As used in Sections 3-16-1 through 3-16-18 NMSA 1978: A. “combined municipal organization” means the combined city and county municipal corporation, whether prior to or subsequent to the completed consolidation, including the area within the exterior boundaries of the municipality and county; B. “city” means the municipality involved in the city and county consolidation, including […]
If there is a city and county consolidation, any civil or criminal case filed or pending, in any proper court at the time the combined municipal organization becomes effective, shall not be affected by the consolidation but shall continue and may be tried, dismissed or disposed of in the same manner as if the consolidation […]
A. The probate judge of the county when the consolidation becomes effective shall become the probate judge of the combined municipal organization and shall have the same powers, jurisdiction and duties as provided by law for probate judges of a county, and shall hold office for the remainder of the term for which he was […]
If there is a city and county consolidation all real and personal property within the combined municipal organization shall be assessed, taxed and taxes levied and collected at the time and in the manner provided by law. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-15-12, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.
A. If there is a city and county consolidation, and on and after the date the combined municipal organization government becomes operative, adequate books and records shall be provided in the municipal corporation for recording or filing instruments in the municipal corporation, as will be more specifically provided in the combined municipal organization charter. All […]
If there is a city and county consolidation all property, assets, credits, causes of action or other rights or interests belonging to the city or county at the time the combined municipal organization government becomes operative shall belong to the combined municipal organization, and, if necessary, the combined municipal organization may demand, sue for, recover […]
If there is a city and county consolidation all rights, franchises and privileges granted by the city or county and all ordinances of the city effective at the date the combined municipal organization government becomes operative shall continue in full force and effect throughout the combined municipal organization until expiration, repeal, termination, amendment or modification, […]
If there is a city and county consolidation, all property, real, personal or mixed, belonging to the city or county shall vest in and become the property of the combined municipal organization government immediately when the combined municipal organization government becomes operative. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-15-16, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.
If any action, suit or proceeding is pending in any court for or against the city or county at the time the combined municipal organization becomes operative, the combined municipal organization shall be substituted as plaintiff or defendant, as the case may be, in such action, suit or proceeding, and the same shall proceed as […]
A. The county treasurer shall proceed to collect all taxes assessed against persons or property within the combined municipal organization prior to the effective date of the consolidation, in the same manner as if no consolidation had occurred. When the combined municipal organization becomes operative, all county officers shall deliver to the proper officer of […]
When the total population of any combined municipal organization shall be at least fifty thousand inhabitants, a city-county government may be organized as hereinafter provided. The legislative authority of any city within a combined municipal organization by ordinance, and the county commissioners of a county within the same combined municipal organization, by resolution, may express […]
If the propositions submitted to the electors shall carry in both election units, and if the charter shall be approved by the majority of electors voting on the question, it may become the organic law of the combined city and county government and shall be effective as hereinafter provided. If the charter is rejected, in […]
The charter shall designate the number and terms of members of the legislative authority and the name of the combined municipal corporation; the elective officers, the terms of such officers, manner of election and their powers and duties, and may provide for any form of local government for the city and county not inconsistent with […]
In the event a combined municipal organization is approved by a majority of the electors in each election unit and a proposed charter therefor has likewise been approved by a majority of the electors in each election unit, the city government and the county government and all offices thereof, except as provided herein, shall terminate, […]
Upon the date the new combined municipal organization begins operation as provided herein, and thereafter, the organization shall be a municipal corporation of New Mexico and thereupon and thereafter shall exercise all the powers vested in it by the charter adopted for its government and all powers and duties vested in cities by the constitution […]
In the event of a city and county consolidation, any county officer holding office at the time the charter becomes effective shall continue in office for his unexpired term and may exercise such functions or duties for the combined municipal organization as the legislative authority thereof determines, and after expiration of his term the county […]
Unless otherwise provided for in the combined municipal organization charter, justices of the peace [magistrates] who have been elected and are holding office within the boundaries of the combined municipal organization at the time such government becomes operative, shall continue to hold office as justices of the peace [magistrates] for such combined municipal organization within […]
If there is a city and county consolidation, there shall be municipal judges who shall exercise the powers and jurisdiction vested by the combined municipal organization charter in municipal courts. They shall be elected and their vacancies filled in the manner provided for in the charter. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-15-9, enacted by Laws 1965, […]
