New Mexico Constitution

Article IX, § 5 — Remission of county debts to state prohibited

New Mexico Const. art. IX, § 5

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CitationNew Mexico Const. art. IX, § 5
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N.M. Const. art. IX, § 5.

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The legislature shall never enact any law releasing any county, or any of the taxable property therein, from its obligation to pay to the state any moneys expended by the state by reason of its assumption or payment of the debt of such county.

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