In the event that the territory of any special district lies in two or more counties, proposals to create, or petitions to merge, consolidate or dissolve special districts shall be forwarded to commissions in each of the counties affected. The commissions shall within ten days agree upon a date and place for a joint public hearing and shall proceed jointly as otherwise directed by the Special District Procedures Act, except that all time spans shall be measured from the date of the agreement.
§ 4-53-9 NMSA 1978
Multi-county special districts
Known as the Special District Procedures Act
The act spans §§ 4-53-1–4-53-9 (12 sections).
1953 Comp., § 15-53-9, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 291, § 9.
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