New Mexico Statutes
§ 3-57-2 — Purpose of act
New Mexico § 3-57-2
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 3-57-2 (2026).
Text
The purpose of this act [3-57-1 to 3-57-9 NMSA 1978] is to provide for the orderly extension of municipal boundaries, to control the formation of new local public bodies, and to minimize the overlapping of a [sic] local governmental services, within class A counties.
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Legislative History
1953 Comp., § 14-58-2, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 248, § 2.
Nearby Sections
15
§ 3-1-1
Municipalities; short title§ 3-1-2
Definitions§ 3-1-6
Final day to act§ 3-10-4
Repealed§ 3-10-5
Repealed§ 3-10-8
Officers; delivery of records§ 3-11-1
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New Mexico § 3-57-2, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/3/3-57-2.