New Mexico § 3-16-5 - Date for commencing operation of new organization; disapproval of charter; effect

§ 3-16-5. Date for commencing operation of new organization; disapproval of charter; effect

In the event a combined municipal organization is approved by a majority of the electors

in each election unit and a proposed charter therefor has likewise been approved by

a majority of the electors in each election unit, the city government and the county

government and all offices thereof, except as provided herein, shall terminate, and

the new combined municipal organization government shall begin operation in lieu thereof

on the first day of July following the adoption of a charter for the combined municipal

organization by the governing authority of the combined municipal organization. If approval of the proposed charter is given by a vote of the majority of the electors

voting thereon, the governing authority of the combined municipal organization may

adopt the same by a majority vote. In the event the electors of either election unit shall disapprove the proposed

charter submitted to them for approval for two consecutive elections upon such proposition,

subsequent to the first election, then the consolidation, although previously approved,

shall not become effective but shall be void, and the proposition for consolidation

shall not be again submitted to a vote of the electors in the combined municipal organization

for a period of two years after the last election on the question of approval of the

charter.