A. There is created the "main street program" in the economic development department. The secretary of economic development shall employ a coordinator to oversee the program.

B. The coordinator shall:

1. (1) carry out state responsibilities pursuant to contract with the national main street center of the national trust for historic preservation;
2. (2) coordinate activities of the program in consultation with the historic preservation division of the cultural affairs department;
3. (3) advise the New Mexico community development council on the development of criteria for requests for proposals and selection of local government grantees for the program to be funded through community development block grants;
4. (4) monitor the progress of main street projects;
5. (5) assist local main street project managers;
6. (6) assist in the development of the frontier communities program; and
7. (7) perform other duties necessary to carry out the provisions of the Main Street Act.

History: Laws 1985, ch. 88, § 4; 1989, ch. 163, § 1; 1991, ch. 21, § 8; 2013, ch. 60, § 2; 2013, ch. 62, § 2.

ANNOTATIONS

Cross references. — For New Mexico community development council, see 11-6-4 NMSA 1978.

The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, created the frontier communities program; and added Paragraph (6) of Subsection B.

Laws 2013, ch. 60, § 2 and Laws 2013, ch. 62, § 2, both effective June 14, 2013, enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 2013, ch. 62, § 2. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.

The 1991 amendment, effective March 27, 1991, in Subsection A, deleted "and tourism" following "development" in the first sentence and substituted "the economic development department" for "economic development and tourism" in the second sentence.

The 1989 amendment, effective July 1, 1989, in Subsection A, substituted "economic development and tourism department" for "office of the lieutenant governor" in the first sentence and substituted "secretary of economic development and tourism" for "lieutenant governor" in the second sentence; and deleted "the economic development and tourism department and" following "with" in Subsection B(2).