New Mexico § 19-2-10 - Quarai and Abo state monuments; jurisdiction ceded; approval; limitations
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§ 19-2-10. Quarai and Abo state monuments; jurisdiction ceded; approval; limitations
A. Upon receipt by the governor of a notice of intention to acquire legislative jurisdiction
by the United States for the creation of a national monument, submission of the notice
to the attorney general for his comments and recommendations, in accordance with Section 19-2-2 NMSA 1978 , and approval of the plan for the national monument by the director of the museum
division, the cultural properties review committee and the state historic preservation
officer, legislative jurisdiction is ceded to the United States over lands in Torrance
county comprising the Quarai and the Abo state monuments. Jurisdiction is ceded subject to the limitations stipulated in Section 19-2-3 NMSA 1978 . Jurisdiction is ceded only for the purpose of incorporating land within a national
monument and shall revert to the state whenever all or part of such lands are not
used for this purpose. B. All transfers hereunder shall conform to the legal descriptions of the sites as
established by the museum division of the office of cultural affairs.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 19-2-10 ("Quarai and Abo state monuments; jurisdiction ceded; approval; limitations") is part of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Mexico. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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