New Mexico § 3-14-2 - Commission-manager; special election for adoption
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 3-14-2 — Commission-manager; special election for adoption, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 3-14-2. Commission-manager; special election for adoption
A. Upon petition signed by qualified electors, not less in number than fifteen percent
of the votes cast for the office of mayor at the last regular municipal election,
filed with the municipal clerk and verified by the municipal clerk to contain a sufficient
number of legal signatures, the governing body shall, within ten days of verification,
adopt an election resolution calling for the holding of a special election on the
question of organizing the municipality under the commission-manager form of government,
or the governing body may submit to the qualified electors of the municipality the
question of organizing the municipality under the commission-manager form of government. The election shall 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 question to be placed shall read substantially as follows: “For the commission-manager form of government and providing for the election of five
commissioners _____; and Against the commission-manager form of government and providing for the election of
five commissioners _____”.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 3-14-2 ("Commission-manager; special election for adoption") 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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