Within five days after the filing of the petition, the presiding officer of the governing body shall appoint a charter commission or the governing body of a municipality may appoint a charter commission upon its own initiative at any time. The charter commission shall consist of not less than seven members, no more than a simple majority shall belong to the same political party. The charter commission shall prepare a charter providing for the government of the municipality and shall complete the proposed charter and file it with the clerk of the municipality within one hundred eighty days from the date of its appointment. The commission shall select its own chairman.
History: 1953 Comp., § 14-14-3, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 1971, ch. 118, § 5.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 15 - Municipal Charters
Section 3-15-2 - Qualified electors may adopt charter.
Section 3-15-4 - Petition; submission to voters; frequency of elections; withdrawal of signatures.
Section 3-15-5 - Charter commission; appointment; number; qualifications; duties.
Section 3-15-6 - Gratuitous service by committee; expenses.
Section 3-15-7 - Charter; provisions; restrictions; prior legislation.
Section 3-15-8 - Boundaries; prior rights and property; saving clause.
Section 3-15-9 - Special election on adoption of charter.
Section 3-15-10 - Qualifications of voters; ballots; conduct of election; effect of adoption.
Section 3-15-11 - First election of officers; time; law governing.
Section 3-15-12 - Filing and recording certified copies of charter.
Section 3-15-13 - Charter controls when statute is inconsistent; statutory interpretation.
Section 3-15-14 - Petitions; qualifications of signers; contents.
Section 3-15-15 - Publication of proposed charter.
Section 3-15-16 - Amendment or repeal of charter; alternate methods.