Section 3-35-2 – Hearing on provisional order; notice; description of property to be assessed.
In any provisional order, the governing body shall set a time and place for it to hear property owners to be assessed and other interested persons wanting to comment on the order. At least ten days before the hearing, written notice of the hearing shall be mailed to the property owners and proof of mailing […]
Section 3-35-3 – Hearing on provisional order; protest by property owner or interested person; appeal.
At the hearing on a provisional order, a property owner or interested person may file a written protest and may be heard by the governing body on the order. A person filing a written protest may bring an appeal concerning the governing body’s determination on the protest pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA […]
Section 3-35-4 – Provisional order; determination of advisability; advertising for bids; contract with lowest bidder.
After the hearing, the governing body shall determine the advisability of the order, the improvements to be made, advertise for bids on the work and equipment, and enter into a contract with the lowest bidder for the work and furnishing of necessary supplies. Where the work is to be done by the municipality, by itself […]
Section 3-35-5 – Assessment of cost; hearing on assessment roll; notice; objections by property owners.
A. After making the contracts and determining the net cost to the municipality, the governing body shall: (1) determine what portion of the costs of the work and equipment, including advertising, appraising, engineering, legal, printing and other costs, shall be paid by the property specially benefited; (2) together with the engineer, make an assessment roll […]
Section 3-35-6 – Hearing and determination of objections; modification, confirmation or setting aside of assessment; levy of assessments on the assessment roll.
A. At the time and place designated for the hearing, the governing body shall: (1) hear and determine all objections filed in accordance with Section 3-35-5 NMSA 1978, but it may adjourn from time to time; and (2) in its discretion, by resolution, revise, correct, confirm or set aside any assessment and order it be […]
Section 3-35-7 – Lien for assessment; terms of payment.
The amount assessed, including all installment and interest and penalties, is a lien upon each tract or parcel from the time of the assessment and the lien is coequal with the lien of other taxes and prior and superior to all other liens, claims and titles. The governing body may provide for the time and […]
Section 3-35-8 – Certificates of liability; description of property covered by assessment; bonds to pay cost of work; foreclosure of assessment lien.
A. The governing body may issue, in the name of the municipality, assignable certificates declaring the liability of the property for payment of the assessments, interest and penalties and fix the terms of the certificates. The certificates shall accurately describe the property covered by the assessment. The governing body may also issue bonds in such […]
Section 3-35-9 – Interest on assessments; penalties after delinquency.
Assessments shall bear interest at the rate provided in the ordinance and from the date of the publication of the assessing ordinance until paid. The ordinance shall prescribe when the assessments become due and delinquent, and the penalties payable after delinquency. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-34-9, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.
Section 3-35-1 – Fire-fighting facilities; preliminary plans of contemplated improvement; estimate of cost; assessment plat; provisional order.
The governing body of any municipality, when it believes the municipality requires fire stations, fire hydrants or fire-fighting equipment or water, may, by resolution, direct the city engineer or other competent engineer to prepare preliminary plans of the contemplated improvement and a preliminary estimate of the cost. He shall also submit an assessment plat showing […]