State highway and transportation department; power to

NMSA 1978, § 67-3-71 — under Article 3.

NMSA 1978, § 67-3-71

acquire property for transportation systems; power of eminent domain. The state highway and transportation department may: A. acquire property by purchase, lease, donation, gift, bequest, devise or eminent domain for the purpose of construction and operation of a transportation system; and B. negotiate for the acquisition of property from any person, governmental entity, Indian tribe or Indian pueblo for the construction and operation of a transportation system. History: Laws 1997, ch. 52, § 1.