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
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 3-18-4 - Buildings; construct, purchase, rehabilitate, care for.
Section 3-18-6 - Building construction and restrictions; establishing fire zones.
Section 3-18-10 - Power of eminent domain; purposes; proceedings.
Section 3-18-11 - Fire prevention and protection; insurance for volunteer firemen.
Section 3-18-12 - Food and merchandise; regulation and inspection.
Section 3-18-13 - Industrial nuisances and nauseous locations; regulation and prohibition.
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 3-18-19 - Park and recreation construction authorized.
Section 3-18-20 - Police ordinances; county jails.
Section 3-18-21 - Railroads; street railroads; crossings.
Section 3-18-23 - 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.