N.M. Stat. § 33-1A-2

In connection with and as part of the real property lease authorized in Section 33-1A-1 NMSA 1978 , the facilities management division of the general services department is authorized to negotiate and execute a long-term lease, for a period not to exceed twenty-five years, of the low-rent housing units constructed pursuant to Chapter 33, Article 1A NMSA 1978 and to sublease them to correctional officers of the corrections department, their families and such other department personnel or other state employees as the secretary of corrections may designate.