STATUTORY REFERENCES FOR NEW MEXICO MUNICIPALITIES

   The statutory references listed below refer the code user to state statutes applicable to New Mexico municipalities. They are up to date through July, 2008.

   General Provisions

   Municipal corporations
   New Mexico Const. Art. X

   Incorporation
   NMSA 1978 Arts. 3-2-3-4

   Home rule
   NMSA Const. Art. X § 6

   Municipal charters
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-15

   Annexation
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-7

   Ordinances
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-17

   Ordinance violation procedures
   NMSA 1978 Art. 35-15

   Penalties for ordinance violations
   NMSA 1978 § 3-17-1

   Elections
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-8

   Absentee voting
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-9

   Administration and Personnel

   Eminent domain
   NMSA 1978 § 3-18-10

   Combined municipal organizations
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-16

   Powers of municipalities
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-18

   Confinement of offenders
   NMSA 1978 § 3-18-20

   Adoption of codes
   NMSA 1978 § 3-17-6

   Mayor-council form of government
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-11

   Commission-nianagei' form of government
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-14

   Governing body
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-12

   Municipal officers generally
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-10

   Clerk, police officer, manager
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-13

   Open meetings
   NMSA 1978 Art. 10-15

   Ordinances
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-17

   Public records
   NMSA 1978 Ch. 14

   Planning commission and master plans
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-19

   Municipal courts
   NMSA 1978 Art. 35-14

   Libraries
   NMSA 1978 § 3-18-14

   Park commission
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-47

   Municipal employees retirement system
   NMSA 1978 § 3-18-28

   Fire department
   NMSA 1978 §§ 3-18-11-3-18-11.1

   Methods of insurance
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-62

   Revenue and Finance

   Municipal finances
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-37

   Municipal indebtedness
   N.M. Const. Art. IX; NMSA Art. 3-30

   Revenue bonds
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-31

   Industrial Revenue Bond Act
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-32

   Improvement districts
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-33

   Street improvement fund
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-34

   Sale or lease of property
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-54

   Municipal liens
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-36

   Small cities assistance fund
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-37A

   Prohibition on municipal taxing power
   NMSA 1978 § 3-18-2

   Lodgers Tax Act
   NMSA 1978 §§ 3-38-13-3-38-24

   Municipal gross receipts tax
   NMSA 1978 Art. 7-19

   Municipal local option gross receipts tax
   NMSA 1978 Art. 7-19D

   County and Municipal Gasoline Tax Act
   NMSA 1978 Art. 7-24A

   Liquor license taxes
   NMSA 1978 Art. 7-24

   Business Licenses and Regulations

   License fees and taxes
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-38

   Municipal Cable Television Act
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-23A

   Gasoline sales
   NMSA 1978 § 3-18-31

   Secondhand dealers and junk stores
   NMSA 1978 § 3-18-24

   Liquor license taxes
   NMSA 1978 Art. 7-24

   Markets and market places
   NMSA 1978 § 3-18-16

   Animals

   Power to regulate animals
   NMSA 1978 § 3-18-3

   Health and Safety

   Health; control of disease
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-43

   Hospitals
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-44

   Ambulance service
   NMSA 1978 Art. 5-1

   Refuse collection and disposal
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-48

   Flood control
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-41

   Nuisances
   NMSA 1978 §§ 3-18-13 and 3-18-17

   Food and merchandise
   NMSA 1978 § 3-18-12

   Fire prevention
   NMSA 1978 § 3-18-11

   Fireworks
   NMSA 1978 Art. 60-2C

   Public Peace, Morals and Welfare

   Police ordinances
   NMSA 1978 § 3-17-1

   New Mexico criminal code
   NMSA 1978 Ch. 30

   Disorderly conduct
   NMSA 1978 § 3-18-17

   Gambling
   NMSA 1978 § 3-18-17

   Public intoxication
   NMSA 1978 § 3-18-17

   Riots
   NMSA 1978 § 3-18-17

   Vehicles and Traffic

   New Mexico vehicle code
   NMSA 1978 Ch. 66

   Adoption of traffic code
   NMSA 1978 § 3-17-6

   Powers of local authorities
   NMSA 1978 §§ 66-7-8, 66-7-9, 66-7-215

   Drunk driving penalty
   NMSA § 3-17-1(C)(2)

   Parking
   NMSA 1978 § 3-18-30 and Art. 3-50

   Toll bridges
   NMSA § 3-18-26

   Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places

   Streets, sidewalks and public grounds
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-49

   Parks and recreation
   NMSA 1978 §§ 3-18-18, 3-18-19

   Trees and shrubs
   NMSA 1978 §§ 3-18-27

   Improvement districts
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-33

   Public Services

   Municipal airports
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-39

   Municipal cemeteries
   NMSA 1978 § 3-18-8 and Art. 3-40

   Public utility franchises
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-42

   Public utilities generally
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-23

   Electric utilities
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-24

   Cable television
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-23A

   Gas utilities
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-25

   Water facilities
   NMSA 1978 § 3-18-25 and Art. 3-27

   Sewage facilities
   NMSA 1978 § 3-18-25 and Art. 3-26

   Water or natural gas associations
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-28

   Revenue bonds
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-31

   Improvement districts
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-33

   Municipal transit
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-52

   Water use regulations
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-53

   Refuse collection and disposal
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-48

   Flood control
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-41

   Fire fighting facilities
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-35

   Libraries
   NMSA 1978 § 3-18-14

   Buildings and Construction

   Dangerous buildings
   NMSA 1978 § 3-18-5

   Building codes and Fire zones
   NMSA 1978 §§ 3-17-6, 3-18-6

   Subdivisions

   Subdivisions; planning and platting
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-20

   Zoning

   Zoning regulations
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-21

   Historic districts
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-22

   Manufactured housing and zoning
   NMSA 1978 Art. 3-21A