§ 73-11-18 — [Lands contiguous to municipality; exception from

improvement district.] All provisions contained in Section 17 as herein amended, Sections 18 and 19 and 21 of Chapter 39 of Session Laws of 1921 and Section 20 [73-11-13 to 73-11-17 NMSA 1978] as herein amended shall be understood and construed as applying to agricultural lands lying wholly outside of the boundaries, and not subject to any of the provisions, of a local improvement district formed for the betterment, improvement or protection of lands within and contiguous to the corporation [corporate] limits of a municipality and which naturally are or would be included in the local improvement district of such municipality nor shall local improvement districts within the meaning and intent of this act [73-11-13, 73-11-16, 73-11-18 NMSA 1978] be held to cover lands within and contiguous to the corporate limits of a municipality, town or village whether such lands be or may not be agricultural lands subject to or in a state of cultivation but which geographically are so located as to share in the benefits of any improvement or protection works planned or built by the municipality.

Legislative History

Laws 1931, ch. 80, § 3; 1941 Comp., § 77-2318; 1953 Comp., § 75-24-18.