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Unless otherwise provided by law, an ordinance shall not become effective until 30 days after it has been recorded unless passed and approved as an emergency measure, in which event it shall become effective immediately following recordation or at a subsequent date determined by the governing body.
Statutory reference:
Ordinances; effective date, see NMSA § 4-37-9
(A) Whenever any ordinance or part of an ordinance shall be repealed or modified by a
subsequent ordinance, the ordinance or part of an ordinance thus repealed or modified shall continue in force until the effective date of the subsequent ordinance.
(B) No suit, proceeding, right, fine, forfeiture or penalty instituted, created, given, secured or accrued under any ordinance previous to its repeal shall, in any way, be affected, released or discharged, but may be prosecuted, enjoyed and recovered as fully as if the ordinance had continued in force unless it is otherwise expressly provided.
(C) When any ordinance repealing a former ordinance, clause or provision shall be itself repealed, the repeal shall not be construed to revive the former ordinance, clause or provision unless it is expressly provided.
(A) If the governing body shall desire to amend any existing chapter, subchapter or section of this code, the chapter, subchapter or section shall be specifically repealed and a new chapter, subchapter or section, containing the desired amendment, substituted in its place.
(B) (1) Any ordinance which is proposed to add to the existing code a new chapter, subchapter or section shall indicate, with reference to the arrangement of this code, the proper number of the chapter, subchapter or section.
(2) In addition to the indication thereof as may appear in the text of the proposed ordinance, a caption or title shall be shown in concise form above the ordinance.
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