A. The land grant council shall establish the "New Mexico community land grant registry".

B. A community land grant organized and governed pursuant to Chapter 49, Article 1 or 4 NMSA 1978 and operating as a political subdivision of the state shall register its bylaws and a list of current officers with the land grant council. The board of trustees of that land grant shall notify the land grant council of the names and positions of the land grant's elected or appointed officers upon their election or appointment.

C. Community land grants organized and operating pursuant to special statutes or other general statutes may also register their bylaws and lists of officers with the land grant council.

D. A community land grant that registers in accordance with Subsection B or C of this section may request the land grant council to keep on file the originals or copies of current or historical documents or maps submitted by the board of trustees to the land grant council; provided that the land grant council shall store the originals of historical documents and maps in the state archives and records center.

History: Laws 2005, ch. 205, § 1; 2013, ch. 4, § 1.

The 2013 amendment, effective March 8, 2013, transferred the New Mexico community land grant registry from the secretary of state to the land grant council; in Subsection A, after "The", deleted "secretary of state" and added "land grant council"; in Subsection B, in the first sentence, after "Article 1", added "or 4" and after "current officers with the", deleted "secretary of state" and added "land grant council" and in the second sentence, after "shall notify the", deleted "secretary of state" and added "land grant council"; in Subsection C, after "list of officers with the", deleted "secretary of state" and added "land grant council"; and in Subsection D, after "may request the", deleted "secretary of state" and added "land grant council", after "to keep on file", added "the originals or", after "board of trustees to the", deleted "secretary of state" and added "land grant council shall", and after "land grant council shall store", deleted "such" and added "the originals of historical".

Temporary provisions. — Laws 2013, ch. 4, § 3, effective March 8, 2013, provided that the secretary of state shall transfer to the land grant council the New Mexico community land grant registry, all associated records and all other records and documents submitted to the secretary of state pursuant to Sections 49-1-23 and 49-4-19 NMSA 1978.