Bill > HB291

This bill establishes the "New Mexico federal land management study commission," a temporary body composed of legislative members, state officials like the commissioner of public lands and secretaries of various departments, representatives from land grant councils and county associations, and three public members appointed by the governor, tasked with studying options for transferring federal lands to the state, to Native American nations, tribes, and pueblos, or to state land grants, as well as exploring land exchanges between the state and federal government, with a focus on improving wildlife management, protecting culturally significant lands, addressing land access issues, and identifying cost savings, and it appropriates $100,000 for its operations and reporting, with a final report due by December 31, 2016.