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Home » US Law » 2021 New Mexico Statutes » Chapter 4 - Counties » Article 51 - County Budget

Section 4-51-1 – Surplus revenues; application.

At the close of any calendar year, should the actual revenues exceed the estimated budget estimates of expenses as finally approved and certified, the excess money shall be applied on the budget estimate for the next succeeding year, except as provided in Section 6-6-19 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 1921, ch. 188, § 6; C.S. 1929, […]

Section 4-51-2 – [Violation of act; penalty; liability to county.]

Any official or employee violating the provisions of this act [4-51-1 to 4-51-3 NMSA 1978] shall, upon conviction thereof in a court of competent jurisdiction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine not less than one hundred dollars [($100)] nor more than five hundred dollars [($500)], or by imprisonment, in the […]

Section 4-51-3 – [Repeal and saving clause.]

All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act [4-51-1 to 4-51-3 NMSA 1978] are hereby repealed; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed as repealing Sections 6-6-11, 6-6-13 to 6-6-18 NMSA 1978 or other existing statutory limitations upon the debt-contracting or tax-levying powers of boards of county commissioners or other boards […]