New Mexico § 11-1-5 - Powers of administering agency under agreement
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 11-1-5 — Powers of administering agency under agreement, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 11-1-5. Powers of administering agency under agreement
A. The agency provided by the agreement to administer or execute the agreement may
be one of the parties to the agreement or a commission or board constituted pursuant
to the agreement. B. The administering agency under any such agreement shall be considered under the
provisions of this Joint Powers Agreements Act as an entity separate from the parties
to such agreement. C. The agency shall possess the common power specified in the agreement and may exercise
it in the manner or according to the method provided in the agreement, subject to
any of the restrictions imposed upon the manner of exercising such power of one of
the contracting public agencies or such restrictions of any public agency participating
which may be designated or incorporated in the agreement.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 11-1-5 ("Powers of administering agency under agreement") is part of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Mexico. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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