N.M. Stat. § 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.