2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 3 - Auditoriums
Section 5-3-3 - [Auditorium revenue bonds; mortgage or lien to secure payment.]

Whenever it shall be declared necessary by the governing body, by ordinance duly adopted, as hereinafter provided, municipalities are hereby authorized to make and issue revenue bonds, payable solely out of the net income to be derived from the operation of an auditorium, and to pledge irrevocably, such income to the payment thereof, and to execute a mortgage or other lien upon the auditorium premises to secure the payment of said bonds.
History: Laws 1935, ch. 51, art. 1, § 3; 1941 Comp., § 6-303; 1953 Comp., § 6-3-3.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Section contemplates special fund arising solely from sources separate and apart from general taxation and that the site upon which the auditorium would rest should not be acquired by purchase or otherwise with funds arising in whole or in part from general taxation. Wiggs v. City of Albuquerque, 1952-NMSC-013, 56 N.M. 214, 242 P.2d 865.
"Debt" within constitutional prohibition created. — The mortgage lien on municipal auditoriums declared by this section creates a "debt" within the prohibition found in N.M. Const., art. IX, § 12, except as the creation of same may have received an approving vote by referendum. Wiggs v. City of Albuquerque, 1952-NMSC-013, 56 N.M. 214, 242 P.2d 865.

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