New Mexico Statutes Chapter 3. Municipalities § 3-7-17.1. Annexation; certain municipalities in class A counties; procedures; limitations

A. A petition seeking the annexation of territory contiguous to a municipality located in a class A county with a population of less than three hundred thousand persons shall be presented to the city council and be accompanied by a map that shows the external boundary of the territory proposed to be annexed and the relationship of the territory proposed to be annexed to the existing boundary of the municipality.

B. If the petition is signed by the owners of a majority of the number of acres in the contiguous territory:

C. Except as provided in Subsection D of this section, if the petition is not signed by the owners of a majority of the number of acres in the contiguous territory, the extraterritorial land use commission shall consider the matter and make a recommendation to the extraterritorial land use authority. The extraterritorial land use authority shall approve or disapprove the petition. If approved by the extraterritorial land use authority, the city council may by ordinance approve the annexation.

D. When the nonconsenting property owners' properties are entirely surrounded by consenting property owners, the city council may approve the annexation without approval or disapproval of the extraterritorial land use authority.

E. In considering an annexation pursuant to this section, the city council shall consider the impact of the annexation on existing county contracts and provisions of services, including fire protection, solid waste collection or water and sewer service, and may make agreements with the county to continue such services if it is in the interest of the county, the residents of the proposed annexed area or the municipality.

F. A municipality with a population over two hundred thousand persons and located in a class A county shall not force a resident or business located in the unincorporated area of the county to agree to annexation as a condition of extending sewer and water service to that person or business, if that sewer or water service extension is paid for all or in part by federal, state or county money. The municipality may make agreement to annexation a condition of extending sewer and water service if the extension of the service is paid for entirely with municipal money.