A state land office is hereby created, the executive officer of which shall be the commissioner of public lands, hereinafter called the commissioner, who shall have jurisdiction over all lands owned in this chapter by the state, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law, and shall have the management, care, custody, control and […]
At its initial meeting and biannually thereafter, the board shall elect a chairman, vice chairman and other officers as it deems necessary. The board shall meet at the call of the chairman or a majority of the members. All meetings of the state land trusts advisory board shall be in compliance with the Open Meetings […]
A. The consensus and advice of the state land trusts advisory board are intended to provide a continuity for resource management and to help the commissioner of public lands with understanding and maintaining the highest standards for maximizing the income from the trust assets, and to protect and maintain the assets and resources of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Any balance remaining in the state lands maintenance fund on June 30 of each year shall be apportioned by the state treasurer among the several funds from which derived. In addition, the state treasurer shall make distributions in such amounts as the commissioner may determine to be surplus. History: Laws 1912, ch. 82, § 8; […]
The commissioner shall keep separate accounts of filing fees which Section eleven [11] of the Enabling Act requires to be paid to the register and receiver for each final location or selection of one hundred and sixty acres; also of the costs of all advertisements required by law or departmental regulations to be made in […]
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1989, ch. 11, § 2 repealed 19-1-15 NMSA 1978, as amended by Laws 1977, ch. 247, § 85, relating to erroneous payments on account of leases or sales, effective June 16, 1989.
All monies derived from state lands, including permanent funds pending investment, shall be deposited by the state treasurer in accordance with law regulating deposits of state funds. History: Laws 1912, ch. 82, § 11; Code 1915, § 5188; C.S. 1929, § 132-111; 1941 Comp., § 8-114; 1953 Comp., § 7-1-15. ANNOTATIONS Bracketed material. — The […]
A. The following funds are created. B. To the credit of these funds, in the respective proportions to which they are by law entitled, all money derived from state lands shall be deposited by the commissioner with the state treasurer, as nearly as possible, on the first day of each calendar month. The commissioner shall […]
The permanent funds created by Sections 19-1-17 through 19-1-20 NMSA 1978 shall consist of the proceeds of sales of lands belonging to and that may have been or may hereafter be granted to the state, not otherwise appropriated by the terms and conditions of the grant, interest on the permanent funds, income from investment of […]
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, § […]
The commissioner shall have a seal with an appropriate device thereon; and such seal affixed to any contract, deed, lease or other instrument executed by the commissioner shall be prima facie evidence of the due execution thereof. Said commissioner shall receive and pass upon all applications for leasing or purchasing state lands and timber; and […]
The provisions of any confidential contract, reserve data or other confidential information required to be submitted under any lease or rule or regulation of the commissioner of public lands, and which is clearly marked as confidential by the person from whom submission is required, shall be held confidential by the commissioner, his employees and his […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
