Section 3-57-8 – Trial and judgment.
The municipality and any owner of real property in such territory may appear in such action and present evidence and argument on all issues involved. During the trial, the district court may take notice of generally recognized technical or scientific facts within the specialized knowledge of physicians and other persons qualified as experts in the […]
Section 3-57-9 – Formation of local public bodies.
No local public body shall be organized within a five-mile radius of the corporate limits of the municipality having the greatest number of inhabitants in a class A county, unless the governing body of such municipality consents thereto. No local public body shall be organized beyond such five-mile radius in a class A county, unless […]
Section 3-57-4 – Methods of annexation.
There shall be two methods of annexing territory to a municipality within class A counties: A. by petition to a municipality as provided by Section 3-57-5 NMSA 1978 or, if the municipality has over two hundred thousand persons, as provided by Section 3-7-17.1 NMSA 1978; and B. by petition to the district court as provided […]
Section 3-57-5 – Annexation by petition to municipality.
A. Whenever a petition: (1) seeks the annexation of territory to a municipality in a class A county; (2) is signed by the owners of a majority of the number of acres in such territory; (3) is signed by a majority of the owners of land in such territory; (4) is accompanied by a map […]
Section 3-57-6 – Petition to district court.
Whenever a petition is filed in the district court which: A. seeks the annexation of territory to a municipality in a class A county; B. is signed by an owner of land in such territory or by the authorized agent of any local public body; C. is accompanied by a map which shall show the […]
Section 3-57-7 – [Petition to district court;] service and publication of notice.
A copy of the petition and the order setting the petition down for hearing shall be served upon the county and each county commissioner, upon the clerk of the municipality, and published once a week for three weeks. Service shall be completed, and the first publication made, not more than sixty days nor less than […]
Section 3-57-1 – Short title.
This act [3-57-1 to 3-57-9 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the “Metropolitan Boundary Act for Class A Counties.” History: 1953 Comp., § 14-58-1, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 248, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Cross references. — For classification of “A” class counties for salary purposes, see 4-44-1 NMSA 1978. Law reviews. — For comment, “Deannexation: […]
Section 3-57-2 – Purpose of act.
The purpose of this act [3-57-1 to 3-57-9 NMSA 1978] is to provide for the orderly extension of municipal boundaries, to control the formation of new local public bodies, and to minimize the overlapping of a [sic] local governmental services, within class A counties. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-58-2, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 248, […]
Section 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 […]