Land Office Building

NMSA 1978 ch. 19, art. 12

in effect

NMSA 1978, § 19-12-1 Short title

19-12-1. Short title This act [19-12-1 to 19-12-13 except 19-12-7.1 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Land Office Building Act." 1953 Comp., § 7-14-1, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 25, § 1.

NMSA 1978, § 19-12-2 [Acquisition of land; construction and maintenance of buildings; use; lease to other agencies; disposition and use of rents.]

19-12-2. [Acquisition of land; construction and maintenance of buildings; use; lease to other agencies; disposition and use of rents.] The commissioner of public lands of the state is authorized to acquire the necessary land to construct, equip and maintain a land office building or buildings thereon to be used as offices for the purpose of administering the trust created by the New Mexico Enabling Act and other similar acts of congress granting lands to the state. In acquiring land and construction of a building, the commissioner of public lands is authorized to anticipate need for expansion. Pending immediate need, he is authorized to lease office space or land to other agencies of the state on a year-to-year basis at a rental rate comparable to that charged for office space and lands in the area. Rents received shall be covered into the state lands maintenance fund to be used in its entirety to retire and repay the indebtedness incurred under the provisions of this 1959 act [19-12-1 to 19-12-13 NMSA 1978]. 1953 Comp., § 7-14-2, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 25, § 2.

NMSA 1978, § 19-12-3 [Total cost of acquisition and construction; appropriation.]

19-12-3. [Total cost of acquisition and construction; appropriation.] The total cost of acquiring of land and the construction of the building or buildings shall not exceed the sum of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000), which sum is appropriated from the funds borrowed against the state lands maintenance fund, as hereinafter provided. 1953 Comp., § 7-14-4, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 25, § 4.

NMSA 1978, § 19-12-4 [Architect, employment by commissioner; contract for construction of building; notice of letting; rejection of bids; performance bond.]

19-12-4. [Architect, employment by commissioner; contract for construction of building; notice of letting; rejection of bids; performance bond.] The commissioner is empowered to employ an architect after competition among three or more architects of the state, on the basis of the best design submitted, and to contract for the construction of a building with the lowest and best bidder among three or more bidders, after notice in two consecutive issues of any Santa Fe or Albuquerque, New Mexico, newspaper not less than twenty days before the day of letting. The commissioner may either let the work in one entire contract or to different contractors, as the commissioner may deem advisable. The commissioner may reject any or all bids and call for new bids. The commissioner may require a performance bond with surety in an amount he deems necessary from bidders. 1953 Comp., § 7-14-5, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 25, § 5.

NMSA 1978, § 19-12-5 Commissioner's power to provide for construction and maintenance; disbursements

19-12-5. Commissioner's power to provide for construction and maintenance; disbursements The commissioner has authority to perform all acts incidental to acquisition of such lands and the construction, equipping and maintaining of the land office building. The secretary of finance and administration shall draw his warrant on the state treasurer for the payment of vouchers drawn by the commissioner of public lands and the state treasurer shall pay the warrant out of the fund specified in and provided for by the Land Office Building Act [19-12-1 to 19-12-13 NMSA 1978]. 1953 Comp., § 7-14-6, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 25, § 6; 1977, ch. 247, § 89.

NMSA 1978, § 19-12-6 [Interest in contracts by commissioner or his agents prohibited.]

19-12-6. [Interest in contracts by commissioner or his agents prohibited.] Neither the commissioner nor any of his agents shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract let under the Land Office Building Act [19-12-1 to 19-12-13 NMSA 1978]. 1953 Comp., § 7-14-7, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 25, § 7.

NMSA 1978, § 19-12-7 [Location of building; style of architecture.]

19-12-7. [Location of building; style of architecture.] The land office building shall be located at the city of Santa Fe and conform substantially to the architecture of existing capitol buildings. 1953 Comp., § 7-14-8, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 25, § 8.

NMSA 1978, § 19-12-7.1 Name of land office building

19-12-7.1. Name of land office building The building located in Santa Fe currently used for offices to administer the trust created by the Enabling Act for New Mexico and other acts of congress granting lands to the state shall be known as the "Edward J. Lopez land office building". 1978 Comp., § 19-12-7.1, enacted by Laws 1997, ch. 35, § 1.

NMSA 1978, § 19-12-8 [Anticipation of proceeds of rentals from trust lands; issuance and sale of state land office debentures; interest rate; form; maturity.]

19-12-8. [Anticipation of proceeds of rentals from trust lands; issuance and sale of state land office debentures; interest rate; form; maturity.] The commissioner of public lands is authorized to anticipate the proceeds of rentals from trust lands, to the extent that the same are required to be covered into the state lands maintenance fund created by the provisions of Section 19-1-11 NMSA 1978 by the issuance and sale of state land office debentures not exceeding in the aggregate one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000). The commissioner of public lands may issue these debentures at times and in denominations as he may deem expedient. Debentures issued shall bear the rate of interest prescribed by law, and shall be issued in serial form. Debentures in the principal amount of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall mature not before June 30, 1960, and a principal amount of these debentures of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall mature at every six-month interval thereafter, until all debentures issued under the Land Office Building Act [19-12-1 to 19-12-13 NMSA 1978] have been retired. 1953 Comp., § 7-14-9, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 25, § 9.

NMSA 1978, § 19-12-9 [Debentures; signed by commissioner; seal affixed.]

19-12-9. [Debentures; signed by commissioner; seal affixed.] The debentures shall be signed by the commissioner and his seal shall be affixed thereto. 1953 Comp., § 7-14-10, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 25, § 10.

NMSA 1978, § 19-12-10 [Funds derived from sale of debentures; disposition.]

19-12-10. [Funds derived from sale of debentures; disposition.] The funds derived from the sale of debentures shall be used by the commissioner of public lands for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of the Land Office Building Act [19-12-1 to 19-12-13 NMSA 1978]. 1953 Comp., § 7-14-11, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 25, § 11.

NMSA 1978, § 19-12-11 [State investment officer may purchase state land office debentures; approval; private sale; interest rates.]

19-12-11. [State investment officer may purchase state land office debentures; approval; private sale; interest rates.] Any debentures authorized by the Land Office Building Act [19-12-1 to 19-12-13 NMSA 1978] may be purchased by the state investment officer as an investment for the permanent funds in his hands, with the approval of the officials whose approval is required by the constitution for the investment of permanent funds. The purchase by the state investment officer may be made at private sale without the necessity of advertising and at interest rates not to exceed the per annum rate prescribed by law. 1953 Comp., § 7-14-12, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 25, § 12.

NMSA 1978, § 19-12-12 Contract for maintenance

19-12-12. Contract for maintenance The commissioner of public lands is authorized to contract with the facilities management division of the general services department on a cost basis for the maintenance of the lands and buildings acquired under the provisions of the Land Office Building Act. 1953 Comp., § 7-14-14, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 25, § 14; 1977, ch. 247, § 90; 1983, ch. 301, § 67; 1984, ch. 64, § 23; 2013, ch. 115, § 21.

NMSA 1978, § 19-12-13 [Acceptance of gift, or loan, from federal government authorized.]

19-12-13. [Acceptance of gift, or loan, from federal government authorized.] The commissioner of public lands is authorized to accept any services, equipment, supplies, materials or funds by way of gift, or loan, from the United States government, which could be used in carrying out the purposes of the Land Office Building Act [19-12-1 to 19-12-13 NMSA 1978]. 1953 Comp., § 7-14-15, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 25, § 15.

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