of the attorney general pursuant to | 0011| the Charitable Organizations and Solicitations Act. | 0012| E. If the governing authority cannot sell or | 0013| dispose of any item of tangible personal property by any of the | 0014| methods listed in this section, it may order that the property | 0015| be properly destroyed or otherwise permanently disposed of in | 0016| accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations. | 0017| F. If the governing authority determines that any | 0018| item of tangible personal property is hazardous and may not, | 0019| under any circumstances, be used safely, such item may only be | 0020| disposed of pursuant to the provisions of Subsection E of this | 0021| section. | 0022| G. In no event shall any item of tangible personal | 0023| property be donated to any employees, or relative of an | 0024| employee, of any state agency or local public body; provided | 0025| that nothing in this section shall preclude an employee from | 0001| participating and bidding for public property at a public | 0002| auction. | 0003| [E.] H. This section shall not apply to any | 0004| tangible personal property acquired by a museum through | 0005| abandonment procedures pursuant to the Abandoned Cultural | 0006| Properties Act." | 0007|  | 0008| State of New Mexico | 0009| House of Representatives | 0010| | 0011| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0012| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| February 20, 1997 | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| Mr. Speaker: | 0019| | 0020| Your GOVERNMENT AND URBAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to | 0021| whom has been referred | 0022| | 0023| HOUSE BILL 624 | 0024| | 0025| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0001| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0002| | 0003| 1. On page 3, line 7, after "organization" strike the | 0004| remainder of the line, strike lines 8 and 9 and insert in lieu | 0005| thereof "that is designated by the internal revenue service as a | 0006| 501(c)(3) organization."., | 0007| | 0008| and thence referred to the JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. | 0009| | 0010| Respectfully submitted, | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| Lynda M. Lovejoy, Chairwoman | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| Adopted Not Adopted | 0020| | 0021| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0022| | 0023| Date | 0024| | 0025| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against | 0001| Yes: 6 | 0002| Excused: Hobbs, Wallace | 0003| Absent: None | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| .117491.1 | 0007| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0624 State of New Mexico | 0008| House of Representatives | 0009| | 0010| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0011| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| February 20, 1997 | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| Mr. Speaker: | 0018| | 0019| Your GOVERNMENT AND URBAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to | 0020| whom has been referred | 0021| | 0022| HOUSE BILL 624 | 0023| | 0024| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0025| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0001| | 0002| 1. On page 3, line 7, after "organization" strike the | 0003| remainder of the line, strike lines 8 and 9 and insert in lieu | 0004| thereof "that is designated by the internal revenue service as a | 0005| 501(c)(3) organization."., | 0006| | 0007| and thence referred to the JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. | 0008| | 0009| Respectfully submitted, | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| Lynda M. Lovejoy, Chairwoman | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| Adopted Not Adopted | 0019| | 0020| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0021| | 0022| Date | 0023| | 0024| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against | 0025| Yes: 6 | 0001| Excused: Hobbs, Wallace | 0002| Absent: None | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| .117491.1 | 0006| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0624 State of New Mexico | 0007| House of Representatives | 0008| | 0009| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0010| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| March 12, 1997 | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| Mr. Speaker: | 0017| | 0018| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0019| | 0020| HOUSE BILL 624, as amended | 0021| | 0022| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0023| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0024| | 0025| 1. On page 2, line 23, after "sale" strike ", trade". | 0001| | 0002| 2. On page 2, line 25, strike the first occurrence of "or" | 0003| and insert in lieu thereof a comma. | 0004| | 0005| 3. On page 3, line 1, before "through" insert "any | 0006| governmental unit of an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo in New | 0007| Mexico or". | 0008| | 0009| 4. On page 4, line 3, strike the closing quotation marks | 0010| and | 0011| between lines 3 and 4, insert the following new subsection: | 0012| | 0013| "I. If any part or application of this act is held | 0014| invalid, the remainder or its application to other situations or | 0015| persons shall not be affected."". | 0016| | 0017| Respectfully submitted, | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| Thomas P. Foy, Chairman | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| Adopted Not Adopted | 0002| | 0003| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0004| | 0005| Date | 0006| | 0007| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against | 0008| Yes: 7 | 0009| Excused: M.P. Garcia, Mallory, Pederson, Rios, Sanchez, Stewart | 0010| Absent: None | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| .118659.1 | 0014| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0624 | 0015| | 0016| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0017| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| March 21, 1997 | 0021| | 0022| Mr. President: | 0023| | 0024| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been | 0025| referred | 0001| | 0002| HOUSE BILL 624, as amended | 0003| | 0004| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0005| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0006| | 0007| Respectfully submitted, | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| __________________________________ | 0013| Shannon Robinson, Chairman | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0018| Adopted_______________________ | 0019| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| Date ________________________ | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against | 0001| Yes: 7 | 0002| No: 0 | 0003| Excused: Ingle, Smith | 0004| Absent: None | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| H0624PA1 |