A. Any public agency receiving a request from the board of county commissioners for an opinion and any Indian nation, tribe or pueblo that chooses to submit an opinion pursuant to Section 47-6-11 NMSA 1978 shall furnish the board with the requested opinion within the time period set forth in Subsection A of Section 47-6-22 NMSA 1978. The board of county commissioners shall furnish the appropriate public agency and Indian nation, tribe or pueblo with all relevant information that the board has received from the subdivider on the subject for which the board is seeking an opinion. If the public agency or Indian nation, tribe or pueblo does not have sufficient information upon which to base an opinion, the public agency or Indian nation, tribe or pueblo shall notify the board of this fact.
B. All opinion requests mailed by the board of county commissioners shall be by certified mail, return receipt requested. Boards of county commissioners delivering opinion requests shall obtain receipts showing the day the opinion request was received by the particular public agency or Indian nation, tribe or pueblo.
History: 1953 Comp., § 70-5-20, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 348, § 20; 1995, ch. 212, § 21; 2009, ch. 65, § 3.
The 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, in Subsection A, added "and any Indian nation, tribe or pueblo that chooses to submit an opinion"; and in Subsections A and B, added "and Indian nation, tribe or pueblo".
The 1995 amendment, effective July 1, 1996, substituted "Public" for "State" in the section heading and throughout the section and substituted the language beginning "pursuant to" for "on water, water quality, liquid or solid waste disposal adequacy, terrain management or highway access shall furnish the board with the requested opinion" at the end of the first sentence in Subsection A.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 6 - County Subdivisions
Section 47-6-3 - Final plat; description.
Section 47-6-4 - Final plat acknowledgment; affidavit.
Section 47-6-5 - Dedication for public use; maintenance.
Section 47-6-6 - Filing with county clerk; duties of county clerk.
Section 47-6-7 - Vacation of plats; approval; duties of county clerk; effect.
Section 47-6-8 - Requirements prior to sale, lease or other conveyance.
Section 47-6-9 - Subdivision regulation; county authority.
Section 47-6-9.1 - Merger of contiguous parcels; prohibition.
Section 47-6-10 - County subdivision regulations; hearings; appeal.
Section 47-6-11 - Preliminary plat approval; summary review.
Section 47-6-11.1 - Expiration of preliminary plat.
Section 47-6-11.2 - Water permit required for final plat approval.
Section 47-6-11.3 - Approval of final plats.
Section 47-6-14 - Public hearings on preliminary plats.
Section 47-6-16 - Succeeding subdivisions.
Section 47-6-18 - Advertising standards.
Section 47-6-19 - Road development.
Section 47-6-20 - Public agencies required to provide counties with information.
Section 47-6-21 - Information reports.
Section 47-6-22 - Time limit on administrative action.
Section 47-6-23 - Right of inspection; rescission.
Section 47-6-24 - Schedule of compliance.
Section 47-6-25 - Suspension of right of sale.
Section 47-6-25.1 - Attorney general; district attorneys; investigation.
Section 47-6-26 - Injunctive relief; mandamus.
Section 47-6-27 - Criminal penalties.
Section 47-6-27.1 - Private remedies.
Section 47-6-27.2 - Approval necessary for utility connection.