A board by resolution or a council by ordinance shall authorize the issuance by the municipality, upon the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members of the governing body present and constituting a quorum, of any general obligation bond series upon being authorized so to do by the electors of the municipality voting thereon, as provided in Chapter 5, Article 5 NMSA 1978 in detail, or the issuance by the municipality or county, upon the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members of its governing body present and constituting a quorum, of any revenue bond series without necessarily being authorized at an election or by any other preliminaries.
History: 1953 Comp., § 6-9-11, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 300, § 11; 1977, ch. 28, § 4; 1983, ch. 198, § 1.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 5 - Municipalities and Counties
Article 5 - Joint City-County Building
Section 5-5-2 - Legislative declaration.
Section 5-5-4 - Jointly owned projects.
Section 5-5-5 - Powers of county and city.
Section 5-5-6 - Agreements between county and city.
Section 5-5-7 - Borrowing money and securities evidencing loans.
Section 5-5-8 - Short-term notes.
Section 5-5-9 - Limitations upon incurring debts.
Section 5-5-10 - General obligation bond and debt elections.
Section 5-5-11 - Authorization of bonds.
Section 5-5-12 - Payment of bonds.
Section 5-5-13 - Municipality's limited liability on bonds and recital therein.
Section 5-5-14 - Incontestable recital in bonds.
Section 5-5-15 - Form of bonds.
Section 5-5-16 - Alternate bond form.
Section 5-5-17 - Execution of bonds.
Section 5-5-18 - Sale of bonds.
Section 5-5-19 - Application of proceeds.
Section 5-5-20 - Covenants in bond proceedings.
Section 5-5-21 - Remedies of bondholders.
Section 5-5-23 - Revenue bond charges.
Section 5-5-24 - Pledging of occupation taxes.
Section 5-5-25 - Exemption from taxation.