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NM Stat § 3-4-8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 4 - Disincorporation of Municipality|Section 3-4-8 - Income from property of a disincorporated municipality.

Money received from the operation of property of a disincorporated municipality shall be used in the following priority: A. to pay employees engaged in the operation, maintenance and protection of the property; B. to pay the interest on the bonded indebtedness of the municipality; C. to purchase or redeem bonded indebtedness of the municipality; and D. after all bonded indebtedness has been paid, to support the public schools that existed within the boundary of the municipality at the time of its disincorporation. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-4-8, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.
NM Stat § 3-4-9 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 4 - Disincorporation of Municipality|Section 3-4-9 - Disincorporation; insufficient income to pay obligations; levy of tax; duty vested in board of county commissioners.

If insufficient money is received from the operation of the property of the disincorporated municipality to pay the obligations in the order designated in Section 3-4-8 NMSA 1978, the board of county commissioners shall levy a tax on all taxable property within the boundary of the municipality at the time of its disincorporation. This tax shall be sufficient to pay the obligations incurred in the operation of the property of the municipality and to comply with the terms and conditions of the evidences of the bonded indebtedness. The board of county commissioners shall, without charge, perform the duties of the governing body of the disincorporated municipality to satisfy the terms of the bonds, obligations or contracts of the disincorporated municipality. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-4-9, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300. ANNOTATIONSLaw reviews. — For article, "Indian Sovereignty and the Tribal Right to Charter a Municipality for Non-Indians: A New Perspective for Jurisdiction on Indian Land," see 7 N.M.L. Rev. 153 (1977).
NM Stat § 3-6-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 6 - Changing Name of Municipality|Section 3-6-1 - Change of name; election.

Whenever the governing body of a municipality wishes to change the name of the municipality, the governing body may submit the question of changing the name to a vote of the qualified electors of the municipality at the next regular municipal election or at a special election called for that purpose. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-6-1, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For adoption of name of existing municipality being prohibited, see 3-1-3 NMSA 1978. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 56 Am. Jur. 2d Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions §§ 29, 865. 62 C.J.S. Municipal Corporations § 34.
NM Stat § 3-6-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 6 - Changing Name of Municipality|Section 3-6-2 - Change of name; ballots; certificate; recording.

The form of the ballot shall be: "For change of name of .......... to ............................... [ ] Against change of name of ....... to .............................. [ ]." If a majority of the votes cast favor changing the name of the municipality, the name shall be changed and the municipal clerk shall certify the results of the election and the new name which was adopted. One copy of the certification shall be retained by the municipal clerk, one copy shall be filed with the county clerk and one copy shall be filed with the secretary of state. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-6-2, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.
NM Stat § 3-7-1.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 7 - Annexation of Territory|Section 3-7-1.1 - Traditional historic community; qualifications; annexation restrictions.

A. To qualify as a traditional historic community, an area shall:(1) be an unincorporated area of a county;(2) be an identifiable village, community, neighborhood or district that can be documented as having existed for more than one hundred years;(3) include structures or landmarks that are associated with the identity of the specific village, community, neighborhood or district seeking designation as a traditional historic community;(4) have a distinctive character or traditional quality that can be distinguished from surrounding areas or new developments in the vicinity; and(5) be declared a traditional historic community by an ordinance of the board of county commissioners of the county in which the petitioning village, community, neighborhood or district is located.B. A traditional historic community may be annexed by a municipality only by petition of a majority of the qualified electors of the territory within the traditional historic community proposed to be annexed by the municipality or by the arbitration method of annexation only upon petition of a majority of the qualified electors of the territory within the traditional historic community.History: Laws 1995, ch. 170, § 5; 1995, ch. 211, § 4; 2019, ch. 6, § 2; 2019, ch. 212, § 181. ANNOTATIONS2019 Multiple Amendments. —Laws 2019, ch. 6, § 2, effective July 1, 2019, and Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 181, effective April 3, 2019, enacted different amendments to this section that can be reconciled. Pursuant to 12-1-8 NMSA 1978, Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 181 as the last act signed by the governor, is set out above and incorporates both amendments. The amendments enacted by Laws 2019, ch. 6, § 2 and Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 181 are described below. To view the session laws in their entirety, see the 2019 session laws on NMOneSource.com.The nature of the difference between the amendments is that Laws 2019, ch. 6, § 2, revised the qualifications for an area to be considered a traditional historic community, and Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 181, removed "registered" preceding "qualified electors".Laws 2019, ch. 6, § 2, effective July 1, 2019, revised the qualifications for an area to be considered a traditional historic community; in Subsection A, in Paragraph A(1), after "unincorporated area of a", deleted "class B", and after the next occurrence of "county", deleted "with a population between ninety-five thousand and ninety-nine thousand five hundred, based on the 1990 federal decennial census"; in Subsection B, after "majority of the registered", deleted "qualified electors" and added "voters".Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 181, effective April 3, 2019, in Subsection B, removed "registered" preceding each occurrence of "qualified electors".
NM Stat § 3-7-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 7 - Annexation of Territory|Section 3-7-2 - Extension of utility service by municipality or other utility.

A municipal utility or a utility under the jurisdiction of the New Mexico public utility commission and having a franchise from the municipality may extend service to territory annexed by the municipality. If the territory annexed to the municipality is being served by a utility under the jurisdiction of the New Mexico public utility commission and the municipality is being served by another utility under the jurisdiction of the New Mexico public utility commission, the New Mexico public utility commission shall determine which utility under its jurisdiction shall serve the territory annexed to the municipality. The municipality shall grant a franchise to the utility that is to serve the territory annexed to provide utility service in the territory annexed upon such terms as are fair, just and equitable to all parties concerned. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-7-2, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 1993, ch. 282, § 2. ANNOTATIONSThe 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, substituted "New Mexico public utility commission" for "New Mexico public service commission" throughout this section and substituted "that" for "which" in the last sentence.
NM Stat § 3-7-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 7 - Annexation of Territory|Section 3-7-3 - Limitation on annexation.

No municipality may annex territory within the boundary of another municipality or territory within a class A county with a population of more than three hundred thousand persons unless approved by the board of county commissioners for that county. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-7-3, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 2003, ch. 438, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, added the language beginning with "or" to the section. A municipal corporation may annex a state registration station. 1962 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 62-124.
NM Stat § 3-7-4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 7 - Annexation of Territory|Section 3-7-4 - Annexation; territory owned by the United States, state of New Mexico or a political subdivision; interposition not to prohibit annexation.

A. Territory owned by the government of the United States, its instrumentalities, the state of New Mexico or a political subdivision of New Mexico, may be annexed to a municipality upon the consent of the authorized agent of the government of the United States, its instrumentalities, the state of New Mexico or a political subdivision of New Mexico. B. Territory may be annexed to a municipality which would otherwise be eligible for annexation except for the interposition of territory owned by the government of the United States, its instrumentalities, the state of New Mexico or a political subdivision of New Mexico. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-7-4, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For provisions relating to elections required for changing the zoning or use of areas acquired from U.S. forest service, see 3-21-2.1 NMSA 1978. City of Las Cruces has authority to annex New Mexico state university campus and territory upon the consent of the university. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-143. Law reviews. — For note, "Annexation of Unincorporated Territory in New Mexico," see 6 Nat. Resources J. 83 (1966).
NM Stat § 3-7-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 7 - Annexation of Territory|Section 3-7-5 - Annexation; arbitration; resolution of intent.

If the governing body of a municipality desires to annex contiguous territory, the governing body may, by resolution, declare that the benefits of municipal government are or can be made available within a reasonable time to the territory proposed to be annexed and that it desires to annex such territory. A copy of the resolution with a copy of a plat of the territory proposed to be annexed shall be filed with the county clerk. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-7-5, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300. ANNOTATIONSLaw reviews. — For note, "Annexation of Unincorporated Territory in New Mexico," see 6 Nat. Resources J. 83 (1966).
NM Stat § 3-7-6 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 7 - Annexation of Territory|Section 3-7-6 - Annexation; arbitration; creation of board.

After the adoption and filing of a plat as required in Section 3-7-5 NMSA 1978, a board of arbitration shall be created which shall have seven members. Three of the members shall be selected as provided in Section 3-7-7 NMSA 1978; three of the members shall be selected as provided in Section 3-7-8 NMSA 1978; and one member shall be selected as provided in Section 3-7-9 NMSA 1978. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-7-6, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300. ANNOTATIONSStandards for judicial review. — Applying administrative standards of review to annexation decisions made pursuant to either arbitration or commission procedures are proper. Cox v. Municipal Boundary Comm'n, 1995-NMCA-120, 120 N.M. 703, 905 P.2d 741, cert. denied, 120 N.M. 636, 904 P.2d 1061.
NM Stat § 3-7-8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 7 - Annexation of Territory|Section 3-7-8 - Annexation; arbitration; appointment of three members by municipality.

Before the day of election required in the territory proposed to be annexed, the governing body of the municipality proposing to annex the territory shall appoint three members of the board of arbitration who shall be qualified electors and owners of real property within the municipality. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-7-8, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300. ANNOTATIONSLaw reviews. — For note, "Annexation of Unincorporated Territory in New Mexico," see 6 Nat. Resources J. 83 (1966).
NM Stat § 3-7-9 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 7 - Annexation of Territory|Section 3-7-9 - Annexation; arbitration; selection of seventh member; procedure; qualifications.

A. Within five days after the board of county commissioners has canvassed the results of the election required in Section 3-7-7 NMSA 1978, the members of the board of arbitration shall meet and select a seventh or neutral member of the board of arbitration. He shall be a qualified elector of the county and the owner of real property in the county but shall reside outside the boundary of the municipality and the territory proposed to be annexed. B. If within five days after the board of county commissioners has canvassed the results of the election required in Section 3-7-7 NMSA 1978, the six members of the board of arbitration fail to select by a two-thirds vote the seventh or neutral member, the board of arbitration shall certify to the district court its failure to select the seventh member. Within ten days after the certification by the board of arbitration of its failure to select a seventh member, the district court in which the county lies shall appoint the seventh member who shall possess the qualifications required in this section. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-7-9, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300. ANNOTATIONSLaw reviews. — For note, "Annexation of Unincorporated Territory in New Mexico," see 6 Nat. Resources J. 83 (1966).
NM Stat § 3-7-11 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 7 - Annexation of Territory|Section 3-7-11 - Municipal boundary commission; purpose.

A. The purpose of Sections 3-7-11 through 3-7-16 NMSA 1978 is to establish an independent commission known as the "municipal boundary commission" to determine the annexation of territory to a municipality whenever: (1) the municipality petitions the municipal boundary commission to annex territory to the municipality; or (2) a majority of the landowners of the territory proposed to be annexed petition the municipal boundary commission to annex the territory to the municipality. B. The municipal boundary commission shall hear a request for municipal annexation of a traditional historic community only upon petition of a majority of the qualified electors of the territory within the traditional historic community. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-7-11, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 1995, ch. 170, § 3; 1995, ch. 211, § 2. ANNOTATIONS1995 amendments. — Identical amendments to this section were enacted by Laws 1995, ch. 170, § 3 and Laws 1995, ch. 211, § 2, both effective April 6, 1995, and approved April 16, 1995, which designated the former introductory paragraph as Subsection A and redesignated former Subsections A and B as Paragraphs (1) and (2) thereof; substituted "Sections 3-7-11 through 3-7-16 NMSA 1978" for "Sections 14-7-11 through 14-7-16 New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1953 Compilation" in Subsection A; and added Subsection B. The section was set out as amended by Laws 1995, ch. 211, § 2. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978. Standards for judicial review. — Applying administrative standards of review to annexation decisions made pursuant to either arbitration or commission procedures are proper. Cox v. Municipal Boundary Comm'n, 1995-NMCA-120, 120 N.M. 703, 905 P.2d 741, cert. denied, 120 N.M. 636, 904 P.2d 1061. Law reviews. — For note, "Annexation of Unincorporated Territory in New Mexico," see 6 Nat. Resources J. 83 (1966).
NM Stat § 3-7-12 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 7 - Annexation of Territory|Section 3-7-12 - Municipal boundary commission; appointment; qualifications of members; payment of members; secretary of finance and administration to provide staff.

A. The municipal boundary commission shall consist of three members who shall be appointed by the governor. One of the members shall be an attorney licensed to practice in New Mexico and no more than two of the members shall be members of the same political party. Each of the members shall be residents of a separate county of New Mexico. B. The members of the municipal boundary commission shall be paid as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978]: (1) by the municipality if: (a) the municipality petitions the municipal boundary commission to annex territory to the municipality; or (b) a majority of the landowners petition the municipal boundary commission to annex territory to the municipality and the municipal boundary commission orders the territory annexed to the municipality; or (2) by the landowners who petition the municipal boundary commission to annex the territory to the municipality, if the municipal boundary commission does not order the territory annexed to the municipality. C. The secretary of the department of finance and administration shall provide staff to the municipal boundary commission. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-7-12, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 1977, ch. 247, § 137; 1983, ch. 296, § 8. ANNOTATIONSQuorum. — The commission had the necessary quorum to hear a city's annexation petition without the presence of its attorney commissioner. Cox v. Municipal Boundary Comm'n, 1998-NMCA-025, 124 N.M. 709, 954 P.2d 1186, cert. denied, 125 N.M. 145, 958 P.2d 103. Law reviews. — For note, "Annexation of Unincorporated Territory in New Mexico," see 6 Nat. Resources J. 83 (1966).
NM Stat § 3-7-13 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 7 - Annexation of Territory|Section 3-7-13 - Contents of petition; submission to department of finance and administration.

A. The petition shall: (1) describe the territory proposed to be annexed; (2) be signed by: (a) the mayor and clerk of the municipality; or (b) a majority of the landowners of the territory proposed to be annexed; and (3) be accompanied by a map of the territory proposed to be annexed which shall show: (a) the external boundary of the territory proposed to be annexed; (b) any federal, state or county highways which may exist in the territory proposed to be annexed; and (c) the relationship of the territory proposed to be annexed to the existing boundary of the municipality. B. The petition shall be filed with the department of finance and administration. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-7-13, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 1977, ch. 247, § 138; 1983, ch. 296, § 9. ANNOTATIONSCommission may determine the sufficiency of petitions. — In addition to considering the issues of contiguity and the provision of municipal services, the boundary commission has the power to determine the statutory sufficiency of a petition and may make that determination at any time in the proceedings. Town of Edgewood v. N.M. Mun. Boundary Comm'n, 2013-NMCA-047, 299 P.3d 451, cert. quashed, 2013-NMCERT-009. Where petitioner's petition failed to establish ownership of roads contained in and bordering the territory petitioner sought to annex and failed to account for the ownership and consequences of ownership of roads owned by government entities in and bordering the territory, the boundary commission properly denied the annexation because the commission had the power to evaluate the petition's compliance with statutory requirements for ownership and documentation of roads. Town of Edgewood v. N.M. Mun. Boundary Comm'n, 2013-NMCA-047, 299 P.3d 451, cert. quashed, 2013-NMCERT-009. Minor errors in description of territory immaterial. — That some of the area to be annexed was described in the petition as "lots" instead of "blocks" is immaterial since the descriptions, in context, were substantially and sufficiently correct to put all interested parties on notice of the area sought to be annexed. Mutz v. Municipal Boundary Comm'n, 1984-NMSC-070, 101 N.M. 694, 688 P.2d 12.
NM Stat § 3-7-14 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 3 - Municipalities|Article 7 - Annexation of Territory|Section 3-7-14 - Meetings of the municipal boundary commission; election of a chairman; to meet in municipality to which annexation is proposed; public notice of meeting.

A. At its first meeting, and at any subsequent meeting when a change in the membership of the commission has occurred, the municipal boundary commission, by a majority vote, shall elect one member to serve as chairman of the commission and one member to serve as vice chairman who shall act whenever the chairman is not present. A majority of the commission shall constitute a quorum and the commission shall not transact business without a quorum being present. B. After receipt of a petition, as authorized in Section 3-7-11 NMSA 1978, the secretary to the municipal boundary commission shall call a meeting of the municipal boundary commission which shall meet within sixty days of the receipt of the petition to consider the petition for annexation. The secretary to the municipal boundary commission shall publish a notice, of a public hearing on the petition, once each week for four consecutive weeks and the last publication shall be at least twenty days before the day of the hearing. The notice shall contain the date when the meeting of the municipal boundary commission will be held, the place of the meeting and a general description of the boundary of the territory petitioned to be annexed to the municipality. C. The municipal boundary commission shall meet in the municipality to which the territory is proposed to be annexed and shall hold a public hearing on the question of annexing to the municipality the territory petitioned to be annexed. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-7-14, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300. ANNOTATIONSQuorum. — The commission had the necessary quorum to hear a city's annexation petition without the presence of its attorney commissioner. Cox v. Municipal Boundary Comm'n, 1998-NMCA-025, 124 N.M. 709, 954 P.2d 1186, cert. denied, 125 N.M. 145, 958 P.2d 103. General notice requirements. — The general notice requirements of Subsection J of 3-1-2 NMSA 1978 do not apply to govern proceedings of the municipal boundary commission. Cox v. Municipal Boundary Comm'n, 1998-NMCA-025, 124 N.M. 709, 954 P.2d 1186, cert. denied, 125 N.M. 145, 958 P.2d 103. Law reviews. — For note, "Annexation of Unincorporated Territory in New Mexico," see 6 Nat. Resources J. 83 (1966).