KEY STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION STATUTES
AND RULES (REGULATIONS)
Cultural Properties Act of 1969 (§§18-6-1 through 18-6-23, NMSA 1978)
Rule 4.10.3 NMAC
Procedures of the Cultural Properties Review Committee
Rule 4.10.4 NMAC
Preservation and Maintenance of Registered Cultural Properties
Rule 4.10.5 NMAC
Cultural Properties Publications Revolving Fund
Rule 4.10.6 NMAC
Selection and Preparation of Text for Official Scenic Historic Markers
Rule 4.10.7 NMAC
Review of Proposed State Undertakings
Rule 4.10.8 NMAC
Permits to Conduct Archaeological Investigations on State Land
Rule 4.10.10 NMAC Certified Local Government Program
Rule 4.10.11 NMAC Issuance of Permits to Excavate Unmarked Human Burials
Rule 4.10.14 NMAC Cultural Properties on Private Land and Mechanical Excavation Permits
Rule 4.10.15 NMAC Standards for Survey and Inventory
Rule 4.10.16 NMAC Standards for Excavation and Test Excavation
Rule 4.10.17 NMAC Standards for Monitoring
Prehistoric and Historic Sites Preservation Act of 1989 (§§18-8-1 through 18-8-8, NMSA 1978)
Rule 4.10.12 NMAC Implementation of the Prehistoric and Historic Sites Preservation Act
Cultural Properties Protection Act of 1993 (§§18-6A-1 through 18-6A-6, NMSA 1978)
Rule 4.10.13 NMAC Awarding of Grants from the Cultural Properties Restoration Fund
New Mexico State Income Tax Credit Income Tax Act and Corporate Income Tax Act
(§§7-2-18.2 and 7-2A-8.6, NMSA 1978)
Rule 4.10.9 NMAC
Credit to State Income Tax for Approved Restoration, Rehabilitation or
Preservation of Registered Cultural Properties
Historic Preservation Loan Act of 1987 (§§18-6-18 through 18-6-2, NMSA 1978)
Rule: 4.10.2 NMAC Historic Preservation Loan Fund
OTHER RELATED LAWS AND REGULATIONS:
Cultural Properties Preservation Easement Act (§§47-12A-1 through 47-12A-6, NMSA 1978)
Land Conservation Incentives Act (§§ 75-9-1 through 75-9-6 NMSA 1978)
Rule: 3.13.20 NMAC: Land Conservation Incentives Tax Credit
Historic Districts and Landmark Act of 1965 (§§3-22-1 through 3-22-5, NMSA 1978)
Zoning Regulations Act of 1965 (§§3-21-1 through 3-21-14, NMSA 1978)
New Mexico Subdivision Act (§§47-6-1 through 47-6-29, NMSA 1978)
County Board of Commission issues regulations
Disturbing a Marked Burial Ground (§30-12-12, NMSA 1978)
Defacing Tombs (§73-12-13 NMSA 1978)
Disturbing the Course of Ancient Acequias Prohibited (§73-2-6, NMSA 1978)
Traditional Historic Community qualifications, annexation restrictions (§3-7-1.1, NMSA 1978)
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Damaging Caves or Caverns Unlawful (§30-15-5, NMSA 1978)
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INDEX
TITLE 4: Cultural Resources
CHAPTER 10: Cultural Properties and Historic Preservation
Part 2 Historic Preservation Loan Fund
4.10.2.1 Issuing agency (SHPD)
4.10.2.2 Scope
4.10.2.3 Statutory authority (§18-6-21 NMSA 1978)
4.10.2.4 Duration
4.10.2.5 Effective date
4.10.2.6 Objective
4.10.2.7 Definitions
4.10.2.8 HPL contributions to the loan pool and the loan pool
4.10.2.9 Eligibility of property
4.10.2.10 Eligibility of property owners
3.10.2.11 HPL contributions: eligible costs
4.10.2.12 HPL contributions; ineligible costs
4.10.2.13 Division procedures
4.10.2.14 Priority ranking of historic preservation projects and
preliminary loan application form
4.10.2.15 Lending institution's procedures
4.10.2.16 Property owner's collateral security interest
4.10.2.17 Lending institution's loan processing fees and related
charges
4.10.2.18 HPL loan amount and repayment by property owner
4.10.2.19 Reserved
4.2.10.20 Compliance with secretary's standards, inspection and
reporting requirements
4.10.2.21 Agreement provision variances
4.10.2.22 Attachment A
4.10.2.23 Attachment B
4.10.2.24 Attachment C
History of Part 4.10.2 [Reserved]
Part 3 Procedures of the Cultural Properties Review
Committee
4.10.3.1 Issuing agency: CPRC
4.10.3.2 Scope
4.10.3.3 Statutory authority (§18-6-2 to 18-6-17 NMSA 1978)
4.10.3.4 Duration
4.10.3.5 Effective date
4.10.3.6 Objective
4.10.3.7 Definitions
4.10.3.8 The committee
4.10.3.9 The state historic preservation officer and state historic
preservation division
4.10.3.10 Members of the committee
4.10.3.11 Meetings of the committee
4.10.3.12 Organization of the committee
4.10.3.13 Duties of the officers and permanent members of the
committee
4.10.3.14 Meeting procedure
4.10.3.15 Organization and duties of subcommittees
4.10.3.16 Amendments
History of Part 4.10.3 NMAC
Part 4 Preservation and Maintenance of
Registered Cultural Properties
4.10.4.1 Issuing agency: CPRC
4.10.4.2 Scope
4.10.4.3 Statutory authority (§18-6-5F NMSA 1978)
4.10.4.4 Duration
4.10.4.5 Effective date
4.10.4.6 Objective
4.10.4.7 Definitions
4.10.4.8 Consultation with the committee
4.10.4.9 General standards for preservation, protection,
rehabilitation or restoration for structures
4.10.4.10 General standards for preservation, protection,
rehabilitation or restoration for archaeological sites
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4.10.4.11 General standards for modification, adaptation or
alteration for structures
4.10.4.12 General standards for modification, adaptation or
alteration for archaeological sites
4.10.4.13 General standards for new construction or demolition
for structures
4.10.4.14 General standards for new construction or demolition
for archaeological sites
4.10.4.15 Removal of properties from the register
History of Part 4.10.4 NMAC
Part 5 Cultural Properties Publications Revolving Fund:
Guidelines and Fiscal Controls
4.10.5.1 Issuing agency: CPRC
4.10.5.2 Scope
4.10.5.3 Statutory authority (§18-6-16 NMSA 1978)
4.10.5.4 Duration
4.10.5.5 Effective date
4.10.5.6 Objective
4.10.5.7 Definitions
4.10.5.8 Publication priorities
4.10.5.9 Selection procedure
4.10.5.10 Contracts for the preparation of material for publication
4.10.5.11 Contracts for publication
4.10.5.12 Committee review
4.10.5.13 Acknowledgments
4.10.5.14 Sale and reimbursement
4.10.5.15 Accounting
4.10.5.16 Annual report to the legislature
History of Part 4.10.5 NMAC
Part 6 Selection and Preparation of Text for
Official Scenic Historic Markers
4.10.6.1 Issuing agency: CPRC
4.10.6.2 Scope
4.10.6.3 Statutory authority (§18-6-5M(2) NMSA 1978)
4.10.6.4 Duration
4.10.6.5 Effective date
4.10.6.6 Objective
4.10.6.7 Definitions
4.10.6.8 Criteria for the selection and preparation of text for
official scenic historic markers
History of Part 4.10.6 NMAC
Part 7 Review of Proposed State Undertakings That May
Affect Registered Cultural Properties
4.10.7.1 Issuing agency: CPRC
4.10.7.2 Scope
4.10.7.3 Statutory authority (§18-6-5F NMSA 1978)
4.10.7.4 Duration
4.10.7.5 Effective date
4.10.7.6 Objective
4.10.7.7 Definitions
4.10.7.8 Dissemination of register
4.10.7.9 Review procedures
4.10.7.10 Determination
4.10.7.11 General standards for preservation , protection,
rehabilitation or restoration
4.10.7.12 General standards for modification, adaptation or
alteration
4.10.7.13 General standards for new construction
4.10.7.14 Appeal
History of Part 4.10.7 NMAC
Part 8 Permits to Conduct Archaeological Investigations
on State Land
4.10.8.1 Issuing agency: CPRC
4.10.8.2 Scope
4.10.8.3 Statutory authority (§18-6-5O NMSA 1978)
4.10.8.4 Duration
4.10.8.5 Effective date
4.10.8.6 Objective
4.10.8.7 Definitions
4.10.8.8 Archaeological investigations under a general permit
4.10.8.9 Archaeological investigations under a project-specific
permit
4.10.8.10 Qualified personnel
4.10.8.11 SHPO directory of qualified supervisory personnel
4.10.8.12 General permit application
4.10.8.13 Project-specific permit application
4.10.8.14 Permit stipulations
4.10.8.15 Review and approval of permit applications
4.10.8.16 Modification of permits
4.10.8.17 Initiating work under general permits
4.10.8.18 Review of reports
4.10.8.19 Curation of collections and records
4.10.8.20 Post-review discoveries
4.10.8.21 Documentation of permittee performance
4.10.8.22 Warning letters
4.10.8.23 Probationary permits
4.10.8.24 Denial of a permit
4.10.8 25 Procedures for appealing a decision
4.10.8.26 Deviations
History of 4.10.8 NMAC
Part 9 Credit to State Income Tax for Approved Restoration,
Rehabilitation or Preservation of Registered Cultural
Properties
4.10.9.1 Issuing agency: CPRC
4.10.9.2 Scope
4.10.9.3 Statutory authority (§7-2-18.2A-7-2-18.2H NMSA
1978 & §7-2A-8.6A to 7-2A-8.6G NMSA 1978)
4.10.9.4 Duration
4.10.9.5 Effective date
4.10.9.6 Objective
4.10.9.7 Definitions
4.10.9.8 Eligibility
4.10.9.9 Program requirements
4.10.9.10 Notification of credit
4.10.9.11 Standards
4.10.9.12 Non-creditable work items
4.10.9.13 Cessation of tax credit
4.10.9.14 Appeals
History of Part 4.10.9 NMAC
Part 10 Certified Local Government Program
4.10.10.1 Issuing agency: SHPD
4.10.10.2 Scope
4.10.10.3 Statutory authority (§18-6-8C NMSA 1978 &
16 U.S.C. 470a)
4.10.10.4 Duration
4.10.10.5 Effective date
4.10.10.6 Objective
4.10.10.7 Definitions
4.10.10.8 Description and statement of purpose
4.10.10.9 Eligibility
4.10.10.10 Minimum requirements of local legislation
4.10.10.11 Minimum requirements and duties of local review
commissions
4.10.10.12 Professional consultant to CLG
4.10.10.13 Survey standards
4.10.10.14 Public participation
4.10.10.15 CLG participation in the national register process
4.10.10.16 Performance assessment
4.10.10.17 Process for certification of local governments
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4.10.10.18 Monitoring and decertification
4.10.10.19 Transfer of historic preservation funds to CLGs
History of Part 4.10.10 NMAC
Part 11 Issuance of Permits to Excavate Unmarked Human
Burials in the State of New Mexico
4.10.11.1 Issuing agency: SHPD
4.10.11.2 Scope
4.10.11.3 Statutory authority (§18-6-11.2 NMSA 1978)
4.10.11.4 Duration
4.10.11.5 Effective date
4.10.11.6 Objective
4.10.11.7 Definitions
4.10.11.8 Coordination with the state medical investigator
4.10.11.9 Permitting procedures and requirements pertaining to
the removal of human burials
4.10.11.10 Guidelines for excavation of human burials
4.10.11.11 Guidelines for identification and notification of living
persons who may be related to a burial
4.10.11.12 Guidelines for disposition of human remains and
associated funerary objects, material objects or artifacts
4.10.11.13 Reporting guidelines
History of Part 4.10.11 NMAC
Part 12 Implementation of the Prehistoric and Historic Sites
Preservation Act
4.10.12.1 Issuing agency: SHPD
4.10.12.2 Scope
4.10.12.3 Statutory authority (§18-8-8 NMSA 1978)
4.10.12.4 Duration
4.10.12.5 Effective date
4.10.12.6 Objective
4.10.12.7 Definitions
4.10.12.8 Establishment of criteria
4.10.12.9 Solicitation of proposals
4.10.12.10 Long-term management plan
4.10.12.11 Prudent and feasible alternatives
4.10.12.12 Planning to minimize harm
4.10.12.13 Enforcement
History of Part 4.10.12 NMAC
Part 13 Awarding of Grants from the Cultural Properties
Restoration Fund
4.10.13.1 Issuing agency: SHPD
4.10.13.2 Scope
4.10.13.3 Statutory authority (§18-6A-1 to 18-6A-6 NMSA 1978)
4.10.13.4 Duration
4.10.13.5 Effective date
4.10.13.6 Objective
4.10.13.7 Definitions
4.10.13.8 Method to determine eligibility to receive grant funds
4.10.13.9 Procedure for application, approval and rejection of
grant proposals
4.10.13.10 Criteria for reviewing and awarding grants
4.10.13.11 Administration of grants
4.10.13.12 Prohibitions
History of Part 4.10.13 NMAC
Part 14 Cultural Properties on Private Land and
Mechanical Excavation Permits
4.10.14.1 Issuing agency: CPRC
4.10.14.2 Scope
4.10.14.3 Statutory authority (§18-6-10 & 18-6-11 NMSA 1978)
4.10.14.4 Duration
4.10.14.5 Effective date
4.10.14.6 Objective
4.10.14.7 Definitions
4.10.14.8 Preservation of cultural properties on private land
4.10.14.9 Procedures for a mechanical excavation permit
4.10.14.10 Review and approval of applications
4.10.14.11 Mechanical excavation permit stipulations
4.10.14.12 Standards for the use of mechanical equipment
4.10.14.13 Reporting standards
4.10.14.14 Deviations
History of Part 4.10.14 NMAC
Part 15 Standards for Survey and Inventory
4.10.15.1 Issuing agency: CPRC
4.10.15.2 Scope
4.10.15.3 Statutory authority (§18-6-5O NMSA 1978)
4.10.15.4 Duration
4.10.15.5 Effective date
4.10.15.6 Objective
4.10.15.7 Definitions
4.10.15.8 Types of surveys and permits
4.10.15.9 Pre-field requirements
4.10.15.10 Intensive surveys
4.10.15.11 Recording archaeological sites during survey
4.10.15.12 Recording historic structures, buildings and other
cultural properties during survey
4.10.15.13 Recording isolates during survey
4.10.15.14 Collection of artifacts during survey
4.10.15.15 Limited tests during survey
4.10.15.16 Evaluation and statement of significance
4.10.15.17 Research designs under project-specific permits
4.10.15.18 NMCRIS investigations abstract
4.10.15.19 Negative survey reports
4.10.15.20 Positive survey reports
4.10.15.21 Popular reports
4.10.15.22 Deviations
Part 16
4.10.16.1
4.10.16.2
4.10.16.3
Standards for Excavation and Test Excavation
Issuing agency: CPRC
Scope
Statutory authority (§18-6-5O NMSA 1978)
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4.10.16.4 Duration
4.10.16.5 Effective date
4.10.16.6 Objective
4.10.16.7 Definitions
4.10.16.8 Test excavation of archaeological sites
4.10.16.9 Test excavation standards under a general permit
4.10.16.10 Test excavation plans under a general permit
4.10.16.11 Test excavation under a project-specific permit
4.10.16.12 Excavation standards
4.10.16.13 Research designs for excavation projects
4.10.16.14 Preliminary reports
4.10.16.15 Final technical report standards
4.10.16.16 Popular reports
4.10.16.17 Curation of collections and records
4.10.16.18 Deviations
History of Part 4.10.16 [Reserved]
Part 17 Standards for Monitoring
4.10.16.1 Issuing agency: CPRC
4.10.16.2 Scope
4.10.16.3 Statutory authority (§18-6-5O NMSA 1978)
4.10.16.4 Duration
4.10.16.5 Effective date
4.10.16.6 Objective
4.10.16.7 Definitions
4.10.17.8 Monitoring
4.10.17.9 Personnel requirements
4.10.17.10 Monitoring for site avoidance or protection
4.10.17.11 Monitoring of archaeological sites and areas of
historic and scientific interest
4.10.17.12 Standards for monitoring reports under a plan
4.10.17.13 Popular reports
4.10.17.14 Unanticipated discoveries
4.10.17.15 Deviations
History of Part 4.10.17 [Reserved]