A. The "capitol buildings planning commission" is created. The commission shall be composed of four members of the legislature, two from each house, appointed by the New Mexico legislative council, the secretary of general services or the secretary's designee, the state treasurer or the state treasurer's designee, the secretary of transportation or the secretary's designee, the secretary of cultural affairs or the secretary's designee, the secretary of finance and administration or the secretary's designee, the commissioner of public lands or the commissioner's designee and the chair of the supreme court building commission or the chair's designee.

B. The commission shall:

(1) study and plan for the long-range facilities needs of state government in the greater metropolitan areas of Las Cruces, Santa Fe and Albuquerque and, after developing an initial master plan for the state facilities in those areas, conduct a review of state properties throughout the state for the development of an overall master plan;

(2) review proposed lease-purchase agreements pursuant to Section 15-10-2 NMSA 1978;

(3) work with the general services department and other state agencies in developing recommendations for addressing deferred maintenance on state facilities and disposal strategies for aging facilities no longer able to serve their mission; and

(4) utilizing life cycle costing, work with the general services department in developing recommendations regarding whether the state should lease, lease-purchase or purchase needed additional facilities.

C. The legislative council service shall provide staff for the commission in coordination with the staff architect and other staff of the facilities management division of the general services department.

D. The commission shall meet regularly and shall report annually to the legislature on an annual update of the master plan for the long-range facilities needs of state government in the greater metropolitan areas of Las Cruces, Santa Fe and Albuquerque and throughout the state.

History: Laws 1997, ch. 178, § 5; 2002, ch. 69, § 1; 2003, ch. 110, § 1; 2007, ch. 64, § 1; 2009, ch. 19, § 1; 2013, ch. 115, § 20.

The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, changed the name of the property control division of the general services department to the facilities management division; and in Subsection C, deleted "property control" and added "facilities management" before "division".

The 2009 amendment, effective July 1, 2009, in Subsection A, deleted the former specification of the duties of the commission and authorized the designees of the secretary of general services and of the state treasurer to serve on the commission; and added Subsection B.

The 2007 amendment, effective March 29, 2007, directed the commission to study and plan for facilities in Las Cruces and to develop a master plan for facilities statewide, eliminated the staff architect as a commission member and added the state treasurer as a commission member; and required the staff architect and property control division to provide staff for the commission.

The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, inserted "the secretary of highway and transportation or his designee, the state cultural affairs officer or his designee" following "New Mexico staff architect" in Subsection B.

The 2002 amendment, effective May 15, 2002, inserted the references to Albuquerque in Subsections A and D; and inserted "regularly" in Subsection D.