New Mexico § 3-17-3 - Notice by publication of certain proposed ordinances

§ 3-17-3. Notice by publication of certain proposed ordinances

A. Notice by publication of the title and subject matter of any ordinance proposed

for adoption by the governing body of any municipality must take place at least two

weeks prior to consideration of final action upon the ordinance in open session of

the governing body, except that this section shall not apply to ordinances dealing

with an emergency declared by the chairman of the governing body or the mayor, as

the case may be, to be an immediate danger to the public health, safety and welfare

of the municipality, or to ordinances the subject matter of which is amending a city

zoning map, provided the amendment to such zoning map has been considered by, and

recommended to, the commission by a planning commission with jurisdiction in the matter. It is sufficient defense to any suit or prosecution to show that no notice by publication

was made. B. Notice of the proposed ordinance shall be published one time as a legal advertisement

in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. C. Copies of a proposed ordinance shall be available to interested persons during

normal and regular business hours of the municipal clerk upon request and payment

of a reasonable charge beginning with the date of publication and continuing to the

date of consideration by the municipality's elected commission.