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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
A. The natural gas or geothermal utility may include but is not limited to:
(1) in the municipality and within one hundred miles of the municipal boundary, facilities appropriate to the transportation, pumping, storage or purification of natural gas or geothermal waters; and
(2) in the municipality and within five miles of the municipal boundary, facilities for the distribution of natural gas or geothermal heat.
The natural gas or geothermal utility shall include any land or real estate needed for the location of the facilities.
B. A municipality shall not acquire and operate natural gas or geothermal distribution facilities in whole or in part within the boundary of another municipality, as then existing, until the:
(1) public regulation commission issues an order authorizing the acquisition and operation of the natural gas or geothermal distribution facilities; and
(2) other municipality authorizes, by ordinance, the acquisition and operation of the natural gas or geothermal distribution facilities.
C. No formal franchise need be granted by the other municipality, and the ordinance granting the consent of the other municipality:
(1) shall be sufficient;
(2) may be adopted on a single reading;
(3) may become immediately effective;
(4) shall not be subject to a referendum; and
(5) shall be valid for such period of years as may be specified in the ordinance.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 3. Municipalities § 3-25-3. Natural gas or geothermal utility; extent of facilities; distribution to consumers beyond the municipal boundary; within the boundary of another municipality; approval of other municipality and public regulation commission - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-3-municipalities/nm-st-sect-3-25-3/
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