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AN ACT

RELATING TO THE NATIONAL STATUARY HALL; CREATING A STATUARY

HALL COMMISSION; HONORING POPÉ; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION;

DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

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

Section 1. COMMISSION CREATED.--The "statuary hall

commission" is created. The commission shall be composed of

no more than nine persons, the chairman of which shall be the

governor and the membership of which shall include the state

treasurer, the state cultural affairs officer, the executive

director of the New Mexico office of Indian affairs and no

fewer than four members appointed by the governor from a list

of names that have been submitted to him by the Indian

nations, tribes or pueblos in New Mexico, containing names of

members of those Indian nations, tribes or pueblos who would

be appropriate to serve on the commission. Terms of the

members shall extend until a second statue from New Mexico is

emplaced in the national statuary hall in Washington, D.C.

The governor shall fill any vacancy on the statuary hall

commission within three months from the date that the vacancy

occurs in the same manner as original members were appointed.

Section 2. DUTIES.--The statuary hall commission shall:

A. meet at the call of the governor but shall

meet no fewer than four times per year;

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B. determine the process necessary for New Mexico

to have a second statue placed in the national statuary hall;

C. develop procedures for the funding of the

second statue and raise funds to commission the design,

creation and transport of a statue to be placed in the

national statuary hall through the creation of a foundation

for the acceptance of gifts, donations, bequests and proceeds

from appropriate fundraising events in accordance with the

provisions of the act of July 2, 1864 (40 U.S.C. 187); and

D. commission the design and creation of a statue

of the illustrious San Juan pueblo Indian strategist and

warrior Popé, who was renowned, respected and revered by the

Native Americans of New Mexico as the leader of the pueblo

revolt of 1680 and who would be the second Native American to

be honored with placement of a statue in the national

statuary hall.

Section 3. APPROPRIATION.--Sixty thousand dollars

($60,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the office

of cultural affairs for expenditure in fiscal years 1997 and

1998 for the purpose of paying mileage and per diem expenses

pursuant to the Per Diem and Mileage Act to members of the

statuary hall commission that are not official

representatives of state agencies and to pay for operational

expenses of the commission. Any unexpended or unencumbered

balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1998 shall revert

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to the general fund.

Section 4. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public

peace, health and safety that this act take effect

immediately.