A. The provisions of the Rio Grande Valley State Park Act [16-4-9 to 16-4-17 NMSA 1978] shall not take effect until the secretary has fully executed a management agreement with an operating party, and shall cease to be in effect if the management agreement is terminated. The management agreement shall include a map delineating the boundaries of the park. The park shall be established when the management agreement is signed by the secretary and the designated representative of the operating party. A provision of the management agreement shall require twelve months' written notice prior to any termination taking effect.

B. The operating party shall administer the Rio Grande Valley state park. The operating party shall develop, after public hearings, a management plan for approval by the secretary which is consistent with the provisions of the feasibility study previously prepared that satisfies the requirements of Subsection G of Section 16-2-11 NMSA 1978, to realize the objectives of the Rio Grande Valley State Park Act. The plan shall be prepared in cooperation with the appropriate federal, state and local agencies and shall include among other things:

(1) consideration for cooperative management arrangements between state, federal, conservancy, flood control and municipal authorities;

(2) measures to control recreational use of the designated river to protect the river's natural values; and

(3) measures to minimize any adverse impact to the park caused by public transportation or other public improvement projects to be located in close proximity to the park.

C. The operating party may seek the assistance and aid of the game and fish department for resource and wildlife management within the Rio Grande Valley state park.

History: Laws 1983, ch. 18, § 5; 1987, ch. 234, § 40.

The 1987 amendment, effective July 1, 1987, substituted "secretary" for "division" near the beginning of both Subsections A and B, "secretary" for "representative of the division" in the third sentence in Subsection A and "game and fish division of the energy, minerals and natural resources department" for "department of game and fish" in Subsection C.

Hearing on complaint alleging violations of act. The plaintiff village was entitled to a hearing on its complaint alleging specifically that the defendant city failed to include in the operating plan measures to minimize the adverse impact of its bridge project, in violation of the Rio Grande Valley State Park Act. State ex rel. Vill. of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque v. City of Albuquerque, 1993-NMCA-147, 119 N.M. 169, 889 P.2d 204.