New Mexico Statutes Chapter 49. Land Grants § 49-1-23. Community land grant registry established; reporting requirements

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B or C of this section may request the land grant council to keep on file the originals or copies of current or historical documents or maps submitted by the board of trustees to the land grant council; provided that the land grant council shall store the originals of historical documents and maps in the state archives and records center.