New Mexico Statutes
Article 3 - Legislative Council
Section 2-3-7 - [Insurance of building; records of transactions; contracts for care and management of property.]

The director of the legislative council service, under the direction of the legislative council, shall:
A. insure the building and its contents, including the valuable papers, documents and books;
B. keep a full and complete record of all transactions;
C. sign all contracts and other papers necessary to be signed in the care and management of the property under his control;
D. have custody and control of all maps, deeds, plats, plans and specifications, contracts, books and other papers connected with the building and grounds under his control;
E. provide for the preservation, repair, care, cleaning, heating and cooling and lighting of the building and improvements under his control;
F. provide for the care and beautifying of the grounds and premises;
G. employ the necessary employees and provide and enforce the rules and regulations for the conduct of such employees; and
H. make all rules and regulations for the conduct of all persons in and about the building and grounds under his control necessary and proper for the safety, care and preservation of the same.
History: 1953 Comp., § 2-3-3.4, enacted by Laws 1970, ch. 85, § 2.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and it is not part of the law.
Legislative council did not exceed its statutory authority in prohibiting in-person attendance at a special session of the legislature. — Where, in response to a pervasive health crisis occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic and consistent with the governor's executive orders encouraging all governmental branches to take steps to curb the spread of the virus and the secretary of health's emergency stay-at-home orders, the New Mexico legislative council, the legislative body entrusted with the care and custody of the state capitol, promulgated a directive prohibiting on-site, public attendance at an upcoming special legislative session that was called to address COVID-19-related issues, and where petitioners sought a writ of mandamus declaring unlawful that portion of the council's directive prohibiting in-person attendance at the special session, this section authorizes the council's consideration of the safety of people in exercising its operational authority over the capitol complex and therefore the council did not overstep its statutory authority in taking action to address pressing public safety concerns arising from the public's physical presence at a special legislative session. Pirtle v. Legis. Council, 2021-NMSC-026.

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