Section 74-10-21 – Changing authority’s boundaries.
The elected board has the authority to petition the county special district commission to change the authority’s boundaries. The county special district commission’s decision shall be made in accordance with Sections 8, 9 and 10 [74-10-8, 74-10-9 and 74-10-10 NMSA 1978] of the Solid Waste Authority Act. History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 21.
Section 74-10-22 – Board’s administrative powers.
The board may exercise the following powers: A. fix the time and place at which its regular meetings will be held within the authority and provide for the calling and holding of special meetings; B. adopt and amend or otherwise modify bylaws and rules for procedure; C. select one director as chairman of the board […]
Section 74-10-23 – Records of board.
On all resolutions and orders, the roll shall be called, and the ayes and nays shall be recorded. All resolutions and orders, as soon as may be after their passage, shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose and be authenticated by the signature of the presiding officer of the board and the […]
Section 74-10-24 – Meetings of board.
All meetings of the board shall be open to the public. No business of the board shall be transacted except at a regular or special meeting at which a quorum consisting of at least three-fifths of the total membership of the board is present. Any action of the board requires the affirmative vote of a […]
Section 74-10-25 – Compensation of directors.
Directors shall receive no compensation for their services as a director. Directors may be reimbursed for expenses incurred by them on authority business with approval of the board. History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 25.
Section 74-10-26 – Interest in contracts and property disqualifications.
No director or officer, employee or agent of the authority may be interested in any contract or transaction with the authority except in his official representative capacity or as provided, except for any contract of employment with the authority. Neither the holding of any office nor employment in the government of any public body or […]
Section 74-10-27 – Powers of the authority.
The authority may exercise the following duties, privileges, immunities, rights, liabilities and disabilities appertaining to a public body politic and corporate and constituting a quasi-municipal corporation and political subdivision of the state established as an instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental and proprietary functions to provide for the public health, safety and general welfare: A. […]
Section 74-10-28 – Levy and collection of taxes.
To levy and collect taxes, the board shall determine in each year the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation, taking into consideration other sources of revenue of the authority, and shall propose by resolution a rate of levy, without limitation as to rate or amount, except for the limitation in Section 27 […]
Section 74-10-29 – Levies to cover deficiencies.
The board, in proposing ad valorem tax levies by resolution, shall take into account the maturing indebtedness for the ensuing year as provided in its contracts, maturing securities and interest on securities, and deficiencies and defaults of prior years and shall make ample provision for the payment thereof. In case the money produced from such […]
Section 74-10-30 – Elections for imposition of ad valorem taxes.
Whenever the board shall determine by resolution that the interest of the authority and the public interest or necessity demand the imposition of a general ad valorem tax, the board shall certify the rate of ad valorem tax needed and shall order the submission of the proposition of imposing the ad valorem tax to the […]