New Mexico § 67-8-21 Municipally or county owned utilities; special districts;

New Mexico Statutes

§ 67-8-21 — Municipally or county owned utilities; special districts;

New Mexico·Ch. 67 Highways·Art. 8 Miscellaneous Provisions

reimbursement for cost of relocation.

A.Under the provisions of this section, the commission shall reimburse cities, towns, villages and counties for cost of relocation of municipally or county owned utility facilities where relocation is required because of the construction or repair of any public state highway or interstate system in the city or county, town or village, provided only that the governing body of the municipality or county shall have adopted and filed with the commission its resolution electing to receive reimbursement of its costs of relocation pursuant to this section in lieu of Section 67-8-18 NMSA 1978 and of any other statute of this state that may provide the same or similar reimbursement relief to cities, towns, villages and counties with respect to relocations in t

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reimbursement for cost of relocation. A. Under the provisions of this section, the commission shall reimburse cities, towns, villages and counties for cost of relocation of municipally or county owned utility facilities where relocation is required because of the construction or repair of any public state highway or interstate system in the city or county, town or village, provided only that the governing body of the municipality or county shall have adopted and filed with the commission its resolution electing to receive reimbursement of its costs of relocation pursuant to this section in lieu of Section 67-8-18 NMSA 1978 and of any other statute of this state that may provide the same or similar reimbursement relief to cities, towns, villages and counties with respect to relocations in the interstate system. B. Notwithstanding any other provision of Sections 67-8-15 through 67-8-21 NMSA 1978, the commission may pay the cost of relocation of utilities owned by special districts, counties or municipalities located within the right of way of public highways on the state highway system when the relocation is required by the state highway and transportation department, provided that the special district, county or municipality can demonstrate, pursuant to rules promulgated by the commission, that the special district, county or municipality is financially unable to pay the cost of relocation. As used in this section, "special district" means any single or multipurpose district organized or that may be organized as a local public body of this state for the purpose of constructing and furnishing any urban-oriented service that another political subdivision of the state is authorized to perform, including but not limited to the services of water for domestic, commercial or industrial uses, sewage, garbage, refuse collection and recreation, but excluding the functions or services of drainage, irrigation, reclamation, soil and water conservation or flood control.

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