New Mexico § 4-50-15 [Failure to work or pay; penalty; use of fine money.]

New Mexico Statutes

§ 4-50-15 — [Failure to work or pay; penalty; use of fine money.]

New Mexico § 4-50-15

Ch. 4Counties

Art. 50Flood Control

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 4-50-15 (2026).

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Any person summoned and called to do work hereunder as above provided, who shall fail to appear and do said work or to furnish a substitute who shall appear and do said work, or pay to the superintendent the sum or sums herein provided in lieu of said work, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction therefor before any justice of the peace [magistrate] shall be fined in a sum not more than fifty dollars [($50.00)], or imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty days, or suffer both such fine and imprisonment. All fines collected hereunder shall be deposited in the emergency district flood fund.

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Any person summoned and called to do work hereunder as above provided, who shall fail to appear and do said work or to furnish a substitute who shall appear and do said work, or pay to the superintendent the sum or sums herein provided in lieu of said work, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction therefor before any justice of the peace [magistrate] shall be fined in a sum not more than fifty dollars [($50.00)], or imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty days, or suffer both such fine and imprisonment. All fines collected hereunder shall be deposited in the emergency district flood fund.