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New Mexico Statutes Chapter 4. Counties § 4-55A-10. Improvement district; petition method; requirements; distribution of costs; notice of hearing

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. Whenever the owners of sixty-six and two-thirds percent or more of the total assessed valuation of the property described in Subsection C of Section 4-55A-3 NMSA 1978, but exclusive of any land owned by the United States or the state of New Mexico, petition the board in writing to create an improvement district and construct the improvement described in the petition, the board may:

(1) create the improvement district;

(2) select the type of material and method of construction to be used; and

(3) proceed with the construction of the improvement as authorized in Section 4-55A-14 NMSA 1978 after complying with the requirements for a preliminary hearing required in this section. A governing body of a municipality, board of county commissioners or local board of education may sign a petition seeking the improvement for any land under its control. The submission of separate petitions for any one improvement district within a six-month period shall be considered as a single petition.

B. The board may:

(1) pay the cost of the improvement;

(2) assess the cost of the improvement against the benefiting tracts or parcels of land;

(3) pay part of the cost of the improvement and assess part of the cost of the improvement against the benefiting tracts or parcels of land; or

(4) impose an improvement district property tax pursuant to the County Improvement District Act.

C. If any part or all of the cost of the improvement sought to be constructed as authorized in this section is to be assessed against the benefiting tracts or parcels of land or paid for by the imposition of an improvement district property tax, the board shall hold a preliminary hearing on the proposed improvement district and give notice of the preliminary hearing.

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