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NM Stat § 16-6-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 16 - Parks, Recreation and Fairs|Article 6 - State and County Fairs|Section 16-6-3 - Disqualification of commissioners; organization of commission; secretary and treasurer.

A. If any state fair commissioner changes his residence to any place outside the state, such change of residence shall operate ipso facto to vacate the office he holds. B. The secretary and treasurer shall qualify by furnishing the commission with a good and sufficient bond pursuant to the Surety Bond Act [10-2-13 to 10-2-16 NMSA 1978], conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as secretary and treasurer and that he will faithfully account for and pay over to the person entitled thereto all money that comes into his hands as such officer. The secretary and treasurer shall hold office for a period of one year and until his successor is elected and qualified. History: Laws 1913, ch. 46, § 3; Code 1915, § 5007; C.S. 1929, § 127-103; 1941 Comp., § 48-2103; 1953 Comp., § 45-20-3; 1994, ch. 143, § 5. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For corporations authorized to issue surety bonds, see 46-6-1 NMSA 1978 et seq. The 1994 amendment, effective July 1, 1994, added the section heading; subdivided the section; in Subsection A, inserted "state fair" and made stylistic changes; and, in Subsection B, substituted "pursuant to the Surety Bond Act" for "in the sum of twenty thousand dollars in some surety company authorized to do business in this state", deleted "which said bond shall be filed with the secretary of state" following "officer" at the end of the first sentence, and made stylistic changes.
NM Stat § 16-6-3.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 16 - Parks, Recreation and Fairs|Article 6 - State and County Fairs|Section 16-6-3.1 - Budget review requirements.

Beginning with the eighty-third fiscal year, the state fair commission is required to submit to the department of finance and administration for review a monthly budget status report, a list of all checks issued and all supporting documentation for each expenditure. History: 1978 Comp., § 16-6-3.1, enacted by Laws 1994, ch. 143, § 6.
NM Stat § 16-6-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 16 - Parks, Recreation and Fairs|Article 6 - State and County Fairs|Section 16-6-5 - State fair commission administratively attached to tourism department.

The state fair commission is administratively attached, as defined in the Executive Reorganization Act [9-1-1 to 9-1-10 NMSA 1978], to the tourism department. History: 1953 Comp., § 45-20-4.1, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 245, § 18; 1991, ch. 21, § 32. ANNOTATIONSThe 1991 amendment, effective March 27, 1991, substituted "tourism department" for "commerce and industry department" in the catchline and in the text of the section.
NM Stat § 16-6-6 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 16 - Parks, Recreation and Fairs|Article 6 - State and County Fairs|Section 16-6-6 - [Annual meeting; election of officers; financial report to governor.]

The commission shall hold annual meetings on the first Monday in January of each year, at which meeting the chairman and the secretary and treasurer shall be selected and such other business shall be transacted as the interests of said state fair shall require. On the first Monday in January in each year after said fair is held, the state fair commission shall prepare and transmit to the governor of the state, a full financial statement, signed by each member of the commission, showing all funds received and disbursed, all assets and liabilities, being a full and detailed account of its transactions and containing such statistics and information as may be of value to the various industries of the state. History: Laws 1913, ch. 46, § 5; Code 1915, § 5009; C.S. 1929, § 127-105; 1941 Comp., § 48-2105; 1953 Comp., § 45-20-5.
NM Stat § 16-6-7 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 16 - Parks, Recreation and Fairs|Article 6 - State and County Fairs|Section 16-6-7 - [Annual appropriation; Albuquerque contribution.]

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this article, the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) is appropriated annually; provided, that the sum of five thousand dollars [($5,000)] herein appropriated shall be paid only upon condition that the citizens of Albuquerque shall annually raise, contribute and cause to be made available to the commission herein created a like sum of five thousand dollars [($5,000)]. History: Laws 1913, ch. 46, § 6; Code 1915, § 5010; C.S. 1929, § 127-106; 1941 Comp., § 48-2106; 1953 Comp., § 45-20-6. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Compiler's notes. — This section would appear to have been abrogated by Laws 1917, ch. 109, § 4, which read: "The appropriations herein made or heretofore made by any legislature of the state, except as to unexpended portions carried forward shall cease and determine on and after December 1, 1919." The words "this article" were substituted by the 1915 compiler for "this act" and refer to the 1915 Code, ch. 100, §§ 5005 to 5017, compiled herein as 16-6-1 to 16-6-4, 16-6-6 to 16-6-9, 16-6-11, 16-6-12 NMSA 1978. Appropriating state funds to state fair is constitutional for such fair is an instrumentality and under the control of the state. 1937 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 37-1560.
NM Stat § 16-6-8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 16 - Parks, Recreation and Fairs|Article 6 - State and County Fairs|Section 16-6-8 - Repealed.

History: Laws 1913, ch. 46, § 7; Code 1915, § 5011; C.S. 1929, § 127-107; 1941 Comp., § 48-2107; 1953 Comp., § 45-20-7; repealed by Laws 2003, ch. 273, § 25.ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2003, ch. 273, § 25 repealed 16-6-8 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1913, ch. 46, § 7, relating to disbursement of funds, effective July 1, 2003. For provisions of former section, see the 2002 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 16-6-9 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 16 - Parks, Recreation and Fairs|Article 6 - State and County Fairs|Section 16-6-9 - Appropriation; how paid to the commission.

The secretary of finance and administration, on the request in writing of such board of commissioners, shall, and it is hereby made his duty to, draw his warrant in favor of the treasurer of said commission upon the state treasurer for the payment of the appropriations provided in this article, and the said state treasurer shall pay such warrants out of any money on hand, appropriated for the purposes herein set forth. History: Laws 1913, ch. 46, § 8; Code 1915, § 5012; C.S. 1929, § 127-108; 1941 Comp., § 48-2108; 1953 Comp., § 45-20-8; Laws 1977, ch. 247, § 156. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — The words "this article" were substituted by the 1915 compiler for "this act" and refer to the 1915 Code, ch. 100, §§ 5005 to 5017, compiled herein as 16-6-1 to 16-6-4, 16-6-6 to 16-6-9, 16-6-11, 16-6-12 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 16-6-10 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 16 - Parks, Recreation and Fairs|Article 6 - State and County Fairs|Section 16-6-10 - Fair commission; expenses.

Members of the state fair commission shall receive no salary, but each member shall receive per diem and mileage pursuant to the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978]. History: 1953 Comp., § 45-20-9, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 110, § 1; 2003, ch. 215, § 2. ANNOTATIONSRepeals and reenactments. — Laws 1961, ch. 110, § 1, repealed 45-20-9, 1953 Comp., relating to compensation for commissioners, and enacted a new section. The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, substituted "per diem and mileage pursuant to the Per Diem and Mileage Act" for "fifteen dollars ($15.00) per diem while engaged in the performance of his official duties for the commission. Members shall also receive reimbursement for travel expenses at the rate of eight cents ($.08) a mile for attending meetings or traveling in connection with their duties" at the end of the section.
NM Stat § 16-6-11 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 16 - Parks, Recreation and Fairs|Article 6 - State and County Fairs|Section 16-6-11 - [Corporate powers of fair commission.]

The members of the New Mexico state fair commission and their successors in office, shall constitute a body corporate under the name and style of the "New Mexico State Fair" with the right as such of sueing [suing] and being sued, of contracting and being contracted with, of making and using a common seal, and altering the same at pleasure. History: Laws 1913, ch. 46, § 11; Code 1915, § 5015; C.S. 1929, § 127-110; 1941 Comp., § 48-2110; 1953 Comp., § 45-20-10. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. State fair's negligence liability. — The state fair was not immune from suit alleging its negligence in permitting an activity to be conducted on its premises which would result in a dangerous traffic condition developing on adjoining streets. Bober v N.M. State Fair, 1991-NMSC-031, 111 N.M. 644, 808 P.2d 614. Constitutionality of county appropriations to commission or fair. — Though counties cannot, under N.M. Const., art. IX, § 14, make a donation to the state fair commission, a corporation, they may make appropriations with which to install displays at the state fair which, presumably, will be of benefit to the counties. 1915 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 15-1578. Counties may appropriate money for constructing building in which to show exhibits installed by the counties at the state fair. 1915 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 15-1676. Tort liability of fair and employees. — Though the state fair is a body corporate with right to sue and to be sued, liability for torts of its employees does not follow therefrom, but can only be imposed by a statute in clear and unambiguous language. 1941 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 41-3852 (opinion rendered prior to present Tort Claims Act, Section 41-4-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.) Where state fair not liable. — The New Mexico state fair, as a corporate body of the state of New Mexico, is not liable for its torts. 1964 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 64-70 (opinion rendered prior to adoption of current version of Tort Claims Act, Section 41-4-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.). Tort liability of fair and employees. — Though the state fair is a body corporate with right to sue and be sued, liability for torts of its employees does not follow therefrom, but can only be imposed by a statute in clear and unambiguous language. 1941 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 41-3852 (opinion rendered prior to present Tort Claims Act, Section 41-4-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.). Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Liability of owner or operator for injury to patron of fair, carnival, or the like, from operation of sideshows, games, or similar concessions, 24 A.L.R.3d 945.
NM Stat § 16-6-12 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 16 - Parks, Recreation and Fairs|Article 6 - State and County Fairs|Section 16-6-12 - [Contracts; financial interest by commissioner; effect; penalty.]

No commissioner shall either directly or indirectly be financially interested in any contract made by the commission and any such contract in which a commissioner shall be interested either directly or indirectly, shall be void. Any violation of the provisions of this article, shall be punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for one year. History: Laws 1913, ch. 46, § 12; Code 1915, § 5016; C.S. 1929, § 127-111; 1941 Comp., § 48-2111; 1953 Comp., § 45-20-11. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Compiler's notes. — The words "this article" were substituted by the 1915 compiler for "this act" and refer to the 1915 Code, ch. 100, §§ 5005 to 5017, compiled herein as 16-6-1 to 16-6-4, 16-6-6 to 16-6-9, 16-6-11, 16-6-12 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 16-6-13 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 16 - Parks, Recreation and Fairs|Article 6 - State and County Fairs|Section 16-6-13 - [Additional powers of fair commission; definitions.]

The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this act [16-6-13 to 16-6-22 NMSA 1978], shall have the following meaning unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: A. the term "bonds" shall mean any bonds of the New Mexico state fair issued pursuant to this act; B. the term "project" shall mean and include buildings, structures, improvements and equipment of every kind, nature and description, which may be required by or convenient for the purpose of the New Mexico state fair, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, administration, exhibition, recreation, or parts thereof, or additions thereto, heat, light, or systems, or parts thereof, or extensions thereto; greenhouses, farm exhibition building, stock pens, stable, grounds or parts thereof; or additions thereto; or any one, or more than one, or all of the foregoing, or any combination thereof; or such other buildings, pens, stalls or improvements as the fair commission shall by a majority of the members deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this act and of Chapter 46, Laws of 1913 (Sections 16-6-1 to 16-6-4, 16-6-6 to 16-6-9, 16-6-11, 16-6-12 NMSA 1978), and all amendments thereof; C. the term "to acquire" shall include to purchase, to erect, to build, to construct, to reconstruct, to repair, to replace, to extend, to better, to equip, to develop, to improve and to embellish a project; D. the term "Recovery Act" shall mean the act of the congress of the United States of America, approved June 16, 1933, entitled: "An act to encourage national industrial recovery, to foster fair competition, and to provide for the construction of certain useful public works and for other purposes," and acts amendatory thereof and acts supplemental thereto, and revisions thereof, and any further acts of the congress of the United States to encourage public works or to reduce unemployment and providing for the making of loans or grants or both; E. the term "federal agency" shall mean the United States of America, the president of the United States of America, the federal emergency administrator of public works, or such other agency or agencies as may have been designated or may be designated or created to make loans or grants or both pursuant to the Recovery Act; F. the term "commission" shall mean the fair commission as appointed by the governor under Chapter 46 of the Laws of 1913. History: Laws 1935, ch. 69, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 48-2112; 1953 Comp., § 45-20-12. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Compiler's notes. — The National Industrial Recovery Act of June 16, 1933, referred to in Subsections D and E, was declared unconstitutional. Present provisions relating to economic recovery are compiled as 15 U.S.C. § 712a et seq. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Exemption from taxation of property of agricultural fair society or association, 89 A.L.R.2d 1104.
NM Stat § 16-6-14 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 16 - Parks, Recreation and Fairs|Article 6 - State and County Fairs|Section 16-6-14 - [Creating New Mexico state fair, a separate and independent legal entity.]

The New Mexico state fair, is hereby constituted and confirmed a body politic and corporate and separate and confirmed as a governmental instrumentality for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Chapter 46, Laws of 1913 (Sections 16-6-1 to 16-6-4, 16-6-6 to 16-6-9, 16-6-11, 16-6-12 NMSA 1978), and all amendments thereto and the provisions of this act [16-6-13 to 16-6-22 NMSA 1978]. A corporate purpose of New Mexico state fair, in addition to any other purposes thereof, shall be to acquire any project. The powers of the said New Mexico state fair delegated to it by this act and the Act of Chapter 46, Laws of 1913, and all amendments thereto, shall be vested in and exercised by a majority of the members of the commission, and a majority of all the members of such commission shall be a quorum for the transaction of any business authorized by this act, but a lesser number may adjourn and compel the attendance of absent members. History: Laws 1935, ch. 69, § 2; 1941 Comp., § 48-2113; 1953 Comp., § 45-20-13. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. New Mexico state fair is a legal entity which is a part of the state of New Mexico. 1964 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 64-70. Where donation of horse race profits illegal. — It is not legal for the state fair to donate the proceeds, in excess of costs, from horse races to the community chest. 1955 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 55-6279.
NM Stat § 16-6-16 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 16 - Parks, Recreation and Fairs|Article 6 - State and County Fairs|Section 16-6-16 - Issuance of negotiable bonds; terms.

The New Mexico state fair, with the prior approval of the state board of finance, is authorized from time to time to issue negotiable bonds. The bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the state fair commission. The bonds may be issued in one or more series, may bear such date or dates, may be in such denomination or denominations, may mature at such time or times not exceeding thirty years from the respective dates thereof, may mature in such amount or amounts, shall bear interest in accordance with the Public Securities Act [6-14-1 to 6-14-3 NMSA 1978], may be in such form as the state fair commission may determine and may be executed in such manner, may be payable in such medium of payment at such place or places and may be subject to such terms of redemption with or without premium as such resolution or other resolutions may provide. The bonds may be sold at public sale or may be sold at a private sale to the New Mexico finance authority. The bonds shall be negotiable instruments notwithstanding the form or tenor thereof. The New Mexico state fair may issue refunding bonds to refund, refinance, pay or discharge outstanding bonds, notes, loans or other obligations of the state fair on the same terms and conditions as provided for the issuance of other bonds by the New Mexico state fair. History: Laws 1935, ch. 69, § 4; 1941 Comp., § 48-2115; Laws 1953, ch. 37, § 1; 1953 Comp., § 45-20-15; Laws 1957, ch. 98, § 1; 1975, ch. 108, § 3; 1983, ch. 106, § 1; 1996, ch. 27, § 1; 1998 (1st S.S.), ch. 17, § 3; 2001, ch. 152, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 2001 amendment, effective July 1, 2001, reduced the maximum number of years a bond may mature from fifty to thirty years and deleted "for not less than par value and in the manner provided by law for sale of municipal bonds" following "at public sale" in the fourth sentence. The 1998 amendment, effective on the day after the day the New Mexico finance authority makes the grant to the board of regents of the university of New Mexico authorized in § 1 of the act, deleted "hereby" preceding "authorized" in the first sentence; inserted "state fair" in the second sentence; in the fourth sentence, substituted "may" for "shall" near the beginning and added "or may be sold at a private sale to the New Mexico finance authority" at the end; and added the last sentence. The 1996 amendment, effective May 15, 1996, substituted "six million dollars ($6,000,000)" for "three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000)" at the end of the first sentence. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Governmental unit's power to issue bonds as implying power to refund them, 1 A.L.R.2d 134.
NM Stat § 16-6-18 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 16 - Parks, Recreation and Fairs|Article 6 - State and County Fairs|Section 16-6-18 - Moneys of New Mexico state fair.

No moneys derived from the sale of the bonds or otherwise borrowed by such institution under provisions of this act [16-6-13 to 16-6-22 NMSA 1978], shall be required to be paid into the state treasury but shall be deposited by the treasurer or other fiscal officer of the New Mexico state fair in a separate bank account or accounts in such bank or banks or trust company or trust companies as may be designated by the commission, and all deposits of such moneys shall, if required by the commission, be secured by obligations of the United States of America, of a market value equal at all times to the amount of the deposit; and all banks and trust companies are hereby authorized to give such security. Such money shall be disbursed as may be directed by the commission and in accordance with the terms of any agreements with the holder or holders of any bonds. This section shall not be construed as limiting the power of the New Mexico state fair to agree in connection with the issuance of any of its bonds as to the custody and disposition of the moneys received from the sale of such bonds or the income and revenue of New Mexico state fair pledged and assigned to or in trust for the benefit of the holder or holders thereof. History: Laws 1935, ch. 69, § 6; 1941 Comp., § 48-2117; 1953 Comp., § 45-20-17. ANNOTATIONS
NM Stat § 16-6-19 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 16 - Parks, Recreation and Fairs|Article 6 - State and County Fairs|Section 16-6-19 - Validity of bonds.

The bonds bearing the signatures of officers in office on the date of the signing thereof shall be valid and binding obligations, notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof and payment therefor any or all the persons whose signatures appear thereon shall have ceased to be commissioners. The validity of the bonds shall not be dependent on nor affected by the validity or regularity of any proceedings to acquire the project financed by the bonds or taken in connection therewith. History: Laws 1935, ch. 69, § 7; 1941 Comp., § 48-2118; 1953 Comp., § 45-20-18.
NM Stat § 16-6-20 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 16 - Parks, Recreation and Fairs|Article 6 - State and County Fairs|Section 16-6-20 - Prohibitions against obligating state of New Mexico.

Nothing in this act [16-6-13 to 16-6-22 NMSA 1978] contained shall be construed to authorize New Mexico state fair to contract a debt on behalf of, or in any way to obligate, the state of New Mexico. History: Laws 1935, ch. 69, § 8; 1941 Comp., § 48-2119; 1953 Comp., § 45-20-19.
NM Stat § 16-6-21 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 16 - Parks, Recreation and Fairs|Article 6 - State and County Fairs|Section 16-6-21 - Bonds obligations of New Mexico state fair.

All bonds issued pursuant to this act [16-6-13 to 16-6-22 NMSA 1978] shall be obligations of the New Mexico state fair, and such bonds shall be payable in accordance with the terms thereof and shall not be obligations general, special or otherwise of the state of New Mexico. Such bonds shall not constitute a debt, legal or moral, of the state of New Mexico, and shall not be enforceable against the state. History: Laws 1935, ch. 69, § 9; 1941 Comp., § 48-2120; 1953 Comp., § 45-20-20.
NM Stat § 16-6-22 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 16 - Parks, Recreation and Fairs|Article 6 - State and County Fairs|Section 16-6-22 - Supplemental nature of act, construction and purpose.

The powers conferred by this act [16-6-13 to 16-6-22 NMSA 1978] shall be in addition to and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law, general or special. History: Laws 1935, ch. 69, § 11; 1941 Comp., § 48-2121; 1953 Comp., § 45-20-21.