The Bernalillo county metropolitan court shall administer and manage a parking facility adjacent to the Bernalillo county metropolitan court in Albuquerque in accordance with the following provisions:

A. parking fees or the rents charged by the Bernalillo county metropolitan court to any public or private tenant or user of the parking facility shall be at rates comparable to parking fees charged in the downtown Albuquerque area for similar parking privileges or rents charged in the downtown Albuquerque area for similar space;

B. after payment of all fixed costs related to the parking facility and all costs of operating and maintaining the parking facility, all rents, parking fees and charges collected by the Bernalillo county metropolitan court for the parking facility shall be deposited in the court facilities fund;

C. the Bernalillo county metropolitan court shall provide a certified long-term user list and parking fee or rent schedule for the parking facility to the New Mexico finance authority at the end of each fiscal year;

D. with the prior written consent of the New Mexico finance authority, the Bernalillo county metropolitan court may sell or otherwise dispose of the parking facility; provided that no sale or disposition of the parking facility shall be for less than the fair market value of the parking facility as determined by an independent real estate appraiser; and

E. any money received from the sale or other disposition of the parking facility shall be deposited in the court facilities fund and used for the early redemption of any outstanding bonds issued by the New Mexico finance authority for financing the parking facility adjacent to the Bernalillo county metropolitan court building in Albuquerque.

History: Laws 2000, ch. 5, § 1.

Cross references. — For the New Mexico finance authority, see 6-21-1 NMSA 1978.

Emergency clauses. — Laws 2000, ch. 5, § 9 makes the act effective immediately. Approved February 15, 2000.