New Mexico § 3-3-2 - Municipalities incorporated under special act; petition for reorganization; election
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 3-3-2 — Municipalities incorporated under special act; petition for reorganization; election, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 3-3-2. Municipalities incorporated under special act; petition for reorganization; election
Any municipality incorporated under a special act may abandon its organization and
organize itself under the provisions of the general law relating to municipalities. A. If a petition signed by qualified electors of the municipality equal in number
to not less than one-eighth of the total number of votes at the last preceding regular
municipal election requests the governing body to submit to the qualified electors
the question of reorganizing the municipality under the provisions of the Municipal
Code, the governing body shall, within fourteen days after the petition is certified
as valid, adopt an election resolution calling for a special election in the manner
provided in the Local Election Act on the question of reorganizing the municipality
under the provisions of general law. The special election shall only be held in June or July in odd-numbered years or
July or August in even-numbered years in accordance with the provisions of the Local
Election Act. B. The petition may further propose that the boundary of the municipality incorporated
by special act be extended by including any or all territory that is: (1) laid off or platted; (2) adjoining or contiguous to the municipality or any addition or subdivision of
the municipality; and (3) not within the boundary of another municipality. C. The petition shall describe the boundary of the municipality as it would exist
if the municipality incorporated by special act is reorganized under general law. The registered voters residing within the boundary of the municipality as it would
exist if the municipality incorporated by special act is reorganized may vote in the
election authorized in this section.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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