New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 4 - CULTURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 10 - CULTURAL PROPERTIES AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION › Part 19 - CULTURAL RESOURCE INFORMATION SYSTEM AND RECORDS › Section 4.10.19.10 - FEES

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Use of the
				records repository and NMCRIS is contingent upon the HPD's receipt of
				reasonable fees as provided in this rule. The SHPO shall expend the fees
				received solely for the maintenance and administration of the records
				repository and NMCRIS, consistent with HPD's appropriated budget. Expenditures
				for the maintenance and administration of the records repository and the NMCRIS
				include, but are not limited to, software licensing and maintenance, software
				development, computer equipment lease or purchase, contractual services, staff
				time, facilities, and supplies.
B.
Fee schedule:
(1)
Access
				fees:
With the exception of public agencies or tribal governments with a
				cooperative agreement, qualified institutions shall pay an annual access fee
				that entitles qualified users of the qualified institution to unlimited on-site
				use of the records repository and access to NMCRIS on the following basis: $200
				per year for qualified institutions with three or fewer supervisory staff; $300
				per year for qualified institutions with four to 10 supervisory staff; $500 per
				year for qualified institutions with 11-20 supervisory staff; and $800 per year
				for qualified institutions with 21 or more supervisory staff. As used in this
				paragraph, "supervisory staff" means supervisory archaeologists or crew chiefs
				who meet the qualifications outlined in
				4.10.8.10
				NMAC. Access fees are due each calendar year and shall accompany a signed
				institutional agreement.
(2)
Registration fees:
With the exception of public agencies or tribal
				governments with a cooperative agreement, qualified institutions shall pay
				registration fees for cultural resource investigations consistent with the
				following fee schedule.
(a) Fees for
				archaeological surveys are based on the total area surveyed as measured in
				acres, using the schedule below:
Class number
Survey size (acres +/-)
Survey Registration Fees
1
<2
$25
2
2 to 4.99
$50
3
5 to 9.99
$75
4
10 to 19.99
$100
5
20 to 39.99
$125
6
40 to 79.99
$200
7
80 to 119.99
$300
8
120 to 199.99
$400
9
200 to 399.99
$500
10
400 to 599.99
$800
11
600 to 999.99
$1000
12
1,000 to 1,499.99
$2000
13
1,500 to 1,999.99
$2500
14
2,000 to 2,499.99
$3000
15
2,500 to 3,000
$3500
16
greater than 3,000 acres
$500 more for each 500 acres or fraction thereof
								over 3,000 acres
(b)
				Fees for surveys that record all types of cultural resources are based on the
				total area of archaeological survey as measured in acres using the schedule
				above.
(c) The fee is twenty
				dollars ($20) to register damage assessments, regional research designs,
				cultural overviews or historic contexts, and small monitoring projects with
				five or fewer archaeological sites. The fee is seventy-five dollars ($75) for
				monitoring projects with more than five archaeological sites and for all test
				excavation, excavation, or mitigation projects. Add fifteen dollars ($15) to
				the seventy-five dollars ($75) fee for each archaeological site.
(3)
Staff assistance
				fees:
With the exception of public agencies or tribal governments with a
				cooperative agreement, additional fees for HPD staff assistance with cultural
				resources records apply as follows:
(a)
				Qualified institutions shall pay seventy-five dollars ($75) per-hour for
				assistance with records or map checks when the assistance time exceeds one-half
				hour on a given business day, rounding increments to the next full
				hour.
(b) Qualified institutions
				shall pay one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per hour for assistance with custom
				database queries and creation of electronic data files, with a one hour minimum
				and rounding increments to the next full hour.
(c) Assisted access users shall pay two
				hundred fifty ($250) per hour for assistance, with a one hour minimum, and
				rounding increments to the next full hour.
(d) HPD may charge reasonable fees to make
				copies of records.
(4)
Fees for researchers:
Independent researchers and educational
				institutions engaged in academic research are not subject to any fees, other
				than copy fees, provided they have a current institutional agreement on file
				and they submit the results of the research to HPD in accordance with 4.10.19.9
				NMAC.