A. The "state historic sites and monuments division" is created in the cultural affairs department. The division shall manage the state's historic sites and monuments, including:

(1) Coronado historic site;

(2) Jemez historic site;

(3) Fort Selden historic site;

(4) Bosque Redondo memorial and Fort Sumner historic site;

(5) Lincoln historic site;

(6) El Camino Real historic trail site;

(7) Fort Stanton historic site;

(8) Taylor Reynolds Barela Mesilla historic site; and

(9) Los Luceros historic site.

B. The state's historic sites shall operate under the imprimatur of the museum of New Mexico. The museum of New Mexico board of regents shall exercise trusteeship over state historic sites.

C. The director of the division shall meet the following minimum qualifications:

(1) hold a bachelor's or higher degree in a discipline related to the function of the division; and

(2) have significant experience in the management and operation of an organization similar to the division.

D. The director shall be appointed by the secretary of cultural affairs from a list of no less than three names provided by the museum of New Mexico board of regents.

History: Laws 2004, ch. 25, § 17; 2013, ch. 67, § 2; 1978 Comp., § 9-4A-17, recompiled as § 18-3-16 by Laws 2015, ch. 19, § 19; 2019, ch. 113, § 2.

Recompilations. — Laws 2015, ch. 19, § 19 recompiled former 9-4A-17 NMSA 1978 as 18-3-16 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2015.

The 2019 amendment, effective June 14, 2019, added Los Luceros historic site to the list of state historic sites that are managed by the state historic sites and monuments division of the cultural affairs department; and added Paragraph A(9).

The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, renamed the monuments division as the state historic sites and monuments division; renamed state monuments as historic sites; added Fort Stanton as a historic site; in the title, deleted "monuments" and added "historic sites and monuments"; in Subsection A, in the introductory sentences, deleted "monuments" and added "historic sites and monuments"; in Paragraphs (1) through (5), and (8), deleted "state monument" and added "historic site"; in Paragraph (4) of Subsection A, at the beginning of the sentence, added "Bosque Redondo memorial"; in Paragraph (6) of Subsection A, after "El Camino Real", deleted "international heritage center; and" and added "historic trail site"; added Paragraph (7) of Subsection A; and in Subsection B, in the first sentence, at the beginning of the sentence, deleted "state monuments" and added "state's historic sites"; and in the second sentence, after "trusteeship", deleted "the" and after "state", deleted "monuments" and added "historic sites".