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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Altamirano
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/9/07
3/8/07 HB
SHORT TITLE Bernalillo "Old Metro Court" Land Lease
SB SJR 16/aHVEC
ANALYST Propst
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
General Services Department (GSD)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of HVEC Amendment
The amendment corrects the property to be leased from 410 Roma Ave., NW in Albuquerque to
401 Roma Ave., NW in Albuquerque.
Synopsis of Original Bill
Senate Joint Resolution 16 allows the Property Control Division (PCD) of the General Services
Department (GSD) to lease, sale, or trade the old Metropolitan Court Building at 401 Roma Ave.
NW in Albuquerque.
PCD is authorized to lease the property for a term of more than twenty-five years.
If PCD is unable to lease the property, PCD may sell or trade the property.
If the property is traded for another piece of property, both parcels would be appraised by
an appraiser agreeable to PCD, the private owner, and the Property Tax Division (PTD)
of the Taxation and Revenue Department (TRD), with validation by PTD prior to trade.
If sold, the property would be appraised by an appraiser selected by PCD and approved
by PTD, with PTD validation prior to sale.
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Senate Joint Resolution 16/aHVEC – Page
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Prior to sale or trade, review by the Capitol Buildings Planning Commission (CBPC)
would be required.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
GSD reports that this 29 year old, seven-story building sits on approximately .76 acres and is
currently unoccupied. PCD does not have adequate funds to operate or renovate the building for
state use. In its current condition, it is uninsurable and is a liability to the state.
SJR 16 would allow PCD to seek a developer to lease the property and put it into use without
disposing of the asset. If a developer does not come forward in the lease process, PCD can
dispose of the property at appraised value.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
In the current “shut down" condition, the building poses significant risk of loss for the Risk
Management Division of GSD.
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