New Mexico § 3-23-5 Municipal utility; duty to maintain and improve

New Mexico Statutes

§ 3-23-5 — Municipal utility; duty to maintain and improve

New Mexico § 3-23-5

Ch. 3Municipalities

Art. 23Public Utilities

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Bluebook

N.M. Stat. Ann. § 3-23-5 (2026).

Text

A.After the qualified electors at a regular or special municipal election have approved the acquisition of a municipal utility, the municipality shall maintain a municipal utility in good repair and improve and enlarge the municipal utility to accomplish the objectives and purposes for which it was designed.

B.A municipality may use other funds to defray the cost of operating or repairing a municipal utility, other than an electric or gas utility, generating facility or its interest in a jointly owned generating facility.

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A. After the qualified electors at a regular or special municipal election have approved the acquisition of a municipal utility, the municipality shall maintain a municipal utility in good repair and improve and enlarge the municipal utility to accomplish the objectives and purposes for which it was designed. B. A municipality may use other funds to defray the cost of operating or repairing a municipal utility, other than an electric or gas utility, generating facility or its interest in a jointly owned generating facility.