0001|                               AN ACT
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0002|     RELATING TO RADIO COMMUNICATIONS; PROVIDING FOR LEASE OF
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0003|     EXCESS CAPACITY ON THE STATE-OWNED RADIO SYSTEM; ESTABLISHING
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0004|     REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0005|     
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0006|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0007|          Section 1.  A new Section 15-2-2.1 NMSA 1978 is enacted
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0008|     to read:
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0009|          "15-2-2.1.  LEASE OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK--
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0010|     CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.--In exercising supervisory
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0011|     control pursuant to Section 15-2-2 NMSA 1978, the radio
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0012|     communications bureau of the communications division of the
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0013|     general services department may lease to a private entity
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0014|     excess capacity on its radio communications property,
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0015|     including buildings, towers or antennas, provided that:
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0016|               A.  the lease conforms with competitive
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0017|     procurement requirements of the Procurement Code;
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0018|               B.  the lease is for an equal value exchange of
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0019|     money or property;
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0020|               C.  the secretary of general services certifies
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0021|     that the excess capacity will be available for at least the
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0022|     duration of the lease;
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0023|               D.  if the lease exceeds ten years, the lease is
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0024|     first approved by the state board of finance;
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0025|               E.  the radio communications bureau has submitted
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0001|     to the legislative finance committee a detailed plan for the
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0002|     use of excess capacity being leased and an assessment of how
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0003|     the lease will affect public sector uses; and
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0004|               F.  income from the leases shall be deposited to
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0005|     the credit of the radio communications bureau and used to
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0006|     carry out the duties of the bureau."
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0007|          Section 2.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0008|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect
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0009|     immediately.                                                  
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