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NM Stat § 74-10-6 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 10 - Solid Waste Authority|Section 74-10-6 - Oaths and bonds of board members.

Whenever a board has been appointed or elected, as hereinafter provided, the members of the board shall qualify by filing with the clerk of the court their oaths of office and corporate surety bonds at the expense of the authority in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) each, the form thereof to be fixed and approved by the board, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties as directors. The interim board as appointed pursuant to Section 5 [74-10-5 NMSA 1978] of the Solid Waste Authority Act shall serve until an election is held as provided hereinafter. History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 6.
NM Stat § 74-10-7 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 10 - Solid Waste Authority|Section 74-10-7 - Petition for creation of solid waste authority.

A. The organization of a solid waste authority shall be initiated by the interim board appointed pursuant to Section 6 [74-10-6 NMSA 1978] of the Solid Waste Authority Act by filing a petition, duly adopted by the solid waste authority board and filed with the county special district commission as provided in the Special District Procedures Act [4-53-1 to 4-53-11 NMSA 1978]. B. The petition shall set forth: (1) the name of the proposed district consisting of a chosen name preceding the words "solid waste authority"; (2) a general description of the improvements to be constructed or installed within and for the authority; (3) an estimated overall cost of the proposed improvements to be constructed or installed within and for the authority; (4) an estimated time table for the completion of all intended improvements; (5) the need for the creation of the district and the construction or installation of improvements, stating the nature and extent of the anticipated use of the improvements by persons presently residing on land within the authority, and the nature and extent of the anticipated use of the improvements due to future development; (6) a general description of the boundaries of the authority or the territory to be included within the authority, with such certainty as to enable a property owner to determine whether or not his property is within the authority; (7) the salary, if any, that the members of the board shall receive for their services; and (8) a request for the organization of the authority. C. No petition duly adopted by the solid waste authority board and submitted to the county special district commission shall be declared void on account of alleged defects, but the county special district commission may at any time permit the petition to be amended to conform to the facts by correcting any errors in the description of the territory or in any other particular. History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 7.
NM Stat § 74-10-8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 10 - Solid Waste Authority|Section 74-10-8 - Hearing on petition.

A. At any time after the filing of the petition for the organization of an authority and before the day fixed for the hearing for the county special district commission on said petition, the owner of any taxable property within the proposed authority may file a petition with the county special district commission stating the reasons why the property should not be included in the authority and requesting that the property be excluded from it. The petition shall be verified and shall describe the property sought to be excluded. The county special district commission shall hear the petition and all objections to it at the time of the hearing before the county special district commission on the petition for organization of the solid waste authority and said county special district commission shall determine whether the property should be excluded or included in the authority. B. The county special district commission may deny the petition or may order the petition to be modified if the county special district commission, after hearing on the petition, finds that: (1) the proposed solid waste authority and improvements therein cannot conform with state regulations; (2) the solid waste authority improvements cannot be implemented within a reasonable time taking into consideration the applications for state and federal grants; (3) there is a lacking or actual or impending need for the solid waste improvements proposed; or (4) the boundaries of the proposed authority contain land that has no actual or impending need for a solid waste authority or cannot be reasonably expected to utilize the solid waste authority improvements. History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 8.
NM Stat § 74-10-9 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 10 - Solid Waste Authority|Section 74-10-9 - Decision of the special district commission.

The decision of the county special district commission shall be in accordance with Section 4-53-10 NMSA 1978; provided, however, that the county special district commission shall have the authority to modify the boundaries of the proposed solid waste authority and shall, in any decision approving the solid waste authority include a legal description of the boundaries of the authority. History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 9.
NM Stat § 74-10-10 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 10 - Solid Waste Authority|Section 74-10-10 - Filing special district commission order.

Within thirty days after the solid waste authority has been declared created by the county special district commission, the county special district commission shall transmit to the county clerk in each county in which the authority is located, copies of the findings and the opinion of the county special district commission approving the solid waste authority. The same shall be filed in the same manner as articles of incorporation are now required to be filed under the general laws concerning corporations; and the clerk of the court in each county shall receive a fee of one dollar ($1.00) for filing preserving the same. History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 10.
NM Stat § 74-10-11 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 10 - Solid Waste Authority|Section 74-10-11 - Districting the authority.

A. The interim board shall, within one hundred eighty days of the filing of the decision of the county special district commission with the county clerk, and after public hearing, adopt by resolution a districting plan which causes the area within the authority to be divided into seven geographical districts numbered one through seven and each district shall elect one representative. Each representative representing a district shall reside in and be elected by qualified voters of that district only. B. In establishing authority districts, the interim appointed board shall consider the following principles which, in the event of any conflict among them, shall be considered in the following order: (1) the districts shall contain as nearly as possible substantially the same population based on the most recent federal census; (2) communities of interest, including those based upon ethnic and economic factors, shall be preserved whenever reasonable within a single district; and (3) the districts shall be formed of compact, contiguous territories and the total length of all district boundaries shall be as short as possible. C. Redistricting shall occur upon any change in the authority's boundaries. History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 11.
NM Stat § 74-10-12 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 10 - Solid Waste Authority|Section 74-10-12 - Board of directors.

The governing body of the authority is a board of directors consisting of seven qualified electors of the authority. All powers, rights, privileges and duties vested in or imposed upon the authority are exercised and performed by and through the board of directors; provided that the exercise of any executive, administrative and ministerial powers may be, by the board, delegated and redelegated to officers and employees of the authority. Except for the first directors appointed as provided for in Section 74-10-5 NMSA 1978, the term of each director commences on the first day of January next following a regular local election in the state and runs for six years.History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 12; 2019, ch. 212, § 269. ANNOTATIONSThe 2019 amendment, effective April 3, 2019, revised provisions related to the terms of office for directors; and deleted "5 of the Solid Waste Authority Act or elected as provided in Section 13 of the Solid Waste Authority Act and except for any director chosen to fill an unexpired term" and added "74-10-5 NMSA 1978", and deleted "Each director, subject to such exceptions, shall serve a six-year term ending on the first day of January next following a general election, and each director shall serve until his successor has been duly chosen and qualified."
NM Stat § 74-10-13 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 10 - Solid Waste Authority|Section 74-10-13 - Election of directors.

Each biennial nonpartisan election of directors shall be conducted at the time of the regular local election under the direction of the county clerk and in accordance with the election laws of New Mexico. Any other election of the authority, including an election to seek approval for the issuance of bonds, shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the Local Election Act [Chapter 1, Article 22 NMSA 1978]. History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 13; 2019, ch. 212, § 270. ANNOTATIONSThe 2019 amendment, effective April 3, 2019, provided that each biennial nonpartisan election of directors shall be conducted at the time of the regular local election, and provided that any other election shall be conducted pursuant to the Local Election Act; after "conducted at the time of the", deleted "general" and added "regular local", and after "shall be conducted", deleted "at any time approved by the board in accordance with the election laws of New Mexico" and added "pursuant to the provisions of the Local Election Act".
NM Stat § 74-10-14 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 10 - Solid Waste Authority|Section 74-10-14 - Election resolution.

The board shall call any election by resolution as prescribed in the Local Election Act [Chapter 1, Article 22 NMSA 1978]. The resolution shall recite the objects and purposes of the election and indicate the general or regular local election on which the ballot question shall appear or specify the date a special election will be held. History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 14; 2019, ch. 212, § 271. ANNOTATIONSThe 2019 amendment, effective April 3, 2019, revised provisions related to a resolution that calls for an election; and deleted "adopted at least one hundred eighty days prior to the election" and added "as prescribed in the Local Election Act", after "purposes of the election and", and deleted "the date upon which the election shall" and added "indicate the general or regular local election on which the ballot question shall appear or specify the date a special election will".
NM Stat § 74-10-15 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 10 - Solid Waste Authority|Section 74-10-15 - Conduct of election.

An election held pursuant to the Solid Waste Authority Act shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the Local Election Act [Chapter 1, Article 22 NMSA 1978]. History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 15; 2019, ch. 212, § 272.ANNOTATIONSThe 2019 amendment, effective April 3, 2019, provided that an election held pursuant to the Solid Waste Authority Act shall be conducted pursuant to the Local Election Act"; and deleted "in the manner provided by the laws of the state for the conduct of general elections" and added "pursuant to the provisions of the Local Election Act".
NM Stat § 74-10-16 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 10 - Solid Waste Authority|Section 74-10-16 - Repealed.

History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 16; repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 284. ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 284 repealed 74-10-16 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 16, relating to notice of election, effective April 3, 2019. For provisions of former section, see the 2018 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 74-10-17 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 10 - Solid Waste Authority|Section 74-10-17 - Repealed.

History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 17; repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 284. ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 284 repealed 74-10-17 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 17, relating to polling places, effective April 3, 2019. For provisions of former section, see the 2018 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 74-10-18 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 10 - Solid Waste Authority|Section 74-10-18 - Repealed.

History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 18; repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 284.ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 284 repealed 74-10-18 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 18, relating to election supplies, effective April 3, 2019. For provisions of former section, see the 2018 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 74-10-19 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 10 - Solid Waste Authority|Section 74-10-19 - Approval of proposals at election.

Except as otherwise provided, any proposal submitted at any election held pursuant to the Solid Waste Authority Act shall not carry unless the proposal has been approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the authority voting on the proposal. History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 19; 2019, ch. 212, § 273. ANNOTATIONSThe 2019 amendment, effective April 3, 2019, revised certain election procedures for elections held pursuant to the Solid Waste Authority Act; in the section heading, added "Approval of proposals at" and deleted "returns"; and deleted "The authority shall appoint an authority precinct board at the authority's expense for each polling place. For authority elections held at the time of the general election, the authority shall be provided space in the polling places where the general election is being conducted. Paper ballots shall be used in the conduct of any authority election, and the authority precinct board shall conduct the election as provided in the Election Code where paper ballots are used. The separate authority precinct board shall certify the results of the election in that precinct to the secretary within twelve hours after the close of the polls. The secretary shall canvass the results of the authority election as certified by each of the separate authority precinct boards and shall declare the results of the election at any regular or special meeting held not less than five days following the date of the election."
NM Stat § 74-10-20 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 10 - Solid Waste Authority|Section 74-10-20 - Filling vacancies on board.

Any vacancy on the board shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the board, the appointee to act until the next biennial election when the vacancy shall be filled by election. Any vacancy on the appointed board shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments, the appointee to act until the next election. History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 20.
NM Stat § 74-10-21 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 10 - Solid Waste Authority|Section 74-10-21 - Changing authority's boundaries.

The elected board has the authority to petition the county special district commission to change the authority's boundaries. The county special district commission's decision shall be made in accordance with Sections 8, 9 and 10 [74-10-8, 74-10-9 and 74-10-10 NMSA 1978] of the Solid Waste Authority Act. History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 21.
NM Stat § 74-10-22 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 10 - Solid Waste Authority|Section 74-10-22 - Board's administrative powers.

The board may exercise the following powers: A. fix the time and place at which its regular meetings will be held within the authority and provide for the calling and holding of special meetings; B. adopt and amend or otherwise modify bylaws and rules for procedure; C. select one director as chairman of the board and president of the authority, and another director as chairman pro tem of the board and president pro tem of the authority, and choose a secretary and a treasurer of the board and authority, each of which two positions may be filled by a person who is, or is not, a director, and both of which positions may, or may not, be filled by one person; D. prescribe by resolution a system of business administration and create all necessary offices and establish and re-establish the powers, duties and compensation of all officers and employees; E. require and fix the amount of all official bonds necessary or desirable and convenient in the opinion of the board for the protection of the funds and property of the authority, subject to the provisions of Section 13 [74-10-13 NMSA 1978] of the Solid Waste Authority Act; F. prescribe a method of auditing and allowing or rejecting claims and demands; G. provide a method for the letting of contracts on a fair and competitive basis for the construction of works, any facility or any project or any interest therein or the performance or furnishing of labor, materials or supplies as required in that act; H. designate an official newspaper published in the authority in the English language and direct additional publication in any newspaper where it deems that the public necessity may so require; and I. make and pass resolutions and orders on behalf of the authority not repugnant to the provisions of the Solid Waste Authority Act, necessary or proper for the government and management of the affairs of the authority, for the execution of the powers vested in the authority and for carrying into effect the provisions of that act. History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 22.
NM Stat § 74-10-23 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 10 - Solid Waste Authority|Section 74-10-23 - Records of board.

On all resolutions and orders, the roll shall be called, and the ayes and nays shall be recorded. All resolutions and orders, as soon as may be after their passage, shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose and be authenticated by the signature of the presiding officer of the board and the secretary. Every legislative act of the board of a general or permanent nature shall be by resolution. The book of resolutions and orders is a public record. A record shall also be made of all other proceedings of the board, minutes of all meetings, certificates, contracts, bonds given by officers, employees and any other agents of the authority, and all corporate acts, which record is also a public record. The treasurer shall keep strict and accurate accounts of all money received by and disbursed for and on behalf of the authority in a permanent record, which is also a public record. Any permanent record of the authority shall be open for inspection by any qualified elector thereof, by any other interested person or by any representative of the federal government or any public body. All records are subject to audit as provided by law for political subdivisions. History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 23.
NM Stat § 74-10-24 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 10 - Solid Waste Authority|Section 74-10-24 - Meetings of board.

All meetings of the board shall be open to the public. No business of the board shall be transacted except at a regular or special meeting at which a quorum consisting of at least three-fifths of the total membership of the board is present. Any action of the board requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present and voting. A smaller number of directors than a quorum may adjourn from time to time and may compel the attendance of absent members in the manner and under such penalties as the board may provide. History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 24.
NM Stat § 74-10-25 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 10 - Solid Waste Authority|Section 74-10-25 - Compensation of directors.

Directors shall receive no compensation for their services as a director. Directors may be reimbursed for expenses incurred by them on authority business with approval of the board. History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 25.
NM Stat § 74-10-26 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 10 - Solid Waste Authority|Section 74-10-26 - Interest in contracts and property disqualifications.

No director or officer, employee or agent of the authority may be interested in any contract or transaction with the authority except in his official representative capacity or as provided, except for any contract of employment with the authority. Neither the holding of any office nor employment in the government of any public body or the federal government nor the owning of any property within the state, within or without the authority, may be deemed a disqualification for membership on the board or employment by the authority, or a disqualification for compensation for services as an officer, employee or agent of the authority, except as provided in Section 22 [74-10-22 NMSA 1978] of the Solid Waste Authority Act. History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 26.
NM Stat § 74-10-28 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 10 - Solid Waste Authority|Section 74-10-28 - Levy and collection of taxes.

To levy and collect taxes, the board shall determine in each year the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation, taking into consideration other sources of revenue of the authority, and shall propose by resolution a rate of levy, without limitation as to rate or amount, except for the limitation in Section 27 [74-10-27 NMSA 1978] of the Solid Waste Authority Act and for any constitutional limitation, which, when levied upon the net taxable value, as that term is defined in the Property Tax Code [Chapter 7, Articles 35 to 38 NMSA 1978], of all property subject to property taxation within the authority, and together with other revenues, will raise the amount required by the authority annually to supply funds for paying expenses of organization and the costs of acquiring, improving, equipping, operating and maintaining any project or facility of the authority, and promptly to pay in full, when due, all interest on and principal of bonds and other securities of the authority, and in the event of accruing defaults or deficiencies, an additional levy may be made as provided in Section 29 [74-10-29 NMSA 1978] of the Solid Waste Authority Act. History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 28.
NM Stat § 74-10-29 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 10 - Solid Waste Authority|Section 74-10-29 - Levies to cover deficiencies.

The board, in proposing ad valorem tax levies by resolution, shall take into account the maturing indebtedness for the ensuing year as provided in its contracts, maturing securities and interest on securities, and deficiencies and defaults of prior years and shall make ample provision for the payment thereof. In case the money produced from such levies, together with other revenues of the authority, is not sufficient punctually to pay the annual installments of its contracts or securities, and interest thereon, and to pay defaults and deficiencies, the board shall propose by resolution such additional levies of taxes as may be necessary for such purposes, and notwithstanding any limitations, except the limitation in Subsection I of Section 27 [74-10-27 NMSA 1978] of the Solid Waste Authority Act, and any constitutional limitation, such taxes, if approved by the qualified electors, shall be made and continue to be levied until the indebtedness of the authority is fully paid. History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 29.