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NM Stat § 3-51-12 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 51 - Greater Municipality Parking|Section 3-51-12 - Formation of district; provisional order hearing; conduct; appeal.

A. The owner of any property within the proposed district may, not less than two days preceding the hearing, file with the clerk his specific objections in writing. Any objection to the regularity, validity and correctness of the proceedings, including the validity and amount of the preliminary fund assessment, shall be deemed waived unless presented at the time and in the manner specified in this subsection. B. At the time and place designated for hearing the objections, the governing body of the city shall hear and determine all objections that have been filed. The governing body shall have the power to adjourn the hearing and shall have power by resolution, in its discretion, to revise, correct or confirm any proceedings previously taken. C. Within fifteen days after the publication of the ordinance forming the parking district, a person who has filed an objection, as provided in Subsection A of this section, shall have the right to appeal to the district court pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-52-10.2, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 173, § 7; 1998, ch. 55, § 15; 1999, ch. 265, § 15. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For procedures governing administrative appeals to the district court, see Rule 1-074 NMRA. The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, substituted "Section 39-3-1.1" for "Section 12-8A-1" in Subsection C. The 1998 amendment, effective September 1, 1998, in Subsection A, deleted "or owners" following "owner" and "herein" following "manner", and inserted "in this subsection"; in Subsection B, deleted "so" following "place" and "been", substituted "The" for "and said", deleted "from time to time" following "hearing", and substituted "previously" for "theretofore"; and rewrote Subsection C.
NM Stat § 3-51-13 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 51 - Greater Municipality Parking|Section 3-51-13 - Formation of district; ordinance forming district.

A. If the governing body determines to proceed, it shall by ordinance form the parking district. B. The ordinance shall prescribe: (1) the extent of the district to be assessed, by boundaries or other brief description; (2) the general nature and location of the proposed project (without mentioning minor details); and (3) the amount or proportion of the total cost to be defrayed by assessments. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-52-10.3, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 173, § 8.
NM Stat § 3-51-14 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 51 - Greater Municipality Parking|Section 3-51-14 - Preliminary fund assessment; purpose; limit.

Upon formation of a parking district, the governing body of the city shall have power by ordinance to levy a uniform special assessment upon all real property within the boundaries for the purpose of paying the expenses of traffic surveys, construction plans and assessment of benefits and damages to the surrounding real property and other incidental expenses incurred prior to receipt of money from the sale of bonds or otherwise. The rate of the assessment authorized by this section shall not exceed six dollars ($6.00), or any lower maximum amount required by operation of the rate limitation provisions of Section 7-37-7.1 NMSA 1978 upon an assessment levied under this section, on each one thousand dollars ($1,000) of net taxable value, as that term is defined in the Property Tax Code [Chapter 7, Articles 35 to 38 NMSA 1978]. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-52-11, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 1971, ch. 173, § 9; 1986, ch. 32, § 2. ANNOTATIONSThe 1986 amendment, August 19, 1986, deleted "in an amount not to exceed six mills per dollar of assessed valuation to be used" after "real property within the boundaries" in the first sentence and added the last sentence.
NM Stat § 3-51-15 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 51 - Greater Municipality Parking|Section 3-51-15 - Levying, collecting and use of preliminary fund assessment.

The preliminary fund assessment shall be levied by an ordinance of the governing body. Within thirty days after publication of the levying ordinance the clerk of the city shall serve notice in writing of the amount of each assessment on each of the property owners to be assessed by mailing to his last known address, the names and addresses of such property owners to be obtained from the records of the county assessor or from such other sources as the clerk deems reliable. The notice shall state where and on what terms the assessment must be paid, and that it is a lien upon the property assessed. Within thirty days after the publication of the levying ordinance, the clerk of the city shall prepare, sign, attest with seal of the city, and file for record with the county clerk of the county in which the property is located, a claim of lien for the unpaid amount assessed against each tract or parcel of real property, and penalties or interest which may arise thereon. If the proceeds of such assessments exceed the preliminary expenses, the surplus shall be placed in the general fund of the district and used to pay the cost of the project. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-52-12, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.
NM Stat § 3-51-16 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 51 - Greater Municipality Parking|Section 3-51-16 - Determination of location, size and nature of project.

Upon formation of a parking district, the governing body of the city shall, by means of traffic surveys, investigations and studies of present and future parking needs and other appropriate means, finally determine the proper location, nature and size of the proposed project. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-52-13, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 1971, ch. 173, § 10.
NM Stat § 3-51-17 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 51 - Greater Municipality Parking|Section 3-51-17 - Preparation of plans and estimates.

Upon final determination of the location, nature and size of the proposed project, the governing body of the city shall by resolution direct the city engineer, or some other competent engineer, to prepare detailed plans of the contemplated project and a final cost estimate which shall include the advertising, appraising, engineering, printing and such other expenses as in the judgment of the engineer is necessary or essential to the completion of the project and the payment of the cost thereof. The plans and estimates shall be filed with the clerk of the city upon their completion. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-52-14, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 1971, ch. 173, § 11.
NM Stat § 3-51-18 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 51 - Greater Municipality Parking|Section 3-51-18 - Appraisers; appointment; term of office; duties; pay; qualifications and replacement.

Upon completion of the plans and cost estimates for the proposed project, the governing body of the city shall appoint a board of appraisers which shall consist of three appraisers, whose terms of office shall run until the appraisals of benefits and damages are filed in the office of the clerk of the city and rendered final by failure of the property owners to protest or by approval after hearing on the protest. The duties of the board of appraisers shall be to appraise all benefits and damages accruing to all real property within or without the tentative boundaries of the district by reason of the making of the proposed project. The governing body of the city by ordinance shall prescribe the qualifications and the compensation of the appraisers, the government of the board and methods for filling vacancies on the board or for the replacement of members of the board. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-52-15, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.
NM Stat § 3-51-19 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 51 - Greater Municipality Parking|Section 3-51-19 - Appraisal of benefits.

The amount of the special assessment shall be proportional to the benefits conferred upon the property by the project and, in determining a method of apportioning benefits and assessments, the board of appraisers may consider ad valorem valuation, location, size, use, zoning classification, parking requirements, any other basis, or any combination of the foregoing, which it may deem to be equitable. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-52-16, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 173, § 12. ANNOTATIONSRepeals and reenactments. — Laws 1971, ch. 173, § 12, repealed 14-52-16, 1953 Comp., relating to appraisal of benefits, and enacted the above section.
NM Stat § 3-51-20 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 51 - Greater Municipality Parking|Section 3-51-20 - Preparation of assessment rolls.

Upon the filing in the office of the clerk of the city of detailed plans and final cost estimates for the project, the board of appraisers shall make out a special assessment roll, entering and describing therein all of the lots and parcels of real property to be assessed, with the names of the persons, if known, chargeable with the assessments thereon, the amount of the benefits conferred thereon, and the amount to be assessed thereon. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-52-17, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 1971, ch. 173, § 13.
NM Stat § 3-51-21 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 51 - Greater Municipality Parking|Section 3-51-21 - Inclusion of benefited property not within the proposed boundaries.

If the special assessment roll includes real property not located within the proposed boundaries of the parking district as being benefited by the proposed project, the governing body of the city shall, if the parking district has been formed by the governing body of the city pursuant to Section 3-51-9 NMSA 1978, by ordinance declare the boundaries of the parking district changed to include such property. If the parking district has been formed by petition, and the special assessment roll includes real property not located within the proposed boundaries of the parking district as benefited by the proposed project, the governing body shall by ordinance declare the boundaries of the parking district changed to include such property if the signatures on the petition were of owners of not less than one-half of the assessed value of all of the real property within the boundaries of the parking district after such change. If the original petition does not contain the signatures of owners of the required amount of property, a supplemental petition may be filed to add signatures of owners of additional property to the original petition. The additional signatures may be of owners of property located within the boundaries as they are proposed to be changed, whether the property is within or without the original proposed boundaries of the parking district. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-52-18, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.
NM Stat § 3-51-23 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 51 - Greater Municipality Parking|Section 3-51-23 - Alternative assessment procedure; annual levies.

A. As an alternative to the assessment procedure set forth in Section 3-51-20 and 3-51-22 NMSA 1978, the governing body may elect to levy annual assessments. B. In each year after the formation of a parking district, the governing body shall meet to determine the amount of special assessments which, together with other available funds, will be required to pay the annual interest on outstanding bonds of the district and the principal thereof as the same may mature or be required to be paid. Thereafter, the board of appraisers shall make out an annual special assessment roll, entering and describing therein all of the lots and parcels of real property to be assessed, with the names of the persons, if known, chargeable with the assessments thereon, and the amount to be assessed thereon in the current year. The method of apportioning benefits and assessments shall be as determined by the board pursuant to Section 3-51-19 NMSA 1978, and shall remain unchanged and be applied uniformly from year to year. C. Upon the completion and filing of the annual assessment roll in the office of the clerk of the city, a hearing shall be called and conducted thereon in all respects as provided by Section 3-51-22 NMSA 1978. The governing body shall have all powers and duties set forth therein and appeals for review of errors of law in the determinations of the governing body shall be permitted only to the extent and within the times set forth therein. D. Annual assessments levied as hereinabove provided may be secured and enforced and shall be payable as provided by Sections 3-51-24 through 3-51-28, inclusive, NMSA 1978; provided that annual assessments shall be payable in full within thirty days after publication of the annual assessing ordinance and if not paid by such time shall be delinquent. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-52-20, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 173, § 14. ANNOTATIONSRepeals and reenactments. — Laws 1971, ch. 173, § 14, repealed 14-52-20, 1953 Comp., relating to determination of costs and benefits, and enacted the above section.
NM Stat § 3-51-24 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 51 - Greater Municipality Parking|Section 3-51-24 - Lien for assessments.

The amounts assessed pursuant to the Greater Municipality Parking Law against each tract or parcel of real property, and the interest and penalties thereon, shall be a lien upon the property from the time of publication of the assessment ordinance coequal with the lien of taxes and prior and superior to all other liens, claims and titles, and no sale of the property to enforce any general taxes or other lien shall extinguish the lien of the assessment, nor shall the statute of limitations begin to run against the lien until after the last installment thereof shall become due. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-52-21, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.
NM Stat § 3-51-25 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 51 - Greater Municipality Parking|Section 3-51-25 - Payment; interest; penalties.

The governing body of the city shall have the power to provide for the time and terms of payment of the assessments and the rate of interest upon deferred payments thereof, which rate shall not exceed eight percent per annum. The assessments shall bear interest from the date of publication of the assessing ordinance. The maximum time for the payment of the assessments on deferred installment payments shall be thirty years. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-52-22, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 1971, ch. 173, § 15.
NM Stat § 3-51-26 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 51 - Greater Municipality Parking|Section 3-51-26 - Personal liability of owners for indebtedness.

The assessments levied under the Greater Municipality Parking Law shall be the personal liability of the owner or owners of the property against which the assessments are levied. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-52-23, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.
NM Stat § 3-51-27 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 51 - Greater Municipality Parking|Section 3-51-27 - Recording of claim of lien.

The clerk of the city shall, within sixty days after publication of the assessing ordinance, prepare, sign, attest with the seal of the city, and file for record with the county clerk of the county in which the city is located, a claim of lien for the unpaid amount assessed against each tract or parcel of real property, plus penalties and interest which may arise thereon. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-52-24, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.
NM Stat § 3-51-28 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 51 - Greater Municipality Parking|Section 3-51-28 - Enforcement of lien.

The lien of any assessments levied under the Greater Municipality Parking Law shall be enforced, when delinquent, by the method now or hereafter provided by statute for the foreclosure of mortgages on real estate. In the event of a foreclosure sale, the municipality may buy in the property for the amount of the balance due on the assessment, including principal, interest, penalties and costs, unless there are higher bids. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-52-25, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For foreclosure of mortgages, see 39-5-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.
NM Stat § 3-51-29 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 51 - Greater Municipality Parking|Section 3-51-29 - Real property in more than one district.

The same real property may be included in more than one district and be subject to the provisions of the Greater Municipality Parking Law for each and every district in which it may be included. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-52-26, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.
NM Stat § 3-51-30 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 51 - Greater Municipality Parking|Section 3-51-30 - Real property in more than one district; maximum assessments.

When real property is included within the boundaries of more than one parking district, the maximum total of the assessments which may be levied upon the property by all of the parking districts in which it is included shall be no greater than the total benefits conferred upon the property by the improvements of all the districts in which it is included. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-52-27, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.
NM Stat § 3-51-31 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 51 - Greater Municipality Parking|Section 3-51-31 - Real property in more than one district; objections; notice; hearing.

Objections to the organization of a district in whole or in part within the boundaries of a preexisting district shall be heard at the provisional order hearing called pursuant to Section 3-51-11 NMSA 1978. The notice of hearing to be served and published pursuant to that section shall state that part or all of the property included within the proposed boundaries, as the case may be, is included within a preexisting district. If the governing body determines that the purposes of the Greater Municipality Parking Law will best be accomplished by such district including lands of another district, it shall approve the additional district. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-52-28, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 1971, ch. 173, § 16.
NM Stat § 3-51-32 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 51 - Greater Municipality Parking|Section 3-51-32 - Power to issue bonds.

A. A city shall have power to issue bonds from time to time, in its discretion for the purpose of financing, in whole or in part, the cost of any project. B. A city shall also have the power to issue refunding bonds from time to time for the purpose of refunding, paying and retiring: (1) any bonds issued by it pursuant to the Greater Municipality Parking Law or pursuant to Laws 1963, Chapter 313, as amended and supplemented; (2) any bonds authorized for parking facilities and payable from the revenues of any parking facilities; (3) any bonds authorized for parking facilities and payable from any parking meter revenues; (4) any sales tax revenue bonds authorized for the purpose of any public building to be used for parking facilities and pursuant to Section 3-31-1C NMSA 1978; (5) any gasoline tax revenue bonds authorized for the purpose of any public building to be used for parking facilities and pursuant to Section 3-31-1D NMSA 1978 [3-31-1E NMSA 1978]; (6) any bonds authorized for parking facilities and payable from any combination of the income and revenue pledged to the bonds described in Paragraphs (1) through (5) of this Subsection B; or (7) any bonds which have refunded the bonds described in Paragraphs (1) through (6) of this Subsection B. C. A city shall also have the power to issue bonds for any combination of the purposes described in this section. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-52-29, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 173, § 17. ANNOTATIONSRepeals and reenactments. — Laws 1971, ch. 173, § 17, repealed 14-52-29, 1953 Comp., relating to power to issue bonds, and enacted a new section. Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 1963, Chapter 313, referred to in Paragraph (1) of Subsection B, was repealed by Laws 1965, ch. 300, § 595. Section 3-31-1 NMSA 1978 was amended in 1983, redesignating former Subsection D of 3-31-1 NMSA 1978 as Subsection E. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 64 C.J.S. Municipal Corporations § 1902.
NM Stat § 3-51-34 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 51 - Greater Municipality Parking|Section 3-51-34 - Liability of bonds; prohibition on impairment of payment.

A. Neither the governing body of a city nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on any bonds by reason of the issuance thereof hereunder. The bonds issued under the provisions of the Greater Municipality Parking Law shall be payable solely from the sources provided in Section 3-51-35 NMSA 1978. The bonds shall not be a debt or general obligation of the city issuing them, and they shall so state on their face. The bonds shall not constitute a debt or indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional, statutory or charter debt limitation or restriction. B. Any law which authorizes the pledge of any or all of the special funds described in Section 3-51-35 NMSA 1978 to the payment of any bonds issued pursuant to the Greater Municipality Parking Law or which affects any of such special funds pledged to such bonds, or any law supplemental thereto or otherwise appertaining thereto, shall not be repealed or amended or otherwise directly or indirectly modified in such a manner as to impair adversely any such outstanding bonds unless such outstanding bonds have been discharged in full or provision has been fully made therefor. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-52-30, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 1971, ch. 173, § 19.
NM Stat § 3-51-35 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 51 - Greater Municipality Parking|Section 3-51-35 - Bonds; special funds from which payable.

In order to carry out the purposes of the Greater Municipality Parking Law, a city upon enactment of a proper ordinance may issue bonds for any purposes permitted by Section 3-51-32 NMSA 1978 and may pledge irrevocably to the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds, the following special funds: A. all or any part of special assessments levied upon real property within a parking district formed for the particular project financed with the proceeds of such bonds; or B. all or any part of the income and revenues of the particular project financed with the proceeds of the bonds; or C. all or any part of the income and revenue of certain designated parking facilities whether or not they were financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of the bonds; or D. all or any part of the parking meter revenues of the city; or E. all or any part of the amount of money remitted to the city as authorized by Section 7-1-6 NMSA 1978; or F. all or any part or [of] the proceeds distributed to the city pursuant to Section 64-26-19 NMSA 1953 [repealed]; or G. all or any part or [of] the proceeds of any tolls, rates, fees, charges, license taxes, other excise taxes, or quasi-excise taxes legally available therefor which the city is empowered to fix, levy and collect; or H. any combination of these special funds specified in Subsections A through F, even if, in the case of refunding bonds, any of such special funds were not pledged to the payment of the bonds being refunded. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-52-31, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 173, § 20. ANNOTATIONSRepeals and reenactments. — Laws 1971, ch. 173, § 20, repealed 14-52-31, 1953 Comp., relating to types of bonds and sources from which payable, and enacted the above section. Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 1971, ch. 207, § 16 repealed 64-26-19, 1953 Comp., cited in Subsection F.