0001| A JOINT RESOLUTION | 0002| APPROVING AND RATIFYING THE TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY BY THE GENERAL | 0003| SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. | 0004| | 0005| WHEREAS, the property control division of the general services | 0006| department has control over certain state buildings and lands; and | 0007| WHEREAS, the property control division of the general services | 0008| department has authority to sell or trade state buildings and real | 0009| property under its control in accordance with Section 13-6-3 NMSA 1978; | 0010| and | 0011| WHEREAS, the property of approximately forty-two and one-tenth | 0012| hectares, or one hundred four acres, in the area of the Santa Teresa | 0013| border crossing in Dona Ana county is under the jurisdiction of the | 0014| property control division of the general services department; and | 0015| WHEREAS, the state of New Mexico has entered an agreement with the | 0016| United States government to develop a permanent border crossing between | 0017| Mexico and New Mexico at Santa Teresa; and | 0018| WHEREAS, the United States government needs approximately | 0019| twenty-eight and three-fourths hectares, or seventy-one and one-tenth | 0020| acres, of land on which to construct the permanent border crossing | 0021| facilities; and | 0022| WHEREAS, having a permanent border crossing between Mexico and New | 0023| Mexico would benefit the citizens and economy of New Mexico; and | 0024| WHEREAS, construction of the permanent border crossing facilities | 0025| is scheduled to commence in June 1996; | 0001| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF | 0002| NEW MEXICO that the general services department be authorized to | 0003| transfer to the United States government approximately seventy-one and | 0004| one-tenth acres of the one hundred four acres of state-owned land in the | 0005| area of the Santa Teresa border crossing; and | 0006| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the secretary of general services be | 0007| empowered to take all actions necessary or expedient to accomplish the | 0008| transfer of the real property to the United States government; and | 0009| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that pursuant to Section 13-6-3 NMSA 1978 | 0010| the legislature hereby approve and ratify the transfer of real property | 0011| by the general services department to the United States government; and | 0012| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be | 0013| transmitted to the secretary of general services. |