In addition to the other purposes for which a city may appropriate property, a city shall have the right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property which it may deem necessary for its purposes under the Municipal Housing Law after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described therein is necessary for such purposes. A city may exercise the power of eminent domain hereunder in the manner provided by the laws of the state of New Mexico, and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto; or it may exercise the power of eminent domain hereunder in the manner provided by any other applicable statutory provisions for the exercise of the power of eminent domain. Title to property so acquired shall be taken in the name of the city.
History: 1953 Comp., § 14-46-8, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.
Cross references. — For condemnation proceedings, see 42A-1-1 et seq.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 40 Am. Jur. 2d Housing Laws and Urban Redevelopment § 22.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 45 - Municipal Housing
Section 3-45-1 - Municipal Housing Law; short title.
Section 3-45-2 - Finding and declaration of necessity.
Section 3-45-5 - Creation of authority.
Section 3-45-6 - Prohibited actions.
Section 3-45-7 - Removal of commissioners.
Section 3-45-8 - Eminent domain.
Section 3-45-9 - Operation not for profit.
Section 3-45-10 - Sales, rentals and tenant selection.
Section 3-45-12 - Form and sale of bonds; interest on certain obligations.
Section 3-45-13 - Provisions of bonds and trust indentures.
Section 3-45-14 - Construction of bond provisions.
Section 3-45-15 - Certification of attorney general.
Section 3-45-16 - Remedies of an obligee.
Section 3-45-17 - Additional remedies conferrable to an obligee.
Section 3-45-18 - Exemption of property from execution sale.
Section 3-45-19 - Exemption of property from taxation.
Section 3-45-20 - Aid from state or federal government.
Section 3-45-21 - Cooperation in undertaking housing projects or affordable housing programs.
Section 3-45-22 - Procedure for exercising powers.
Section 3-45-23 - Supplemental nature of the Municipal Housing Law.
Section 3-45-24 - Housing bonds; legal investments; security; negotiable.