2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 3 - Municipalities
Article 30 - Municipal Debt; Voting on Question
Section 3-30-1 - County constitutes a precinct for purpose of voting on municipal debt; single voting division outside municipality.
3-30-1. County constitutes a precinct for purpose of voting on municipal debt; single voting division outside municipality.
A. For the purpose of voting only on the question of creating a debt of the municipality, all territory within a county in which is situated a municipality holding an election on the question of creating a debt pursuant to Article 9, Section 12 of the constitution of New Mexico is a municipal precinct. All territory in the municipal precinct and not within the boundary of the municipality holding an election on the question of creating a debt shall constitute one voting division to be known as the nonresident voting division.
B. If two or more municipalities situated in the same county hold an election on the same day on the question of creating a debt, the nonresident voting division of each municipality holding an election on the question of creating a debt constitutes a separate and different nonresident voting division for each municipality holding an election on the question of creating a debt and includes the territory within the boundary of any other municipality within the county.
History: 1953 Comp., 14-29-1, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.
