Notwithstanding any provisions of Sections 3-2-3, 3-2-5 and 3-57-9 NMSA 1978 to the contrary, the residents of a contiguous, undivided territory within a class A county may incorporate that territory into a new municipality with boundaries closer than five miles to or coterminous with the boundary of an existing municipality by following all other provisions of the law governing incorporation, if the territory proposed to be incorporated has a population, as shown by the last decennial census, of fifteen thousand or more.
§ 3-2-4 NMSA 1978
Special provisions for incorporation of municipalities under certain circumstances
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Wessel v. City of Albuquerque (2006)
Most recently applied in Wessel v. City of Albuquerque (September 2006)
1953 Comp., § 14-2-3.1, enacted by Laws 1976, ch. 53, § 1.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.