New Mexico § 6-6-6 Approved budgets; claims or warrants in excess of budget;

New Mexico Statutes

§ 6-6-6 — Approved budgets; claims or warrants in excess of budget;

New Mexico § 6-6-6

Ch. 6Public Finances

Art. 6Local Government Finances

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 6-6-6 (2026).

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liability. When any budget for a local public body has been approved and received by a local public body, it is binding upon all officials and governing authorities, and no governing authority or official shall allow or approve claims in excess thereof, and no official shall pay any check or warrant in excess thereof, and the allowances or claims or checks or warrants so allowed or paid shall be a liability against the officials so allowing or paying those claims or checks or warrants, and recovery for the excess amounts so allowed or paid may be had against the bondsmen of those officials.

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liability. When any budget for a local public body has been approved and received by a local public body, it is binding upon all officials and governing authorities, and no governing authority or official shall allow or approve claims in excess thereof, and no official shall pay any check or warrant in excess thereof, and the allowances or claims or checks or warrants so allowed or paid shall be a liability against the officials so allowing or paying those claims or checks or warrants, and recovery for the excess amounts so allowed or paid may be had against the bondsmen of those officials.