Section 74-10-13 – Election of directors.
Each biennial nonpartisan election of directors shall be conducted at the time of the regular local election under the direction of the county clerk and in accordance with the election laws of New Mexico. Any other election of the authority, including an election to seek approval for the issuance of bonds, shall be conducted pursuant […]
Section 74-10-14 – Election resolution.
The board shall call any election by resolution as prescribed in the Local Election Act [Chapter 1, Article 22 NMSA 1978]. The resolution shall recite the objects and purposes of the election and indicate the general or regular local election on which the ballot question shall appear or specify the date a special election will […]
Section 74-10-5 – Creation of a solid waste authority; board.
Any county or contiguous counties and any municipality or municipalities desiring to create a solid waste authority board for the purposes of petitioning to the county special district commission pursuant to the Special District Procedures Act [4-53-1 to 4-53-11 NMSA 1978] for the creation of a solid waste authority may, by joint resolution, agree to […]
Section 74-10-6 – Oaths and bonds of board members.
Whenever a board has been appointed or elected, as hereinafter provided, the members of the board shall qualify by filing with the clerk of the court their oaths of office and corporate surety bonds at the expense of the authority in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) each, the form thereof to […]
Section 74-10-7 – Petition for creation of solid waste authority.
A. The organization of a solid waste authority shall be initiated by the interim board appointed pursuant to Section 6 [74-10-6 NMSA 1978] of the Solid Waste Authority Act by filing a petition, duly adopted by the solid waste authority board and filed with the county special district commission as provided in the Special District […]
Section 74-10-8 – Hearing on petition.
A. At any time after the filing of the petition for the organization of an authority and before the day fixed for the hearing for the county special district commission on said petition, the owner of any taxable property within the proposed authority may file a petition with the county special district commission stating the […]
Section 74-10-1 – Short title.
This act [74-10-1 to 74-10-100 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the “Solid Waste Authority Act”. History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 1.
Section 74-10-2 – Legislative declaration.
It is declared as a matter of legislative determination that: A. the organization of the authority hereby created having the purposes, powers, duties, privileges, immunities, rights, liabilities and disabilities provided in the Solid Waste Authority Act will serve a public use and will promote the health, safety, prosperity, security and general welfare of the inhabitants […]
Section 74-10-3 – Decision of board or governing body final.
The action and decision of the board as to all matters passed upon by it in relation to any action, matter or thing provided in the Solid Waste Authority Act shall be final and conclusive unless arbitrary, capricious or fraudulent. History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 3.
Section 74-10-4 – Definitions.
Except where the context otherwise requires, as used in the Solid Waste Authority Act: A. “acquisition” or “acquire” means the opening, laying out, establishment, purchase, construction, securing, installation, reconstruction, lease, gift, grant from the federal government, any public body or person, endowment, bequest, devise, condemnation, transfer, assignment, option to purchase, other contract or other acquirement, […]