2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 3: Municipalities
Article 23: Public Utilities, 3-23-1 through 3-23-10
Section 3-23-5: Municipal utility; duty to maintain and improve.
3-23-5. Municipal utility; duty to maintain and improve.
A. After the qualified electors at a regular or special municipal election have approved the acquisition of a municipal utility, the municipality shall maintain a municipal utility in good repair and improve and enlarge the municipal utility to accomplish the objectives and purposes for which it was designed.
B. A municipality may use other funds to defray the cost of operating or repairing a municipal utility, other than an electric or gas utility, generating facility or its interest in a jointly owned generating facility.
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