State highway and transportation department; power to acquire property for transportation systems; power of eminent domain
Known as the Public Mass Transportation Act
The act spans §§ 67–67 (95 sections).
Laws 1997, ch. 52, § 1.
The state highway and transportation department may:
A. acquire property by purchase, lease, donation, gift, bequest, devise or eminent domain for the purpose of construction and operation of a transportation system; and
B. negotiate for the acquisition of property from any person, governmental entity, Indian tribe or Indian pueblo for the construction and operation of a transportation system.
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.