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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR HJC

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/24/07

2/23/07 HB 340/HJCS/aHFl#1

SHORT TITLE Confirm Chilili Land Grant Statutes

SB

ANALYST Wilson

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Office of the Attorney General (OAG)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of HFl#1 Amendment

The House Floor Amendment #! to the House Judiciary Committee substitute to House Bill 340

adds that if the board of trustees brings an action and judgment is rendered in favor of the board

of trustees, the court may award to the board of trustees possession of the tract, piece or parcel of

the land and such damages as it may have proved for the wrongful detention and any other

remedy provided for by law.

Synopsis of Original Bill

The House Judiciary Committee substitute for House Bill 340 enacts new sections of state law

setting forth detailed requirements for the governance of the Chilili Land Grant.

The government and control of the common lands of the Chilili land grant-merced, also known

as la merced del pueblo de Chilili, is vested in five trustees, to be known officially as the board

of trustees of the Chilili land grant-merced, who shall manage and control the land grant-merced

in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 49, Article 4 NMSA 1978."

The bill sets forth for the five member board of trustees their election procedures, qualifications,

House Bill 340/HJCS/aHFl#1 Page

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salaries; duties and removal; define certain terms relating to the land grant; provide for sale of

land grant property; provide for removal and eviction proceedings against persons possessing

land grant property without holding title; and provide for the rights of person purchasing

property within the land grant.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

This bill has no fiscal impact.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The title of the bill implies that its intent is to “conform" the Chilili land grant statutes to the

general land grant provisions, and therefore apply the general land grant provisions. If the

general land grant statutes conflict with the specific provisions applicable to the Chilili Land

Grant the former will apply.

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