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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 4

48

TH LEGISLATURE

- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -

FIRST SESSION

, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Mary Jane M. Garcia

A JOINT RESOLUTION

GRANTING PRIOR APPROVAL TO SELL LAND IN DONA ANA COUNTY TO THE

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CUSTOMS AND

BORDER PROTECTION.

WHEREAS, Section 13-6-3 NMSA 1978 requires ratification

and approval of a sale, a trade or a lease for a period

exceeding twenty-five years of state property that is valued at

one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more; and

WHEREAS, the New Mexico office of homeland security has

requested that the land be sold to the United States department

of homeland security customs and border protection; and

WHEREAS, the proposed sale would allow the United States

department of homeland security customs and border protection

to acquire sufficient land adjacent to its Santa Teresa station

to relocate the national special operations headquarters in New

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Mexico; and

WHEREAS, the general services department has title to the

land in Dona Ana county; and

WHEREAS, the land is described as Township 29S Range 2E;

Section 2;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE

STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the property control division of the

general services department be authorized to sell the described

land at a value not less than the appraised market value as

determined by the taxation and revenue department; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the sale be contingent upon

federal approval, if required; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be

transmitted to the general services department and the

department of public safety.

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