Any municipality owning, operating or proposing to construct an electric utility has the power of eminent domain for the purpose of acquiring property for the use of the electric utility according to the procedure for condemnation as provided by the Eminent Domain Code [ 42A-1-1 to 42A-1-33 NMSA 1978].
§ 3-24-5 NMSA 1978
Electric utility; eminent domain power
Known as the Municipal Electric Generation Act
The act spans §§ 3–3 (18 sections).
1953 Comp., § 14-23-5, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 1969, ch. 251, § 4; 1981, ch. 125, § 37.
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