Section 19-1-20 – Transfers and distributions of funds for schools and institutions.
A. All income and current funds created by Section 19-1-17 NMSA 1978 for the common schools and various state institutions shall be transferred by the secretary of finance and administration, from time to time, to the credit of the schools and institutions to be used as provided by law for the support and maintenance of […]
Section 19-1-21 – Copies of records; fees; use as evidence.
When requested to do so, the commissioner shall furnish copies of any records, plats, including but not limited to maps, tracings, graphs, recordings, tapes, machine printouts and other documents or instruments constituting records of the state land office, upon payment at a rate, not less than the actual cost, to be set by the commissioner […]
Section 19-1-22 – [Contracts for potash land exploration.]
The state land commissioner is hereby expressly authorized and directed to enter into such formal agreement and contract with the secretary of the interior and the secretary of the commerce jointly as such officers are authorized to enter into with said land commissioner under the terms and provisions of the act of the Sixty-ninth Congress, […]
Section 19-1-23 – [Rules and regulations for land office; posting changes.]
It shall be the duty of the commissioner of public lands to prescribe reasonable rules and regulations governing the conduct of all business of the office, and to post or publish the same for the information of the public, which rules and regulations shall not be in conflict with this or any other law now […]
Section 19-1-24 – [Publication of rules and regulations; distribution of copies.]
Within sixty (60) days after the effective date of this act, it shall be the duty of the commissioner of public lands to print all rules and regulations made by him and his predecessors in office in pursuance of law, which are in full force and effect at the time, and thereafter shall print each […]
Section 19-1-19 – Public buildings at capital, permanent fund; investment.
The state investment officer shall, in the same manner provided under Section 6-8-6 NMSA 1978 for other permanent funds, assume the investment responsibility for the “public buildings at capital, permanent fund” created by Section 19-1-17 NMSA 1978. History: 1953 Comp., § 7-1-18.1, enacted by Laws 1966, ch. 4, § 1; Laws 1977, ch. 247, § […]
Section 19-1-9 – [Additional assistance to defend contest suits.]
The commissioner of public lands is authorized to employ such additional persons, including surveyors and attorneys, as he may deem necessary to defend contest suits brought by the United States government to determine title to school or other state lands, and to subpoena such witnesses as are deemed necessary in behalf of the state in […]
Section 19-1-10 – [Duties and bonds of subordinates; expenses payable from maintenance fund.]
The commissioner shall prescribe the duties of his subordinates. Any subordinate may be required to give bond in such sum as the commissioner may prescribe, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. If any such bond be executed by a surety company, the expense thereof shall be paid out of the state lands maintenance […]
Section 19-1-11 – State lands maintenance fund; created; state lands income; disposition; state trust lands restoration and remediation fund created.
A. Ninety-nine percent of the income derived from any state lands granted or confirmed by the Enabling Act or otherwise under the management, care, custody and control of the commissioner of public lands shall constitute a fund to be known as the “state lands maintenance fund”; provided that the state lands maintenance fund shall not […]
Section 19-1-12 – State land office; expenses; how paid.
All salaries and expenses of the state land office as authorized by annual appropriation of the legislature shall be paid from the state lands maintenance fund upon vouchers in duplicate, approved by the commissioner, numbered consecutively, setting forth the accounts covered and duly itemized. One copy of the voucher shall be retained in the state […]