New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 4 - Counties
Article 38 - Board of County Commissioners

Section 4-38-1 - [Exercise of county powers.] - The powers of a county as a body politic and...

Section 4-38-2 - Members; quorum. - A. The board of county commissioners shall consist of either...

Section 4-38-3 - Residence in districts; period for districting; election at large. - A. A county having a population greater than thirteen thousand,...

Section 4-38-5 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1991 (1st S.S.), ch. 5, § 3...

Section 4-38-6 - Election; term. - A. In each county all county commissioners shall be elected...

Section 4-38-7 - [Holding office until successor is qualified.] - Every person appointed county commissioner shall hold his office until...

Section 4-38-8 - Meetings. - The board of county commissioners shall meet, after notice as...

Section 4-38-9 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1897, ch. 60, § 16 [15]; C.L. 1897,...

Section 4-38-10 - Chairman. - A. The county commission shall select a chairman in a...

Section 4-38-11 - [Chairman; powers and duties.] - The chairman of said board shall have power to administer...

Section 4-38-12 - [Seal; sessions to be public; rules and regulations.] - Every board of county commissioners shall have a seal, or...

Section 4-38-13 - [Powers; property belonging to county.] - The board of county commissioners shall have power at any...

Section 4-38-13.1 - County equipment and property; permitted uses. - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of...

Section 4-38-13.2 - Legislative findings; community value. - The legislature finds that without the daily contributions and efforts...

Section 4-38-14 - [County appropriation for state fair authorized.] - That the county commissioners in each respective county of the...

Section 4-38-15 - [Agent of county having charge of county exhibit at state fair; appointment.] - That said county commissioners may appoint a qualified and suitable...

Section 4-38-16 - [Accounts; county buildings; taxation.] - To examine and settle all accounts of the receipts and...

Section 4-38-17 - Tax levy for county general purposes; allocation. - Boards of county commissioners are authorized to levy a tax...

Section 4-38-17.1 - Tax levies authorization; procedures; health purposes. - A. A board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution...

Section 4-38-18 - [Management in general.] - To represent the county and have the care of the...

Section 4-38-19 - County commissioners; employing deputies and employees; employing a county manager. - A. A board of county commissioners may set the salaries...

Section 4-38-20 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 15-37-17, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 4-38-21 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1876, ch. 1, § 15; C.L. 1884, §...

Section 4-38-22 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1876, ch. 1, § 28; C.L. 1884, §...

Section 4-38-23 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1876, ch. 1, § 32; C.L. 1884, §...

Section 4-38-24 - Powers over highways. - The board of county commissioners of each county shall have...

Section 4-38-25 - [Bridges.] - They may order and direct the construction of bridges and...

Section 4-38-26 - [Streets in unincorporated county seats.] - The boards of county commissioners in the unincorporated county seats...

Section 4-38-27 - [Receipts and expenditures; publication of report.] - The boards of county commissioners of their respective counties at...

Section 4-38-28 - [Payments without authority; liability of commissioners.] - All moneys, county warrants or other indebtedness paid out or...

Section 4-38-29 - [Approving unauthorized account; penalty; recovery of money.] - Any county commissioner who shall vote to approve any account,...

Section 4-38-30 - [Neglect of duty; penalty.] - If any one of the commissioners shall refuse or neglect...

Section 4-38-31 - [Establishment of airports.] - The boards of county commissioners of the various counties of...

Section 4-38-32 - Eminent domain power for acquiring airports. - Any property desired for use as an airport by counties...

Section 4-38-33 - [Eminent domain power over land contiguous and adjacent to airport.] - The power of eminent domain and right of condemnation granted...

Section 4-38-34 - [Joint county-municipal operation of airports.] - The boards of county commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered...

Section 4-38-35 - [Federal aid for airports; gifts.] - The respective boards of county commissioners are authorized and empowered...

Section 4-38-36 - [Power to issue bonds for airports.] - The boards of county commissioners of the various counties of...

Section 4-38-37 - [Procedure for issuing bonds for airports.] - The proceedings for calling, holding and canvassing the results of...

Section 4-38-38 - Creation of county advisory boards. - There is created a county advisory board in each county...

Section 4-38-39 - Duties of board. - The board shall meet with the county commissioners and advise...

Section 4-38-40 - Executive committee. - The county treasurer, county assessor and county clerk are ex...

Section 4-38-41 - Terms of members. - Terms of members of the county advisory boards in fourth...

Section 4-38-42 - Salary [; members of advisory board]. - In addition to salaries received as elective county officers, each...