2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 3 - Municipalities
Section 57 Metropolitan Boundaries for Class A Counties
Section 3-57-3 Definitions.

NM Stat § 3-57-3 (2015) What's This?

3-57-3. Definitions.

As used in the Metropolitan Boundary Act for Class A Counties:

A. "county" means the county in which the municipality or land is situated;

B. "district court" means the district court of the district in which the municipality or land is situated;

C. "local public body" means every political subdivision of the state which is empowered to receive or expend public money from whatever source derived;

D. "publish" or "publication" means printing in a newspaper which maintains an office in the county and is of general circulation within the county; and

E. "municipality" means all municipalities having a population over one hundred thousand and located within a class A county, but only as to that land located within a conservancy district.

History: 1953 Comp., 14-58-3, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 248, 3; 1976 (S.S.), ch. 4, 1; 1979, ch. 159, 2.

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