18-6-17: Designation of state historic sites; reservation of lands for historic site care and management.

The governor is authorized, upon the recommendation of the committee and the board of regents of the museum of New Mexico, to declare by public proclamation that any cultural property situated on lands owned or controlled by the state shall be a state historic site and may reserve as a part thereof such parcels of land as may be necessary for the proper care and management of the cultural property to be protected. In the case of proposed state historic sites situated on state trust lands, the federal laws granting same shall be complied with. Any such historic site shall be administered by the state historic sites division of the cultural affairs department in accordance with the provisions of Section 18-6-6 NMSA 1978.