New Mexico § 3-7-11 - Municipal boundary commission; purpose
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 3-7-11 — Municipal boundary commission; purpose, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 3-7-11. Municipal boundary commission; purpose
A. The purpose of Sections 3-7-11 through 3-7-16 NMSA 1978 is to establish an independent commission known as the “municipal boundary commission”
to determine the annexation of territory to a municipality whenever: (1) the municipality petitions the municipal boundary commission to annex territory
to the municipality; or (2) a majority of the landowners of the territory proposed to be annexed petition
the municipal boundary commission to annex the territory to the municipality. B. The municipal boundary commission shall hear a request for municipal annexation
of a traditional historic community only upon petition of a majority of the qualified
electors of the territory within the traditional historic community.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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