0001|                    SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 84
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003|     1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                     ELIZABETH T. STEFANICS
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0011|                        A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012|     REQUESTING THE STATE LAND OFFICE TO NEGOTIATE WITH TORRANCE
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0013|     COUNTY FOR PERMANENT EASEMENTS ON ROADS WHERE PROPERTY OWNERS
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0014|     HAVE PERFECTED CERTAIN ACCESS RIGHTS OVER TIME THROUGH STATE
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0015|     LAND.
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0016|     
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0017|       WHEREAS, certain property owners and residents of Torrance
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0018|     county have used roads across state land to reach their
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0019|     property; and
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0020|       WHEREAS, the state land office has notified certain
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0021|     landowners and residents of Torrance county that it will take
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0022|     action to stop continued access; and
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0023|       WHEREAS, owners and residents may have legal rights to use
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0024|     existing, unimproved roads as access to their property; and
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0025|       WHEREAS, the state should seek to avoid legal action
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0001|     against it and avoid denial of preexisting rights of access to
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0002|     private land;
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0003|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0004|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state land office be requested to
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0005|     assess the existence of access roads across state land to
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0006|     private property and negotiate with property owners and Torrance
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0007|     county permanent easements on roads where property owners have
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0008|     perfected certain access rights over time through state land;
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0009|     and
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0010|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0011|     transmitted to the commissioner of public lands.
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