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A JOINT RESOLUTION

RATIFYING AND APPROVING THE TRADE, SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER OF A

BUILDING LOCATED ON THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO CAMPUS IN

BERNALILLO COUNTY.

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

and approval of any trade of real property belonging to a

state agency that involves a consideration of one hundred

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

WHEREAS, the property control division of the general

services department has title to a building located on the

university of New Mexico campus in Bernalillo county, being

more particularly described as follows:

"the state of New Mexico health department building

currently housing the state laboratory, the office of the

medical investigator and the veterinarian diagnostic services

and located at 700 Camino de Salud on land owned by the board

of regents of the university of New Mexico"; and

WHEREAS, the property will no longer be needed by the

state when the new state laboratory is finished and should be

sold to the board of regents of the university of New Mexico

for cash or property or services in lieu of cash, traded for

real estate that is owned by the board of regents of the

university of New Mexico and located in close proximity to the

new state laboratory or otherwise transferred to the board of

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regents of the university of New Mexico by a combination of

such a sale and trade; and

WHEREAS, Senate Joint Resolution 12 of the first session

of the forty-fifth legislature ratified and approved a

proposed sale of the building to the board of regents of the

university of New Mexico but such a sale is no longer desired;

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 trade, sell or

otherwise transfer, by a combination of a trade or a sale, the

described property to the board of regents of the university

of New Mexico and that the trade, sale or other transfer is

hereby ratified and approved pursuant to the provisions of

Section 13-6-3 NMSA 1978, subject to the conditions of this

resolution; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the consideration for the

sale may be in the form of cash or a combination of cash,

property and services, subject to the conditions of this

resolution; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the ratification and

approval of the proposed sale contained in Senate Joint

Resolution 12 of the first session of the forty-fifth

legislature is revoked; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that before the described

property is traded, sold or otherwise transferred, both the

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property control division of the general services department

and the board of regents of the university of New Mexico shall

agree on one appraiser who shall appraise the property and all

consideration to be given for the property; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the described property shall

not be traded, sold or otherwise transferred until the

agreement for the trade, sale or transfer and the appraisal

have been reviewed by the capitol buildings planning

commission; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be

transmitted to the property control division of the general

services department and to the board of regents of the

university of New Mexico.