A. The sports authority division of the department shall:
(1) develop an overall strategic plan for recruiting and retaining all forms of professional and amateur sporting events;
(2) identify existing infrastructure for sporting activities, identify and propose future infrastructure and locations and identify opportunities for private and public partnerships on infrastructure;
(3) foster relationships between sporting event organizers and event sponsors; and
(4) foster relationships among state and local agencies and provide advice and direction needed to increase the number and quality of sporting events held in New Mexico.
B. The sports authority division may promulgate rules as necessary to:
(1) provide additional professional and amateur sports participation by New Mexico residents;
(2) provide for the welfare of participants in sporting events;
(3) provide for adequate safety measures for and ethical operation of sporting events;
(4) recruit and maintain professional and amateur sporting events to be held in New Mexico; and
(5) address the fiscal and tax implications of Paragraphs (1) through (4) of this subsection.
History: Laws 2007, ch. 286, § 2 and Laws 2007, ch. 287, § 2.
Compiler's notes. — Laws 2007, ch. 286, § 2 and Laws 2007, ch. 287, § 2, both effective June 15, 2007, enacted new sections of law, both compiled as 9-15A-10 NMSA 1978. The acts were identical except for language in Paragraph A(2) of Laws 2007, ch. 286, § 2, which provided "identify and propose future infrastructure and locations". This section is set out as enacted by Laws 2007, ch. 287, § 2, and incorporates both acts. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978. To view the session laws in their entirety, see the 2007 session laws on NMOneSource.com.
Laws 2007, ch. 286, § 4 and Laws 2007, ch. 287, § 4 provided for the transfer of all functions, personnel, property, contracts and reference in law from the New Mexico sports authority to the sports authority division.
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