New Mexico Statutes
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.
Bracketed 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.

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