New Mexico Statutes Chapter 3. Municipalities § 3-23-5. Municipal utility; duty to maintain and improve

A. After the qualified electors at a regular or special municipal election have approved the acquisition of a municipal utility, the municipality shall maintain a municipal utility in good repair and improve and enlarge the municipal utility to accomplish the objectives and purposes for which it was designed.

B. A municipality may use other funds to defray the cost of operating or repairing a municipal utility, other than an electric or gas utility, generating facility or its interest in a jointly owned generating facility.