N.M. Stat. § 2-3-4
[Control of building housing legislature, adjacent utility plant
and surrounding grounds.]
Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 6, Articles 1 and 2, NMSA 1953, the
exclusive control, care, custody and maintenance of the building in which the legislature
is housed, the adjacent utilities plant and the surrounding grounds are transferred from
the capitol buildings improvement commission, and the capitol custodian commission, to
the legislative council.