EXEMPT JETTY JACK FROM CULTURAL PROPERTY ACT

SB 98 amends New Mexico's Cultural Properties Act and Cultural Properties Protection Act to explicitly exclude "jetty jacks" from the definition of "cultural property." Jetty jacks are steel and wire river bank maintenance structures installed by federal agencies (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Army Corps of Engineers). The bill changes statutory definitions so these specific structures are no longer subject to cultural property protections or review processes. This directly affects federal river maintenance infrastructure, removing it from state cultural preservation regulations.