Any county or school district within the state which may have use for any state lands for any purpose incidental to the powers of the county or school district shall have the right and power to lease the lands or so much thereof as may be reasonably necessary for such purpose from the commissioner, and the commissioner is authorized and empowered to enter into such a lease for a term not exceeding twenty-five years upon such reasonable terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the commissioner.
In setting the terms and conditions of any lease to a school district, the commissioner shall, upon the request of the governing body of the school district, provide that the rental costs for the lease be paid from the school district's share of the current school fund established in Article 12, Section 4 of the constitution of New Mexico, or the common school current fund created in Section 19-1-17 NMSA 1978.
The necessary documentation to achieve this appropriation shall be submitted to the state treasurer by the commissioner. The appropriation made hereby is a continuing appropriation.
History: Laws 1929, ch. 53, § 2; C.S. 1929, § 132-602; 1941 Comp., § 8-854; 1953 Comp., § 7-8-59; Laws 1985 (1st S.S.), ch. 2, § 1.
The 1985 amendment, effective August 16, 1985, added the second and third paragraphs and, in the first paragraph, deleted "of New Mexico" following "state" and substituted "the county" for "said county" and "the lands" for "such lands" near the beginning, deleted "or purposes" following "purpose" and substituted "the commissioner, and the commissioner is authorized" for "the commissioner of public lands of the state of New Mexico, and said commissioner of public lands is hereby authorized" near the middle and deleted "of public lands" at the end.
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