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Article 1 - Highway Department Organization
Section 67-1-1 - Short title. - This act [67-1-1 to 67-1-3 NMSA 1978] may be cited...
Section 67-1-2 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1983, ch. 100, § 1, repeals 67-1-2...
Section 67-1-3 - Effective date. - The effective date of the provisions of the Highway Department...
Article 2 - General Provisions
Section 67-2-1 - [Public highways; definition.] - All roads and highways, except private roads, established in pursuance...
Section 67-2-2 - [Maintenance and repair by counties.] - All public highways, except such as are owned and operated...
Section 67-2-3 - Post roads and mail routes declared to be public roads. - Where as the congress of the United States has declared...
Section 67-2-4 - Definitions. - As used in Chapter 67 NMSA 1978: A. "state highway"...
Section 67-2-5 - [Rights-of-way vest in state after use as highway for a year.] - When any state highway in the state of New Mexico,...
Section 67-2-6 - Abandonment, vacation and reverter of public roads, streets and highways. - Property or property rights acquired by purchase or condemnation by...
Section 67-2-7 - Petition for determination of abandonment or vacation. - Any owner of lands abutting any highway, street or road,...
Article 3 - State Transportation Commission
Section 67-3-1 - Reimbursement of state transportation commissioners. - The members of the state transportation commission shall receive per...
Section 67-3-2 - State transportation commissioners; number; appointment; powers; term of office; bond. - A. The state transportation commission shall consist of six members...
Section 67-3-3 - State transportation commission districts; one member appointed from each district; residence requirements. - A. There are created six state transportation commission districts as...
Section 67-3-4 - Method and time of appointment of commissioners. - A. The governor shall submit the names of the commissioners...
Section 67-3-5 - Removal of commissioners. - The state transportation commission, appointed by the governor and confirmed...
Section 67-3-6 - Creation of department of transportation. - A department of government within the executive branch to be...
Section 67-3-7 - Secretary of transportation; appointment; qualifications; bond. - A. The department shall be under the control of an...
Section 67-3-8 - Powers and duties of secretary. - The secretary shall: A. serve as the chief staff officer...
Section 67-3-8.1 - Secretary; authority to enter into intergovernmental agreement; gasoline tax sharing agreement; qualified tribe. - A. The secretary may enter into an intergovernmental agreement that...
Section 67-3-8.2 - Secretary; authority to sell or otherwise dispose of property or property interest. - A. In the event the department acquires by condemnation or...
Section 67-3-8.3 - Disposition of surplus personal property or materials. - A. The department may donate available surplus personal property or...
Section 67-3-9 - [Office.] - That the said state highway commission and the state highway...
Section 67-3-10 - Meetings; oaths; seal; policy. - It is the duty of the state transportation commission to...
Section 67-3-11 - Rule-making power. - The state transportation commission is hereby authorized to make all...
Section 67-3-12 - Powers and duties. - In addition to the powers now conferred upon it by...
Section 67-3-13 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1989, ch. 117, § 3A repeals 67-3-13...
Section 67-3-14 - State transportation commission; powers and duties; road funds. - A. The state transportation commission has charge of all policy...
Section 67-3-15 - [Duty to advise towns, villages and counties; highway system for state.] - The commission shall, when requested, advise towns, villages and counties...
Section 67-3-16 - [General duty to construct, repair and maintain highways.] - It shall be the duty of such commission to construct,...
Section 67-3-17 - Snow removal from designated skiing area parking facilities. - The state transportation commission is hereby authorized and empowered to...
Section 67-3-18 - [Skiing area with parking facilities; rejection of snow removal services.] - The person in control of the skiing area, with parking...
Section 67-3-19 - Duty to repair and maintain state park roads, bridges and parking areas. - It is the duty of the state transportation commission to...
Section 67-3-20 - El Camino Real; supervision and control. - The system of highways established by Sections 67-9-2 through 67-9-5...
Section 67-3-21 - [Investigations and experiments; reports; cooperation of state educational institutions; costs; publications.] - The commission shall conduct such investigations and experiments as in...
Section 67-3-22 - State transportation commission; annual report. - The state transportation commission shall, on or before the first...
Section 67-3-23 - Secretary of transportation; appointment. - The governor shall appoint a secretary of transportation, with the...
Section 67-3-24 - Employees; appointment; compensation. - The secretary, with the consent and approval of the state...
Section 67-3-25 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1978, ch. 166, § 17, repeals 55-2-17,...
Section 67-3-26 - Duties of secretary; disbursement of state road fund. - The secretary shall have charge of all records of the...
Section 67-3-27 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1989, ch. 117, § 3B repeals 67-3-27...
Section 67-3-28 - Cooperation with the state, municipalities, counties, school districts, adjoining states and federal agencies. - The department may enter into cooperative agreements with any branch,...
Section 67-3-28.1 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1989, ch. 63, § 1 repeals 67-3-28.1...
Section 67-3-28.2 - Local governments road fund created; uses. - A. There is created in the state treasury the "local...
Section 67-3-28.3 - Secretary of highway and transportation; counties; public roads maintained by counties; duties. - A. The board of county commissioners of each of the...
Section 67-3-29 - Department personnel; county and municipal road technical assistance. - The state transportation commission may establish and maintain within the...
Section 67-3-30 - Counties authorized to contract with commission; insufficient funds; exemption from Bateman Act. - The boards of county commissioners of the respective counties of...
Section 67-3-31 - County roads; improvement or construction; state aid; duties of state highway engineer. - Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county desires...
Section 67-3-32 - Cooperative agreements; preference. - In entering into cooperative agreements pursuant to Section 67-3-28 NMSA...
Section 67-3-33 - Assent to federal rural post road acts; pledge of state's good faith; expenditures. - The legislature of New Mexico hereby assents to the provisions...
Section 67-3-34 - Federal aid road project; document execution. - Whenever a federal aid road project has been approved by...
Section 67-3-35 - Auditor; appointment; duties; bond. - The secretary, by and with the approval of the state...
Section 67-3-36 - Acquisition of rights of way; duty of county and district attorney. - Except as provided in Section 67-3-37 NMSA 1978, the rights...
Section 67-3-37 - Acquisition of rights of way for interstate system; primary system; secondary system; payment. - A. In the acquisition of property or property rights deemed...
Section 67-3-38 - Action by state transportation commission. - When the state transportation commission secures property or property rights...
Section 67-3-39 - Waiver of immunity. - Nothing contained herein shall be construed as waiving the state's...
Section 67-3-40 - Control of state highways; maintenance costs. - The state transportation commission shall have full control over all...
Section 67-3-41 - Highway maintenance contracts with counties; failure of county to maintain; utility lines. - All state highways constructed and improved under the provisions of...
Section 67-3-42 - Bridges considered part of highway. - For the purposes of Chapter 67 NMSA 1978, necessary bridges,...
Section 67-3-43 - Road work; bid advertising; restrictions; rejection; bond. - The state highway department may construct, reconstruct and maintain all...
Section 67-3-45 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1981, ch. 127, § 20, repeals 67-3-44...
Section 67-3-46 - Rental of equipment; bids not required in emergencies; bid procedure; restrictions. - In cases of emergency where a state highway is rendered...
Section 67-3-47 - [Contracts for state aid roads; execution; restrictions.] - That every contract for highway improvement upon state roads or...
Section 67-3-48 - Partial payments on road contracts; progress estimates; limitation; division of amounts. - Partial payments may be made on any contract for highway...
Section 67-3-49 - Claims of highway contractor's creditors; state highway suspense fund. - Whenever, after the completion of any contract for the construction,...
Section 67-3-50 - Account closing; nonliability. - Upon transfer of the funds as provided in Section 67-3-49...
Section 67-3-51 - [Restrictions on disbursements from suspense fund.] - The monies in said "state highway suspense fund" shall be...
Section 67-3-52 - Payment from state highway suspense fund. - Upon the delivery to the department of finance and administration...
Section 67-3-53 - [Reversion of suspense fund balances.] - If any monies remain in said "state highway suspense fund"...
Section 67-3-54 - Flight strips, airport and access roads; contracts with federal government; secretary. - The state transportation commission is hereby authorized to enter into...
Section 67-3-55 - Flight strips, airports and access roads; bidding procedures; bond. - The state transportation commission may construct, reconstruct or maintain any...
Section 67-3-56 - State transportation commission; power to acquire land for flight strip, airport or access thereto. - The state transportation commission is hereby authorized and empowered to...
Section 67-3-57 - Annual appropriation; purposes. - There is hereby appropriated for each of the thirty-fifth and...
Section 67-3-58 - Allotment of appropriation. - From the money appropriated in Section 67-3-57 NMSA 1978, the...
Section 67-3-59 - [Balances; continuation of appropriation.] - All monies hereby appropriated for any fiscal year or any...
Section 67-3-59.1 - State highway debentures; issuance; limits; approval; coupons. - A. In order to provide funds to finance state highway...
Section 67-3-59.2 - Highway infrastructure fund created; purpose. - A. The "highway infrastructure fund" is created in the state...
Section 67-3-59.3 - State transportation project bonds; issuance; procedures; approval. - A. In order to provide funds to finance state transportation...
Section 67-3-59.4 - State transportation project bonds; authorization and appropriation; priorities; criteria; reports. - A. It is the intent of the legislature to authorize...
Section 67-3-60 - Bypasses and relocation projects; expenditure of highway funds; purpose. - The purpose of Sections 67-3-60 and 67-3-61 NMSA 1978 is...
Section 67-3-61 - Limitation of expenditures of highway funds for construction of highway bypasses. - No expenditure or contract for the expenditure of state public...
Section 67-3-62 - Provisions for pedestrian, bicycle and equestrian traffic required. - A. No expenditure or contract for the expenditure of state...
Section 67-3-63 - Construction and maintenance of footpaths, bicycle lanes and bridle paths; expenditure of funds authorized. - A. The state transportation commission is authorized to expend as...
Section 67-3-64 - Ramps for handicapped required. - Whenever any curbing on a public street, road or highway...
Section 67-3-65 - State road fund created. - The "state road fund" is created within the state treasury,...
Section 67-3-65.1 - State road fund distribution. - The amounts distributed to the state road fund pursuant to...
Section 67-3-66 - Motor vehicle department [division] fees imposed by regulation; revenue disposition. - All revenues from all fees imposed by the motor vehicle...
Section 67-3-67 - Name. - This act [67-3-67 to 67-3-70 NMSA 1978] may be cited...
Section 67-3-68 - Purpose and interpretation. - It is the intent of the legislature to assign to...
Section 67-3-69 - Power to state highway and transportation department. - In addition to the power and authority elsewhere granted to...
Section 67-3-70 - Use of appropriated funds. - The department may expend such portion of its appropriated funds...
Section 67-3-71 - State highway and transportation department; power to acquire property for transportation systems; power of eminent domain. - The state highway and transportation department may: A. acquire property...
Section 67-3-71.1 - Right-of-way agreements; Navajo Nation; terms. - A. When acquiring a right of way for a public...
Section 67-3-72 - Transportation bonds. - A. The state transportation commission may determine that interest or...
Section 67-3-73 - Transportation bonds; terms. - Transportation bonds issued by the state transportation commission: A. shall...
Section 67-3-74 - Refunding bonds. - A. Transportation bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of Section...
Section 67-3-75 - Transportation bonds eligible for investment. - Transportation bonds issued by the state transportation commission are securities...
Section 67-3-76 - Transportation bonds; exemption from taxation. - The construction, operation and maintenance of a transportation project by...
Section 67-3-77 - Definition. - As used in Chapter 67, Article 3 NMSA 1978, "transportation...
Section 67-3-78 - Transportation project fund created; planning and prioritization of funding transportation projects for counties, municipalities and Indian nations, tribes and pueblos. - A. The "transportation project fund" is created in the state...
Appendix - Appendix to Article 3 - State Highway Bonds The following laws have authorized the issuance...
Article 4 - County Highways in General
Section 67-4-1 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1989, ch. 117, § 3C repeals 67-4-1...
Section 67-4-2 - [County commissioners succeed to powers and duties of county road superintendents.] - Until the legislature shall otherwise provide the several boards of...
Section 67-4-3 - [County road superintendent; employment; powers.] - The board of county commissioners of any county in this...
Section 67-4-4 - County road contracts with state transportation commission. - The board of county commissioners of any county in this...
Section 67-4-5 - [Road districts; establishment; road supervisor; appointment; powers.] - A. The board of county commissioners of any county in...
Section 67-4-6 - [Disbursements from road and bridge fund; county road superintendent's plan.] - In those counties where the county road superintendent's plan is...
Section 67-4-7 - Disbursements from road fund; state transportation commission plan. - In those counties where the state transportation commission plan is...
Section 67-4-8 - [Disbursements from road and bridge fund; road supervisor's plan.] - In those counties where the road supervisor's plan is adopted,...
Section 67-4-9 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1991, ch. 249, § 1 repeals 67-4-9...
Section 67-4-10 - Budget contents; limitations. - The budget provided for in Section 67-4-9 NMSA 1978 shall...
Section 67-4-11 - Unlawful to transfer money from county road and bridge fund to any other county fund. - It shall be unlawful to transfer any moneys from the...
Section 67-4-12 - Rights of way; road location changes. - A. Rights of way deemed necessary by the board of...
Section 67-4-13 - Road maintenance; insufficiency of state funds. - All county roads and bridges shall be maintained at the...
Section 67-4-14 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1991, ch. 249, § 1 repeals 67-4-14...
Section 67-4-15 - [Violation of 67-4-3 to 67-4-16 NMSA 1978; penalty; disposition of fines.] - Any person or officer refusing to comply with the provisions...
Section 67-4-16 - [Misuse of funds and other violations; liability on bond; removal from office.] - Any public official who shall divert or misuse any county...
Section 67-4-17 - [Cooperative agreements with federal government.] - The boards of county commissioners of the several counties are...
Section 67-4-18 - [Portion of proceeds of tax levies paid to municipalities.] - From and after the time this act shall take effect,...
Section 67-4-19 - [Municipal "street paving and improvement fund"; purposes for which used.] - All moneys received by treasurers of cities, towns and villages...
Section 67-4-20 - Local county roads; assessment for maintenance; lien. - A. Any board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution...
Section 67-4-21 - County lien; filing; contents; interest. - A. The county treasurer shall file in the office of...
Section 67-4-22 - Effect of filing notice of lien. - After the filing of the notice of the lien in...
Section 67-4-23 - Manner of releasing lien. - The county treasurer may release a lien against any specific...
Section 67-4-24 - County lien; foreclosure; joinder of defendants; complaint; several judgment; lien recitals as prima facie evidence; attorney fee. - A. The county may, in a single suit, foreclose the...
Article 5 - Vacation, Alteration and Establishment of County Roads and Bridges
Section 67-5-1 - [County bridges, township and section lines are parts of public highways; width.] - County bridges are parts of public highways and must not...
Section 67-5-2 - [Width of public highways.] - All public highways laid out in this state shall be...
Section 67-5-3 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1991, ch. 249, § 1 repeals 67-5-3...
Section 67-5-4 - [Discontinuance; procedure; viewers; county-line roads.] - Whenever, in the opinion of the board of county commissioners...
Section 67-5-5 - [Alteration or establishment; petition; contents.] - The board of county commissioners may alter, widen or change...
Section 67-5-6 - Establish rights-of-way. - The board of county commissioners, in their respective counties, may...
Section 67-5-7 - [Petitioners' deposit or bond covering viewing expense.] - The petitioners shall deposit with the county clerk of the...
Section 67-5-8 - [Proposed county-line roads; petitions; viewers; opening and maintaining.] - If any proposed highway be on the county line between...
Section 67-5-9 - [Viewers for proposed alteration or establishment; appointment; notice of time and place for viewing; posting.] - It shall be the duty of the board of county...
Section 67-5-10 - [Warrants to viewers; contents.] - The county clerk shall issue a warrant directed to the...
Section 67-5-11 - [Service of warrants; return; refusal of viewer to serve; forfeiture.] - The sheriff of the proper county shall serve the warrant...
Section 67-5-12 - Laying out road; assessment for damages; survey. - The viewers shall meet at the time and place specified...
Section 67-5-13 - [Replacing road viewers.] - If any viewer duly appointed and served with warrant refuses...
Section 67-5-14 - [Report of viewers; contents; compensation.] - The viewers shall file a report of the view in...
Section 67-5-15 - [Consideration of viewer's report by county commissioners; additional data.] - The board of county commissioners at their next regular meeting,...
Section 67-5-16 - [Approval of road opening; recording viewers' report.] - If the board of county commissioners determine [determines] to open...
Section 67-5-17 - [Notice of road opening; prerequisites; posting.] - The board of county commissioners having considered the report of...
Section 67-5-18 - [Damages exceeding benefits; persons under disability.] - If the damages assessed to any person or persons by...
Section 67-5-19 - [Determination of damages on appeal to district court.] - If any person or persons be of the opinion that...
Section 67-5-20 - [Establishment on petition of all owners.] - Whenever a petition shall be presented to the board of...
Section 67-5-21 - [Private roads; procedure for establishment.] - The matter of laying out any private wagon road from...
Article 6 - County Highways and Bridge Bonds
Section 67-6-1 - [Bond issue by county commissioners; limitation.] - Subject to the provisions of this article the boards of...
Section 67-6-2 - [Aggregate amount; denominations; interest; date of maturity; prior redemption.] - Said bonds may be issued in the aggregate amount to...
Section 67-6-3 - [Petition for bond issue; election call; ballots.] - Whenever there shall be filed with the board of county...
Section 67-6-4 - [Election on bond issue; conduct; returns; limitation on frequency.] - The election herein provided for shall be held under the...
Section 67-6-5 - [Taxation; general fund; interest fund.] - There shall be collected annually, in the same manner and...
Section 67-6-6 - [County highway sinking fund; payment of bond principal and interest.] - The treasurer of any county issuing bonds as aforesaid shall...
Section 67-6-7 - [Proceeds of bonds; payment into county road fund.] - Immediately after the sale of bonds, as in this article...
Article 7 - Obstructions and Injuries to Highways
Section 67-7-1 - [Obstructing roads; penalties.] - It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person or persons...
Section 67-7-2 - [Obstructions and damage to highways and bridges prohibited.] - No person or persons shall erect any fence, house or...
Section 67-7-3 - [Fords; obstructions and damage; penalties; toll bridges prohibited.] - When any public road heretofore laid out or traveled as...
Section 67-7-4 - [Dams causing overflow or injuring bridges prohibited; damages; penalty.] - No person or persons, corporation or company, shall dam the...
Section 67-7-5 - [Fines; penalties; forfeitures; action of debt to recover.] - All fines, penalties and forfeitures incurred under any provisions of...
Section 67-7-6 - [Irrigation or drainage water overflowing highway; penalty.] - Any farmer, mayordomo of acequia or other person having charge...
Section 67-7-7 - [Water overflowing highway; liability for damages.] - Any farmer, mayordomo of acequia or other person having charge...
Section 67-7-8 - [Irrigation ditches crossing roads; bridges.] - If any person or persons, or mayordomos of acequias, should...
Section 67-7-9 - [Ditches; drains; flumes; bridges required; penalty.] - Any person or persons, corporation or company, owning or constructing...
Section 67-7-10 - Unlawful use of highways; penalties. - A. The public highways in the state are dedicated to...
Section 67-7-11 - [Arrest for violation; seizure of vehicle; fee.] - Sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables, marshals, police officers and all peace...
Article 8 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 67-8-1 - [Danger signals or lights for roads or bridges under construction.] - Hereafter any person, firm, association, copartnership, contractor or corporation engaged...
Section 67-8-2 - [Failure to install warnings; penalty.] - Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this...
Section 67-8-3 - [Fencing of roads on public lands; cost.] - Where any public road in this state passes over the...
Section 67-8-4 - [Direction signboards at road intersections; duty of county commissioners.] - It shall be the duty of the board of county...
Section 67-8-5 - [Replacement of direction signs.] - When an index board shall be removed or defaced the...
Section 67-8-6 - [Payment of direction sign expenses.] - The expenses of erecting and replacing such index boards shall...
Section 67-8-7 - [Defacing, disfiguring or destroying direction signs; penalty.] - It shall be unlawful to deface, disfigure, destroy or otherwise...
Section 67-8-8 - [Advertising signs adjoining public highways; definitions.] - The following words and phrases as used in this act...
Section 67-8-9 - [Advertising signs on or over public highway right-of-way outside incorporated cities prohibited.] - No person shall place, erect or maintain any advertising sign,...
Section 67-8-10 - [Restrictions on placing signs upon or over highway rights-of-way.] - No person shall place, erect or maintain any advertising sign,...
Section 67-8-11 - Signs placed in violation of act declared public nuisances. - Any sign, signboard or device erected, placed or maintained in...
Section 67-8-12 - [Officers charged with enforcement of act.] - The provisions of this act shall be enforced by the...
Section 67-8-13 - Wiring adjoining highway structures; permit required; application. - It is unlawful for any person, company or corporation to...
Section 67-8-14 - [Violation of wiring requirements; penalty.] - A violation of the above statute [67-8-13 NMSA 1978] shall...
Section 67-8-15 - Declaration of policy. - A. The construction of modern highways is necessary to promote...
Section 67-8-16 - Definitions. - As used in Sections 67-8-15 through 67-8-21 NMSA 1978: A....
Section 67-8-17 - Relocation of utility facilities authorized. - A. The commission may, after notice and hearing, by order...
Section 67-8-18 - State pays certain relocation costs. - A. In the following types of utility relocation ordered by...
Section 67-8-19 - Procedure; appeal. - A. All hearings held pursuant to this section shall be...
Section 67-8-20 - Nonapplicability of act. - A. This act [67-8-15 to 67-8-21 NMSA 1978] shall not...
Section 67-8-21 - Municipally or county owned utilities; special districts; reimbursement for cost of relocation. - A. Under the provisions of this section, the commission shall...
Section 67-8-22 - Remaining in rest areas and similar facilities; penalty. - A. No person shall remain, or willfully allow any property...
Section 67-8-23 - Additional cooperative agreements funding. - The department shall expend an additional two million dollars ($2,000,000)...
Article 9 - Scenic, Historical and Other State Highways
Section 67-9-1 - [Scenic highway from Santa Fe to Las Vegas; establishment; route.] - There is hereby established a public wagon road from the...
Section 67-9-2 - [El Camino Real; establishment; route.] - There is hereby established a public highway through the state...
Section 67-9-3 - [Construction and maintenance by cities and towns.] - In incorporated cities and towns along said public highway, the...
Section 67-9-4 - [Bridges and culverts; timber, stone or concrete.] - So far as practicable all bridges and culverts along said...
Section 67-9-5 - [Monuments; convict labor.] - At suitable points along said public highway, and at places...
Section 67-9-6 - Survey for western extension of [El] Camino Real. - The state transportation commission is hereby authorized to cause a...
Section 67-9-7 - Highways; United States route 66; dual designation. - All remaining portions of former United States route 66 under...
Section 67-9-8 - Temporary provision; highways; United States route 66; signs. - The state highway and transportation department shall conduct an inventory...
Article 10 - Toll Roads, Bridges and Ferries
Section 67-10-1 - [Construction and operating corporations; certificate and plat; franchise; extension.] - That whenever any three or more persons, residents of this...
Section 67-10-2 - Rates and tolls; appeals. - A corporation may, after the completion of a wagon road...
Section 67-10-3 - [Receipt of rates, tolls and charges; using tollway without payment; penalty.] - That any such corporation so constructing, keeping and maintaining any...
Section 67-10-4 - [Owners of toll road, bridge or ferry; liability in damages.] - That the corporation and the individual owners of any such...
Article 11 - Controlled-Access Facilities
Section 67-11-1 - Definition of a controlled-access facility. - As used in this act [67-11-1 to 67-11-10 NMSA 1978],...
Section 67-11-2 - Authority of state transportation commission. - The state transportation commission is authorized and directed to do...
Section 67-11-3 - Agreement to reroute streets or county highways. - The state transportation commission is authorized and directed to enter...
Section 67-11-4 - Design of controlled-access facility. - The highway authorities of the state or of any county,...
Section 67-11-5 - Acquisition of property and property rights. - For the purposes of Chapter 67, Article 11 NMSA 1978,...
Section 67-11-6 - Preference of condemnation cases. - Court proceedings necessary to acquire property or property rights for...
Section 67-11-7 - New or existing facilities; elimination of grade crossings. - The state highway commission, alone, or in agreement with any...
Section 67-11-8 - Authority of local units to enter into agreements. - The highway authorities of the state, city, county, town or...
Section 67-11-9 - Commercial enterprises or activities. - Commercial enterprises or activities may be conducted, permitted or authorized...
Section 67-11-10 - Unlawful use of controlled-access facilities; penalties. - A. It is unlawful for any person: (1) to drive...
Article 12 - Highway Beautification
Section 67-12-1 - Short title. - This act [67-12-1 to 67-12-14 NMSA 1978] may be cited...
Section 67-12-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Highway Beautification Act: A. "interstate system"...
Section 67-12-3 - Public policy. - In order to promote public safety, health, welfare, convenience and...
Section 67-12-4 - Outdoor advertising prohibited; exceptions. - A. Outdoor advertising shall not be erected or maintained except:...
Section 67-12-5 - Outdoor advertising; regulations; permits. - A. The commission may promulgate regulations concerning: (1) the definition...
Section 67-12-6 - Outdoor advertising; acquisition; compensation; removal. - A. The commission may acquire by agreement or condemnation all...
Section 67-12-7 - Outdoor advertising; safety rest areas; information centers. - In order to provide information in the specific interest of...
Section 67-12-8 - Leases, franchises or concessions to individuals for private commercial operation of tourist information centers prohibited; penalty. - A. The state highway department or any lessee of highway...
Section 67-12-9 - Junkyards; license required. - A. No person shall establish, operate or maintain a junkyard,...
Section 67-12-10 - Junkyards; screening; acquisition; removal; compensation. - A. The commission may screen, at its expense, any junkyard...
Section 67-12-11 - Junkyards; abatement of nuisance. - The establishment, operation or maintenance of any junkyard contrary to...
Section 67-12-12 - Powers of commission. - The commission may: A. promulgate regulations it deems necessary to...
Section 67-12-13 - Construction of act. - Nothing in the Highway Beautification Act affects the provisions of...
Section 67-12-14 - Acquisition of land for scenic beauty. - A. The commission may acquire and improve land necessary for...
Section 67-12-15 - Tree plantings along medians and public rights-of-way. - The commission shall, to the maximum extent practicable and with...
Article 13 - Scenic Highway Zoning
Section 67-13-1 - Short title. - This act [67-13-1 to 67-13-16 NMSA 1978] may be cited...
Section 67-13-2 - Legislative declaration. - It is declared as a matter of legislative determination that:...
Section 67-13-3 - Definitions. - As used in the Scenic Highway Zoning Act: A. "board"...
Section 67-13-4 - Creation of scenic highway zones. - The board of county commissioners of any county, through which...
Section 67-13-5 - Boundaries of scenic highway zones. - The boundaries of a scenic highway zone are limited to...
Section 67-13-6 - Board powers; delegation allowed. - All powers, rights, privileges and duties vested in or imposed...
Section 67-13-7 - Decision of board final. - The action and decision of the board as to all...
Section 67-13-8 - Administrative powers of board. - The board may make and pass resolutions, regulations, ordinances and...
Section 67-13-9 - Zoning authority. - A. For the purpose of promoting the health, safety and...
Section 67-13-10 - Zoning; regulations and restrictions; public hearings required; notice. - A. A county, within its jurisdiction, shall provide for the...
Section 67-13-11 - Appeals; grounds; stay of proceedings. - A. The board shall provide, by resolution, the procedure to...
Section 67-13-12 - Zoning; petition for review; restraining order. - A. A person aggrieved by a decision of the board...
Section 67-13-13 - Zoning enforcement. - A. The Scenic Highway Zoning Act, and any ordinance adopted...
Section 67-13-14 - Conflicts between zoning regulations and other laws. - If any other statute or regulation or any local ordinance...
Section 67-13-15 - Authority to contract. - A board may contract for staff assistance and the service...
Section 67-13-16 - Application of act. - Nothing in the Scenic Highway Zoning Act shall be construed...
Article 14 - Federal Exemptions from Removal of Signs on Federal-Aid Highways
Section 67-14-1 - Declaration of policy. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state of New...
Section 67-14-2 - Definitions. - As used in this act [67-14-1 to 67-14-3 NMSA 1978],...
Section 67-14-3 - Exemption procedures. - The state transportation commission, upon receipt of a declaration, petition,...
Article 15 - Clean Highways
Section 67-15-1 - Short title. - This act [67-15-1 to 67-15-4 NMSA 1978] may be cited...
Section 67-15-2 - Purpose of act; legislative findings. - A. The purpose of the Clean Highways Act is to...
Section 67-15-3 - State highway department; enforcement and administration duties. - The state highway department shall: A. establish within the department...
Section 67-15-4 - State highway department; additional powers. - The state highway department may: A. enter into agreements with...
Article 16 - Litter Control and Beautification
Section 67-16-1 - Short title. - Chapter 67, Article 16 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...
Section 67-16-2 - Legislative findings; purpose; intent. - A. The legislature finds that the proliferation and accumulation of...
Section 67-16-3 - Definitions. - As used in the Litter Control and Beautification Act: A....
Section 67-16-4 - New Mexico clean and beautiful advisory committee. - A. The "New Mexico clean and beautiful advisory committee" is...
Section 67-16-5 - Clean and beautiful program coordinator. - The department shall designate a clean and beautiful program coordinator...
Section 67-16-6 - Rules and regulations. - In addition to its other powers and duties, the department...
Section 67-16-7 - Measurement and evaluation. - The committee shall document and report on an annual basis...
Section 67-16-8 - Contracting with other agencies. - The department shall have authority to contract with other state...
Section 67-16-9 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1985, ch. 23, § 9; 2001, ch. 140,...
Section 67-16-10 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1985, ch. 23, § 10; 2001, ch. 140,...
Section 67-16-11 - Responsibility for removal of litter from receptacles. - The responsibility for removal of litter from receptacles placed at...
Section 67-16-12 - Further duties of department. - A. The department shall: (1) serve as the coordinating agency...
Section 67-16-13 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 2001, ch. 140, § 7 repeals 67-16-13...
Section 67-16-14 - Litter control and beautification fund; created; beautification fee. - The "litter control and beautification fund" is created in the...