SB0070

SENATE BILL 70

51st legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2013

INTRODUCED BY

Pete Campos and Don L. Tripp

AN ACT

RELATING TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS; RENAMING STATE MONUMENTS AS HISTORIC SITES; ADDING FORT STANTON AS A HISTORIC SITE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

SECTION 1. Section 9-4A-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2004, Chapter 25, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:

"9-4A-4. DEPARTMENT CREATED.--The "cultural affairs department" is created in the executive branch. The department is a cabinet department and includes the following divisions:

A. the administrative services division;

B. the arts division;

C. the historic preservation division;

D. the library division;

E. the Hispanic cultural division;

F. the farm and ranch heritage museum division;

G. the natural history and science museum division;

H. the museum of space history division;

I. the museum resources division;

J. the veterans museum division; and

K. the following divisions that make up the museum of New Mexico:

(1) the palace of the governors state history museum division;

(2) the New Mexico museum of art division;

(3) the museum of Indian arts and culture division;

(4) the museum of international folk art division;

(5) the [archaeological services] archaeology division; and

(6) the state [monuments] historic sites division."

SECTION 2. Section 9-4A-17 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2004, Chapter 25, Section 17) is amended to read:

"9-4A-17. STATE [MONUMENTS] HISTORIC SITES DIVISION CREATED--BOARD OF REGENTS.--

A. The "state [monuments] historic sites division" is created in the cultural affairs department. The division shall manage the state's [monuments] historic sites, including:

(1) Coronado [state monument] historic site;

(2) Jemez [state monument] historic site;

(3) Fort Selden [state monument] historic site;

(4) Bosque Redondo memorial and Fort Sumner [state monument] historic site;

(5) Lincoln [state monument] historic site;

(6) El Camino Real [international heritage center; and] historic trail interpretive center;

(7) Fort Stanton historic site; and

[(7) the] (8) Taylor Reynolds Barela Mesilla [state monument] historic site.

B. The [state monuments] state's historic sites shall operate under the imprimatur of the museum of New Mexico. The museum of New Mexico board of regents shall exercise trusteeship over [the] state [monuments] historic sites.

C. The director of the division shall meet the following minimum qualifications:

(1) hold a bachelor's or higher degree in a discipline related to the function of the division; and

(2) have significant experience in the management and operation of an organization similar to the division.

D. The director shall be appointed by the secretary of cultural affairs from a list of no less than three names provided by the museum of New Mexico board of regents."

SECTION 3. Section 18-3-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1975, Chapter 264, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

"18-3-1. MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO ESTABLISHED--LOCATION--PROPERTY.--

A. The "museum of New Mexico" is established. All properties, real or personal, now held for museum purposes and all properties, real or personal, that may be acquired for museum purposes at any time in the future shall be under

the control of the museum board of regents of the museum of New Mexico.

B. The museum of New Mexico consists of:

(1) the palace of the governors state history museum;

(2) the New Mexico museum of art;

(3) the museum of Indian arts and culture;

(4) the museum of international folk art;

(5) [archaeological services] the archaeology division; and

(6) the state [monuments] historic sites:

(a) Coronado [state monument] historic site;

(b) Jemez [state monument] historic site;

(d) Bosque Redondo memorial and Fort Sumner [state monument] historic site;

(e) Lincoln [state monument] historic site;

(f) El Camino Real [international heritage center; and] historic trail interpretive center;

(g) Fort Stanton historic site; and

[(g) the] (h) Taylor Reynolds Barela Mesilla [state monument] historic trail interpretive center."

SECTION 4. Section 18-4-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1949, Chapter 138, Section 5, as amended) is amended to read:

"18-4-6. LINCOLN [MONUMENT] HISTORIC SITE--STATE [MONUMENTS] HISTORIC SITES DIVISION--POWERS AND DUTIES.--The state [monuments] historic sites division of the cultural affairs department shall be entrusted with the protection and preservation of the old Lincoln county courthouse. The [state monuments] historic sites division shall:

A. maintain and operate the [monument] historic site as a [memorial and] state museum of old Lincoln county [shall have power to];

B. acquire and hold real estate in the name of the state [and to];

C. act in cooperation with the federal government or any of its agencies in preserving the [monument] historic site; and [shall have power to]

D. accept gifts, grants and donations from any person, firm, corporation, agency or any group of persons for the collections of the museum or the maintenance and operation of the [monument] historic site."

SECTION 5. Section 18-6-17 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1973, Chapter 16, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

"18-6-17. DESIGNATION OF STATE [MONUMENTS] HISTORIC SITES--RESERVATION OF LANDS FOR [MONUMENT] HISTORIC SITE CARE AND MANAGEMENT.--The governor is authorized, upon the recommendation of the committee and the board of regents of the museum of New Mexico, to declare by public proclamation that any cultural property situated on lands owned or controlled by the state shall be a state [monument] historic site and may reserve as a part thereof such parcels of land as may be necessary for the proper care and management of the cultural property to be protected. In the case of proposed state [monuments] historic sites situated on state trust lands, the federal laws granting same shall be complied with. Any such [monument] historic site shall be administered by the [museum] state historic sites division of the [office of] cultural affairs department in accordance with the provisions of Section 18-6-6 NMSA 1978."

SECTION 6. Section 28-13A-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1991, Chapter 93, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

"28-13A-1. SPECIAL RECREATION AND MUSEUM PRIVILEGES.--

A. On the federally designated legal holiday known as "Veterans' Day", any New Mexico resident, who provides satisfactory proof that the resident is currently serving or has served in the armed forces of the United States, and the resident's spouse and dependent children, shall be entitled to:

(1) free use of any state park or recreation area operated by the state parks division of the energy, minerals and natural resources department, including the waiving of all admittance, camping, permit or other user fees or charges; and

(2) free general admission to any state museum or [monument] historic site.

B. The governing boards of state museums and [monuments] historic sites shall waive general museum and [monument] historic site admission fees for fifty percent or more disabled veterans residing in the state. Proof of disability satisfactory to the governing boards of the state museums and [monuments] historic sites is required to obtain the privileges pursuant to this subsection."

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