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§ 15-3B-22 NMSA 1978

Public facilities; naming; prohibition; exceptions

Known as the Property Control Act

The act spans §§ 15–15 (24 sections).

Laws 2018, ch. 13, § 1.

A. As used in this section:

(1) "public facility" means a building or other real property under the control of the division; and

(2) "public officer" means a person elected to public office or any person appointed or employed by the state or a political subdivision of the state.

B. A public facility shall not be named for a public officer during the period in which that person is a public officer.

C. A public facility shall not be named for a public officer or other person who has been convicted of a felony. The division shall remove the name from a public facility named for such person immediately upon conviction, whether or not another name has been offered or approved for substitution and renaming. The secretary shall promulgate a rule for the removal of the name.

D. A public facility that has been named for a person who was not a public officer at the time of the naming may continue to bear that name if the person subsequently becomes a public officer.

E. Except as provided in Subsection C of this section, a public facility named for a public officer prior to the effective date of this section may continue to bear the name of that public officer.

F. The secretary shall submit a list of names for naming a public facility for consideration by the governor. The secretary shall promulgate a rule for the development of the list of names.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.