The legislature declares that the farming and ranching industry of the state has produced a unique common heritage of which all persons should receive knowledge and benefit. The purpose of the Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum Act is to create a farm and ranch heritage museum, which shall collect, preserve, study and display materials representative of the farming and ranching of the state and region and develop and maintain exhibits and programs of an educational nature for the benefit of the citizens of New Mexico and visitors to the state.
History: Laws 1991, ch. 48, § 2; 2004, ch. 25, § 41.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2004 amendment, effective May 19, 2004, deleted "division of the office of cultural affairs" from the name of the museum.