Planning Districts

NMSA 1978 ch. 4, art. 58

in effect

NMSA 1978, § 4-58-1 Short title

4-58-1. Short title This act [4-58-1 to 4-58-6 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Planning District Act". 1953 Comp., § 15-59-1, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 298, § 1.

NMSA 1978, § 4-58-2 Purpose

4-58-2. Purpose The purpose of the Planning District Act is to establish state grants-in-aid for financial assistance to designated planning and development districts as created by executive order of the governor and which presently consist of: A. district 1, consisting of San Juan, McKinley and Cibola counties; B. district 2, consisting of Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, Taos, Los Alamos, Colfax, Mora and San Miguel counties; C. district 3, consisting of Sandoval, Bernalillo, Valencia and Torrance counties; D. district 4, consisting of Union, Harding, Quay, Curry, Roosevelt, Guadalupe and De Baca counties; E. district 5, consisting of Catron, Hidalgo, Luna and Grant counties; F. district 6, consisting of Lincoln, Otero, Chaves, Eddy and Lea counties; and G. district 7, consisting of Socorro, Sierra and Dona Ana counties. 1953 Comp., § 15-59-2, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 298, § 2; 1989, ch. 35, § 1.

NMSA 1978, § 4-58-3 Limitation

4-58-3. Limitation Nothing in the Planning District Act shall be construed to change or conflict with the status of economic development districts, regional and metropolitan planning commissions or councils of governments established heretofore under the Regional Planning Act [3-56-1 to 3-56-9 NMSA 1978] or the Joint Powers Agreements Act [11-1-1 to 11-1-7 NMSA 1978]. 1953 Comp., § 15-59-3, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 298, § 3.

NMSA 1978, § 4-58-4 Recognized regional councils

4-58-4. Recognized regional councils A. The governing board of any existing economic development district or council of government is the regional council of the initial planning and development district. No regional council of a planning and development district shall be recognized unless the membership of its governing board complies with the provisions of Subsection B of this section. B. In order to qualify for the benefits of the provisions of the Planning District Act, the regional council of a planning and development district shall be officially designated by the governor; shall have a governing board of at least fifty percent elected officials of local or county governments and the remainder of the members shall represent economic development organizations and organizations broadly representative of diverse community interests. C. The operations of regional councils of planning and development districts shall be solely within the discretion and control of the governing boards. D. Qualification as a regional council and eligibility for grants-in-aid provisions of the Planning District Act shall terminate with respect to any regional council that uses state funds for any purpose not within the intent and purposes of the Planning District Act and shall not be restored until the regional council makes restitution for any misused funds and furnishes proof of compliance with respect to future operations. 1953 Comp., § 15-59-4, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 298, § 4.

NMSA 1978, § 4-58-5 State grants-in-aid authorized

4-58-5. State grants-in-aid authorized A. The secretary of the department of finance and administration may, from time to time, make grants-in-aid to officially recognized regional councils of planning and development districts from funds appropriated for that purpose. Payments shall be scheduled as nearly as possible to begin on July 1 of each fiscal year and on the first day of each calendar quarter thereafter. B. Funds appropriated for grants-in-aid to recognized regional councils of planning and development districts shall be allocated, in equal shares, among the initial seven recognized planning and development districts. If any changes occur in the district boundaries of any of the initial seven districts, allocations of appropriated funds shall be made to the districts in accordance with equitable criteria established by the department of finance and administration and filed under the State Rules Act [Chapter 14, Article 4 NMSA 1978] prior to establishment of the changes. 1953 Comp., § 15-59-5, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 298, § 5; 1977, ch. 247, § 144; 1983, ch. 296, § 13.

NMSA 1978, § 4-58-6 Conditions of grants-in-aid

4-58-6. Conditions of grants-in-aid A. Whenever funds are appropriated to be used for making grants-in-aid authorized in the Planning District Act, the secretary of the department of finance and administration shall notify the respective boards of directors of the regional councils of the amount allocated to the district and shall notify the regional council that applications for grants-in-aid may be made upon forms provided by the secretary. Upon receipt of the application, the secretary shall determine that: (1) the regional council applying for a grant-in-aid is officially recognized for a designated district; (2) the governing board of the regional council certifies that a budget has been adopted for the expenditure of state and local funds for purposes consistent with the Planning District Act; (3) the regional council has obtained nonfederal matching funds or services, or both, from local governments or private sources at least equal to the amount of the state grant-in-aid. The president or treasurer of the board of directors of the regional council shall certify from time to time that the matching funds from local or private sources are on deposit to the organization's own account before quarterly payment of a state grant-in-aid is made to the regional council; and (4) at the end of each fiscal year, an audited report of expenditures of the regional council will be submitted to the secretary, that any state funds unexpended on June 30 each year will revert to the general fund and that, if the regional council has used any state funds for any purpose not within the purposes of the Planning District Act, the amount shall be reimbursed to the state. B. The secretary shall review any application for a grant-in-aid, and if it is determined that the regional council is qualified to receive money under the Planning District Act, the grant-in-aid shall be paid to the regional council on a dollar-for-dollar matching basis of funds or services, or both, provided from local or private nonfederal sources, but the total of all grants-in-aid within a planning and development district shall not exceed the amount allocated to that district for the fiscal year. All or part of the state and local funds or services, or both, may be used to qualify for matching federal funds to be used for the purposes of the Planning District Act. If any planning and development district does not qualify for the total amount of grants-in-aid allocated to it during any fiscal year because of the lack of required matching funds or services, or both, from nonfederal local or private sources, the amount thereof for which the district does not qualify shall revert to the state general fund and shall not be apportioned for payment to any other district. 1953 Comp., § 15-59-6, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 298, § 6; 1977, ch. 247, § 145; 1983, ch. 296, § 14.

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