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2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 3: Municipalities
Article 18: Powers of Municipalities, 3-18-1 through 3-18-32
- Section 3-18-1: General powers; body politic and corporate powers.
- Section 3-18-2: Prohibition on municipal taxing power.
- Section 3-18-3: Animals.
- Section 3-18-4: Buildings; construct, purchase, rehabilitate, care for.
- Section 3-18-5: Dangerous buildings or debris; removal; notice; right of municipality to remove; lien.
- Section 3-18-6: Building construction and restrictions; establishing fire zones.
- Section 3-18-7: Additional county and municipal powers; flood and mudslide hazard areas; flood plain permits; land use control; jurisdiction; agreement.
- Section 3-18-8: Cemeteries.
- Section 3-18-9: Census.
- Section 3-18-10: Power of eminent domain; purposes; proceedings.
- Section 3-18-11: Fire prevention and protection; insurance for volunteer firemen.
- Section 3-18-11.1: Fingerprinting of fireman applicants required; authorization for municipality to communicate such information to the federal bureau of investigation.
- Section 3-18-12: Food and merchandise; regulation and inspection.
- Section 3-18-13: Industrial nuisances and nauseous locations; regulation and prohibition.
- Section 3-18-14: Municipal libraries; establishment; contract services; state publications; gifts and bequests.
- Section 3-18-15: Works of art; other works; acquisition and maintenance.
- Section 3-18-16: Markets and market places.
- Section 3-18-17: Nuisances and offenses; regulation or prohibition.
- Section 3-18-18: Parks.
- Section 3-18-19: Park and recreation construction authorized.
- Section 3-18-20: Police ordinances; county jails.
- Section 3-18-21: Railroads; street railroads; crossings.
- Section 3-18-22: Requirement for sanitary facilities; notice to owners; failure to comply; municipality to perform work; lien; interest.
- Section 3-18-23: Steam boiler inspection.
- Section 3-18-24: Licensing and regulating secondhand and junk stores.
- Section 3-18-25: Water systems; sewers; assessments.
- Section 3-18-26: Toll bridges.
- Section 3-18-27: Trees and shrubs.
- Section 3-18-28: Municipal employees' retirement system.
- Section 3-18-29: Foreign-trade zones.
- Section 3-18-30: Parking citations; certain municipalities; administrative cost assessment.
- Section 3-18-31: Sale of gasoline; authority of the municipality.
- Section 3-18-32: Limitation of county and municipal restrictions on solar collectors.
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