The board shall meet with the county commissioners and advise them on all matters concerning the offices of county officials and on all matters concerning administration of public matters of the county. Each member of the board shall familiarize himself with all matters of a public nature in his respective county, and each member of the advisory board shall make suggestions and recommendations for more efficient administration of county finances, county government or any other function of the county. The advisory board shall encourage cooperation between various county officials and bring about mediation when several county officials fail or neglect to cooperate in exercising their duties whenever the lack of cooperation becomes detrimental to the efficiency of county government.
History: 1953 Comp., § 15-37-38, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 239, § 2.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 38 - Board of County Commissioners
Section 4-38-1 - [Exercise of county powers.]
Section 4-38-2 - Members; quorum.
Section 4-38-3 - Residence in districts; period for districting; election at large.
Section 4-38-6 - Election; term.
Section 4-38-7 - [Holding office until successor is qualified.]
Section 4-38-11 - [Chairman; powers and duties.]
Section 4-38-12 - [Seal; sessions to be public; rules and regulations.]
Section 4-38-13 - [Powers; property belonging to county.]
Section 4-38-13.1 - County equipment and property; permitted uses.
Section 4-38-13.2 - Legislative findings; community value.
Section 4-38-14 - [County appropriation for state fair authorized.]
Section 4-38-15 - [Agent of county having charge of county exhibit at state fair; appointment.]
Section 4-38-16 - [Accounts; county buildings; taxation.]
Section 4-38-17 - Tax levy for county general purposes; allocation.
Section 4-38-17.1 - Tax levies authorization; procedures; health purposes.
Section 4-38-18 - [Management in general.]
Section 4-38-24 - Powers over highways.
Section 4-38-26 - [Streets in unincorporated county seats.]
Section 4-38-27 - [Receipts and expenditures; publication of report.]
Section 4-38-28 - [Payments without authority; liability of commissioners.]
Section 4-38-29 - [Approving unauthorized account; penalty; recovery of money.]
Section 4-38-30 - [Neglect of duty; penalty.]
Section 4-38-31 - [Establishment of airports.]
Section 4-38-32 - Eminent domain power for acquiring airports.
Section 4-38-33 - [Eminent domain power over land contiguous and adjacent to airport.]
Section 4-38-34 - [Joint county-municipal operation of airports.]
Section 4-38-35 - [Federal aid for airports; gifts.]
Section 4-38-36 - [Power to issue bonds for airports.]
Section 4-38-37 - [Procedure for issuing bonds for airports.]
Section 4-38-38 - Creation of county advisory boards.
Section 4-38-39 - Duties of board.
Section 4-38-40 - Executive committee.