The administrative office of the courts, as holder of record title to the existing Bernalillo county metropolitan court building located on the northwest corner of Fourth street and Roma avenue northwest in Albuquerque, shall administer and manage the building in accordance with the following provisions:
A. after completion of a new Bernalillo county metropolitan court facility with proceeds of bonds issued by the New Mexico finance authority, the entire operations, judges, staff and personnel associated with the Bernalillo county metropolitan court shall be relocated to the new facility and the existing facility shall be vacated; and
B. after completion of a new Bernalillo county metropolitan court facility, the administrative office of the courts shall then transfer the record title of the vacated facility to the general services department for the express purpose of housing the district public defender or other state agencies.
History: Laws 1998 (1st S.S.), ch. 6, § 8; 2001, ch. 95, § 1.
The 2001 amendment, effective June 15, 2001, rewrote Subsection B, which formerly provided for the facility to be vacated and made available for lease to public or private tenants; and deleted former Subsections C through G, which provided for the management of the facility and any funds acquired through leasing, selling, or mortgaging the facility.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 34 - Court Structure and Administration
Article 9 - Administrative Office of the Courts
Section 34-9-2 - [Appointment and removal of employees by director; approval of supreme court.]
Section 34-9-3 - Director; duties.
Section 34-9-4 - [Officer or employee prohibited from practicing law.]
Section 34-9-5 - [Seal of director; approval by supreme court; judicial notice.]
Section 34-9-7 - Courts defined.
Section 34-9-8 - Courts; records; manuals.
Section 34-9-10 - Court automation fund created; administration; distribution.
Section 34-9-11 - Jury and witness fee fund created; administration; distribution.
Section 34-9-11.1 - Language access fund; created.
Section 34-9-12 - Municipal court automation fund created; administration; distribution.
Section 34-9-13 - Magistrate and metropolitan court capital fund created; purpose.
Section 34-9-14 - Court facilities fund created; administration; distribution.
Section 34-9-14.1 - Magistrate drug court fund; created.
Section 34-9-14.2 - Drug court fund; created.
Section 34-9-15 - Use of Bernalillo county metropolitan court facilities.
Section 34-9-16 - New Mexico finance authority revenue bonds; purpose; appropriation.
Section 34-9-17 - Consolidation study committee; composition; duties.
Section 34-9-17.1 - Bernalillo county criminal justice review commission.
Section 34-9-18 - Judicial performance evaluation fund; created.
Section 34-9-19 - Reporting to the national instant criminal background check system.