Chapter 3 — Chapter 3

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-44-2, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 87, § 31.

A municipality may: A. control and regulate hospitals; B. construct hospitals and medical dispensaries; C. contribute to the support of any county hospital located within the municipality; D. own, maintain and operate hospitals; E. charge for hospital services rendered; F. lease …

authorized. A. Any municipality may enter into an agreement with the county for the construction, maintenance and operation of a county-municipal hospital. B. A municipality or county is authorized to issue, separately, general obligation bonds or revenue bonds for the purpose of…

If a county-municipal hospital is authorized, the board of county commissioners and the governing body of the municipality may jointly: A. lease the hospital upon such terms and conditions as they may determine to a person, firm, corporation, association or the county or municipa…

A. A county-municipal hospital shall be governed by a board of trustees consisting of five members who shall be appointed for two-year terms. Three of the trustees shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners and two of the trustees shall be appointed by the governing …

A. Any town incorporated, organized and operating under a special act of the legislature may, by resolution or ordinance: (1) own, maintain and operate hospitals, sanitariums and other institutions for the care of sick or indigent persons; (2) issue negotiable bonds for the const…

The use of public funds for the operation and maintenance of a hospital pursuant to a lease authorized by Chapter 3, Article 44 NMSA 1978 is deemed to be funding to the hospital as a public institution, and the hospital facility and lessee thereof are subject to the laws of this …

Chapter 3, Article 45 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Municipal Housing Law". History: 1953 Comp., § 14-46-1, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 2009, ch. 226, § 1.

A. In the operation or management of housing projects and affordable housing programs or the sale of any property pursuant to the Municipal Housing Law, a city shall at all times observe the following duties with respect to rentals, property and tenant selection: (1) it may rent,…

A. A city shall have power to issue bonds from time to time in its discretion to finance in whole or in part the cost of the preparation, acquisition, purchase, lease, construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration, extension or repair of any project or undertaking hereund…

A. Bonds of a city issued under the Municipal Housing Law shall be authorized by its resolution and may be issued in any one or more series and shall bear such date, mature at such time, bear interest at such rate, be in such denomination, be in such form, either coupon or regist…

In connection with the issuance of bonds pursuant to the Municipal Housing Law or the incurring of obligations under leases made pursuant to the Municipal Housing Law and in order to secure the payment of such bonds or obligations, a city in addition to its other powers, shall ha…

The Municipal Housing Law without reference to other statutes of the state shall constitute full authority for the authorization and issuance of bonds hereunder. No other act or law with regard to the authorization or issuance of bonds that provides for an election, requires an a…

A city may submit to the attorney general of the state any bonds to be issued hereunder after all proceedings for the issuance of such bonds have been taken. Upon the submission of such proceedings to the attorney general, it shall be the duty of the attorney general to examine i…

An obligee of a city shall have the right in addition to all other rights which may be conferred on such obligee, subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon such obligee: A. by mandamus, suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity, to compel said city and the of…

A city shall have the power by its resolution, trust indenture, lease or other contract to confer upon any obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, or holding a lease, the right, in addition to all rights that may otherwise be conferred, upon the happening of …

All real property owned or held by a city for the purposes of the Municipal Housing Law shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall be issued against the same nor shall any judgment against a city be a charge or l…

The real property of a housing project, as defined in Section 3-45-3 NMSA 1978, is declared to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes and is property of a city of this state and is exempt from taxation until a deed conveying that property to a none…

It is hereby declared that: A. unsanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations exist in the state; B. persons of low and moderate income are forced to reside in such unsanitary or unsafe accommodations; C. within the state, there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodat…

In addition to the powers conferred upon a city by other provisions of the Municipal Housing Law, a city is empowered to borrow money or accept contributions, grants or other financial assistance from the state or federal government for, or in aid of, any housing project or affor…

housing programs. A. For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of housing projects or affordable housing programs located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any state public body may, upon such terms, with or …

The exercise by the city or other state public body of the powers herein granted may be authorized by resolution of the governing body of such state public body adopted by a majority of the members of its governing body present at a meeting of said governing body, which resolutio…

The powers conferred by the Municipal Housing Law shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-46-23, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.

The state and all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions and public bodies, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying…

Insofar as the provisions of the Municipal Housing Law are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of the Municipal Housing Law shall be controlling. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-46-25, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300. ARTICLE 46 Urban Development

The following terms, wherever used or referred to in the Municipal Housing Law, shall have the following respective meanings: A. "city" means any municipality and, unless the context otherwise clearly indicates, any county. "The city" means the particular city or county for which…

A. Every city, in addition to other powers conferred by the Municipal Housing Law, may: (1) within its area of operation, prepare, carry out, acquire, purchase, lease, construct, reconstruct, improve, alter, extend or repair any housing project or any part of a housing project an…

A. Every city, in addition to other powers conferred by the Municipal Housing Law, shall have power and is authorized, by proper resolution of its governing body, to create an authority to be known as the "housing authority" of the city as a public body politic and corporate sepa…

Neither a housing authority nor any of its contractors or their subcontractors may enter into any contract, subcontract or agreement in connection with a housing project under any contract in which any of the following persons has an interest, direct or indirect, during the perso…

A commissioner of an authority may be removed by the mayor, but only for inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in office and only after the commissioner has been given a copy of the charges at least ten days prior to the hearing on the charges and has had an opportunity to …

In addition to the other purposes for which a city may appropriate property, a city shall have the right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property which it may deem necessary for its purposes under the Municipal Housing Law after the adoption by …

It is declared to be the policy of this state that each city shall manage and operate its housing projects and affordable housing programs in an efficient manner so as to enable it to fix the rentals for dwelling accommodations at the lowest possible rates consistent with its pro…

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-47-1, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 1971, ch. 200, § 1; 1975, ch. 333, § 1; repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 329, § 7 and Laws 2007, ch. 330, § 7.

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-47-2.7, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 221, § 8; repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 329, § 7 and Laws 2007, ch. 330, § 7.

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-47-2.8, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 221, § 9; repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 329, § 7 and Laws 2007, ch. 330, § 7.

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-47-2.9, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 221, § 10; 1971, ch. 200, § 3; repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 329, § 7 and Laws 2007, ch. 330, § 7.

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-47-2.10, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 221, § 11; repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 329, § 7 and Laws 2007, ch. 330, § 7.

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-47-2.11, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 221, § 12; repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 329, § 7 and Laws 2007, ch. 330, § 7.

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-47-2.12, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 221, § 13; repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 329, § 7 and Laws 2007, ch. 330, § 7.

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-47-2.13, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 221, § 14; repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 329, § 7 and Laws 2007, ch. 330, § 7.

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-47-2.14, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 221, § 15; repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 329, § 7 and Laws 2007, ch. 330, § 7.

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-47-2.15, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 221, § 16; 1971, ch. 200, § 4; repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 329, § 7 and Laws 2007, ch. 330, § 7.

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-47-2.16, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 221, § 17; repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 329, § 7 and Laws 2007, ch. 330, § 7.

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-47-1.1, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 200, § 2; repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 329, § 7 and Laws 2007, ch. 330, § 7.

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-47-2.17, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 221, § 18; repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 329, § 7 and Laws 2007, ch. 330, § 7.

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-47-2.18, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 221, § 19; repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 329, § 7 and Laws 2007, ch. 330, § 7.

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-47-2.19, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 221, § 20; repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 329, § 7 and Laws 2007, ch. 330, § 7.

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-47-2.20, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 200, § 5; repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 329, § 7 and Laws 2007, ch. 330, § 7.

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-47-2.21, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 200, § 6; repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 329, § 7 and Laws 2007, ch. 330, § 7.

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-47-2.22, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 200, § 7; repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 329, § 7 and Laws 2007, ch. 330, § 7.