New Mexico Statutes
Article 18 - Powers of Municipalities
Section 3-18-4 - Buildings; construct, purchase, rehabilitate, care for.

A municipality may construct, purchase, rehabilitate, care for and adopt rules and regulations for the management of public buildings.
History: 1953 Comp., § 14-17-3, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.
Cross references. — For authority to issue general obligation bonds, see 3-30-5 NMSA 1978.
For Joint City-County Building Law, see 5-5-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Buildings used for both governmental and proprietary functions, liability for tortious injury in or about, 64 A.L.R. 1545.
Public utility plant or interest therein, power of municipality to sell, lease or mortgage, 61 A.L.R.2d 595.
Liability of governmental entity to builder or developer for negligent issuance of building permit subsequently suspended or revoked, 41 A.L.R.4th 99.

Structure New Mexico Statutes

New Mexico Statutes

Chapter 3 - Municipalities

Article 18 - Powers of Municipalities

Section 3-18-1 - General powers; body politic and corporate powers.

Section 3-18-2 - Prohibition on municipal taxing power.

Section 3-18-3 - Animals.

Section 3-18-4 - Buildings; construct, purchase, rehabilitate, care for.

Section 3-18-5 - Dangerous buildings or debris; removal; notice; right of municipality to remove; lien.

Section 3-18-6 - Building construction and restrictions; establishing fire zones.

Section 3-18-7 - Additional county and municipal powers; flood and mudslide hazard areas; flood plain permits; land use control; jurisdiction; agreement.

Section 3-18-8 - Cemeteries.

Section 3-18-9 - Census.

Section 3-18-10 - Power of eminent domain; purposes; proceedings.

Section 3-18-11 - Fire prevention and protection; insurance for volunteer firemen.

Section 3-18-11.1 - Fingerprinting of fireman applicants required; authorization for municipality to communicate such information to the federal bureau of investigation.

Section 3-18-12 - Food and merchandise; regulation and inspection.

Section 3-18-13 - Industrial nuisances and nauseous locations; regulation and prohibition.

Section 3-18-14 - Municipal libraries; establishment; contract services; state publications; gifts and bequests.

Section 3-18-15 - Works of art; other works; acquisition and maintenance.

Section 3-18-16 - Markets and market places.

Section 3-18-17 - Nuisances and offenses; regulation or prohibition.

Section 3-18-18 - Parks.

Section 3-18-19 - Park and recreation construction authorized.

Section 3-18-20 - Police ordinances; county jails.

Section 3-18-21 - Railroads; street railroads; crossings.

Section 3-18-22 - Requirement for sanitary facilities; notice to owners; failure to comply; municipality to perform work; lien; interest.

Section 3-18-23 - Steam boiler inspection.

Section 3-18-24 - Licensing and regulating secondhand and junk stores.

Section 3-18-25 - Water systems; sewers; assessments.

Section 3-18-26 - Toll bridges.

Section 3-18-27 - Trees and shrubs.

Section 3-18-28 - Municipal employees' retirement system.

Section 3-18-29 - [Foreign-trade zones.]

Section 3-18-30 - Parking citations; certain municipalities; administrative cost assessment.

Section 3-18-31 - Sale of gasoline; authority of the municipality.

Section 3-18-32 - Limitation of county and municipal restrictions on solar collectors.