SENATE BILL 1061

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Stuart Ingle

 

 

 

FOR THE CAPITOL BUILDINGS PLANNING COMMISSION

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO STATE BUILDINGS; EXPANDING THE PLANNING AUTHORITY OF THE CAPITOL BUILDINGS PLANNING COMMISSION; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR MASTER PLANNING OF STATE FACILITIES AND FOR COMPLETING THE STATE LABORATORY FACILITY IN BERNALILLO COUNTY; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

 

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

     Section 1. Section 15-10-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1997, Chapter 178, Section 5, as amended) is amended to read:

     "15-10-1. CAPITOL BUILDINGS PLANNING COMMISSION CREATED.--

          A. The "capitol buildings planning commission" is created to study and plan for the long-range facilities needs of state government in the greater metropolitan areas of Las Cruces, Santa Fe and Albuquerque. The commission shall review prior long-range facilities needs assessments and develop an initial master plan for the state facilities in the greater metropolitan areas of Las Cruces, Santa Fe and Albuquerque. After development of the initial master plan, the commission shall conduct a review of state properties throughout the state for the development of an overall master plan.

          B. The commission shall be composed of four members of the legislature, two from each house, appointed by the New Mexico legislative council, the secretary of general services, the New Mexico staff architect, the secretary of [highway and] transportation or [his] the secretary's designee, the [state] secretary of cultural affairs [officer] or [his] the secretary's designee, the secretary of finance and administration or [his] the secretary's designee, the commissioner of public lands or [his] the commissioner's designee and the [chairman] chair of the supreme court building commission or [his] the chair's designee.

          C. The legislative council service shall provide staff for the commission in coordination with the staff of the property control division of the general services department.

          D. The commission shall meet regularly and shall report annually to the legislature on an annual update of the master plan for the long-range facilities needs of state government in the greater metropolitan areas of Las Cruces, Santa Fe and Albuquerque and throughout the state."

     Section 2. Laws 2001, Chapter 166, Section 1, as amended by Laws 2004, Chapter 123, Section 6 and by Laws 2005, Chapter 320, Section 1, is amended to read:

     "Section 1. AUTHORIZATION TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY-- APPROPRIATION.--

          A. In order to acquire the following properties for use as state agency offices in Santa Fe county, the property control division of the general services department may:

                (1) purchase and renovate, equip and furnish the national education association building on South Capitol street;

                (2) plan, design, construct, equip and furnish a new office building with integrated parking at the west capitol complex on Cerrillos road, pursuant to the design funded by Subsection I of Section 14 of Chapter 118 of Laws 1998, at a price not to exceed twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000);

                (3) purchase and renovate, equip and furnish the public employees retirement association building on Paseo de Peralta; and

                (4) purchase land within or in close proximity to the public safety campus as set out in the capitol buildings master plan developed by the capitol buildings planning commission; provided that no land shall be purchased pursuant to this paragraph that does not have, in place, water, sewer, electricity and other necessary infrastructure.

          B. In addition to the acquisitions authorized in Subsection A of this section, the property control division of the general services department may:

                (1) in cooperation with the New Mexico legislative council, pursuant to the capitol buildings master plan developed by the capitol buildings planning commission and after review by the commission plan, design, construct and equip a parking structure in the central capitol campus in Santa Fe. Upon completion of the parking structure, the property control division shall transfer the parking structure and associated real estate to the New Mexico legislative council. After the transfer, the legislative council shall operate and maintain the parking structure; and

                (2) expend [up to eighteen million one hundred thousand dollars ($18,100,000) of the] net proceeds from state office building tax revenue bonds to acquire land and plan, design, construct and equip a state laboratory facility in Bernalillo county.

          C. The acquisitions of property pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall be made in the priority order listed in that subsection. Purchases authorized in Paragraphs (1), (2) and (4) of Subsection A of this section shall be made at a price not to exceed the value of the property established by the taxation and revenue department using generally accepted appraisal techniques for the type of property purchased. The purchase authorized in Paragraph (3) of Subsection A of this section shall be made at a price negotiated with the retirement board of the public employees retirement association that is not less than the fair market value of the property and building."

     Section 3. Laws 2001, Chapter 166, Section 2, as amended by Laws 2004, Chapter 123, Section 7 and by Laws 2005, Chapter 320, Section 4, is amended to read:

     "Section 2. STATE OFFICE BUILDING TAX REVENUE BONDS-- AUTHORIZATION--CONTINGENCY.--

          A. The New Mexico finance authority may issue and sell state office building tax revenue bonds in compliance with the State Building Bonding Act in a total amount not to exceed seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) when the director of the property control division of the general services department certifies to the authority that the proceeds from the state office building tax revenue bonds are needed for one or more of the purposes specified in Laws 2001, Chapter 166, Section 1, as amended by [Section 1 of this 2005 act] Section 2 of this 2007 act. The authority shall schedule the issuance and sale of the bonds in the most expeditious and economical manner possible. Except as provided in [Subsection C] Subsections C and D of this section, net proceeds from the sale of the bonds are appropriated to the property control division of the general services department for expenditure in fiscal year 2001 and subsequent fiscal years for the purposes specified in Laws 2001, Chapter 166, Section 1, as amended by [Section 1 of this 2005 act] Section 2 of this 2007 act.

          B. The New Mexico finance authority may also issue and sell additional state office building tax revenue bonds in compliance with the State Building Bonding Act in a total amount not to exceed fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) when the director of the property control division of the general services department certifies to the authority that the proceeds from the state office building tax revenue bonds are needed for one or more of the purposes specified in Laws 2001, Chapter 166, Section 1, as amended by [Section 1 of this 2005 act] Section 2 of this 2007 act. The authority shall schedule the issuance and sale of the bonds in the most expeditious and economical manner possible. Net proceeds from the sale of the bonds are appropriated to the property control division of the general services department for expenditure in fiscal year 2005 and subsequent fiscal years for the purposes specified in Laws 2001, Chapter 166, Section 1, as amended by [Section 1 of this 2005 act] Section 2 of this 2007 act.

          C. Two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) of the proceeds from the bonds issued pursuant to Subsection A of this section are appropriated to the legislative council service for expenditure in fiscal years 2004 through 2008 for the purpose of providing funding for the capitol buildings planning commission, master planning process for state facilities and for annual updates to master plans, but excluding any payments for salaries, benefits and costs of state employees. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2008 shall revert to the state building bonding fund.

          D. Three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) of the proceeds from the bonds issued pursuant to Subsection A of this section are appropriated to the legislative council service for expenditure in fiscal years 2007 through 2009 for the purpose of providing funding for the capitol buildings planning commission, master planning process for state facilities and annual updates to master plans, but excluding any payments for salaries, benefits and costs of state employees. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the state building bonding fund."

     Section 4. APPROPRIATION--STATE LABORATORY.--Sixteen million dollars ($16,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the property control division of the general services department for expenditure in fiscal years 2007 through 2011 for the purpose of acquiring land and planning, designing, constructing and equipping the state laboratory facility in Bernalillo county. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2011 shall revert to the general fund.

     Section 5. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.

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