New Mexico § 5-5-3 - Definitions

§ 5-5-3. Definitions

As used in the Joint City-County Building Law, the following words or phrases shall

be defined as follows: A. “ city ” means any incorporated city, town or village that is a county seat in the state

of New Mexico, whether incorporated or governed under a general act, special act or

special charter of any type and includes any combination of such cities, towns or

villages located in adjacent counties; B. “ council ” or “ city council ” means the city council, city commission, board of commissioners, board of trustees

or other governing body of a city in which the legislative powers of the city are

vested. “ Councilmen ” means the members of the council; C. “ county ” means any county or combination of adjacent counties in the state of New Mexico; D. “ board ” means the board of county commissioners. “ Commissioners ” or “ county commissioners ” means the members of a board; E. “ municipality ” means a city or county; F. “ governing body ” means a council or board; G. “ building ” means any building for use as a county courthouse, city hall, jail, regional jail,

library, museum, utility office, garage for housing county and city vehicles, transportation

office, communications office, maintenance shop, warehouse, cafeteria and restaurant

facilities for county and city personnel, sheriff's office, police station, fire station,

records office and administration building and for similar uses, or any combination

thereof, to be acquired and jointly owned by a county and a city as tenants in common; H. “ site ” means land and any estate, interest or right therein on which to locate a building. Any building site may include landscaped grounds and off-street parking facilities,

including improved or unimproved parking lots and buildings erected above or below

the surface of the land for the accommodation of parked motor and other vehicles; I. “ acquisition ” or “ acquire ” means the acquisition by purchase, construction, installation, reconstruction, condemnation,

lease, rent, gift, grant, endowment, bequest, devise, contract and other acquisition

as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the board and council, or any combination

thereof; J. “ improvement ” or “ improve ” means the extension, betterment, alteration, reconstruction, repair and other improvement

as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the board and council, or any combination

thereof; K. “ equipment ” or “ equip ” means furnishing all necessary or desirable, related or appurtenant, facilities,

or any combination thereof; L. “ project ” means any building site therefor, structure, facility and undertaking of any kind

that a county and a city are authorized by the Joint City-County Building Law to acquire,

improve, equip, maintain and operate. A project may consist of any kind or all kinds of personal and real property, including

land, improvements and fixtures thereon, property of any nature appurtenant thereto

or used in connection therewith and every estate, interest and right therein, legal

or equitable, including terms for years, or any combination thereof; M. “ disposition ” or “ dispose ” means the sale, lease, exchange, transfer, assignment and other disposition as may

be deemed necessary or desirable by the board and council, or any combination thereof; N. “ federal government ” means the United States or any federal agency, instrumentality or corporation; O. “ state ” means the state of New Mexico or, except where the subject matter or context is

repugnant thereto, any state agency, instrumentality or corporation; P. “ publication ” or “ publish ” means publication once a week for at least three consecutive weeks commencing at

least twenty days prior to the election in any newspaper published in a county; Q. for the purpose of computing any period of time prescribed in the Joint City-County

Building Law, including publications, the day of the first publication, other act

or designated time shall be excluded and the day of the last publication, other act

or designated time shall be included; and R. whenever such construction is applicable, words used in the Joint City-County Building

Law importing singular or plural number may be construed so that one number includes

both; words importing masculine gender shall be construed to apply to the feminine

gender as well; and the word “person” may extend to and include a firm and corporation,

except in any reference to any election; provided, however, that these rules of construction

shall not apply to any part of that law containing express provisions excluding such

construction or where the subject matter or context is repugnant thereto.