A. The board of county commissioners of each of the respective counties shall by May 1, 1988 and by April 1 of every year thereafter certify reports to the secretary of highway and transportation of the total mileage of public roads maintained by each county as of May 1, 1988, and by [as of] April 1 of every year thereafter [, of that year]; provided that in their reports the boards of county commissioners shall identify each of the public roads maintained by them by name, route and location. By July 1 of every year, the secretary of highway and transportation shall verify the reports of the counties and revise, if necessary, the total mileage of public roads maintained by each county and the mileage verified by the secretary of highway and transportation shall be the official mileage of public roads maintained by each county. After August 1, 1988, no distribution of amounts to any county for road purposes shall be made until that county has certified mileages to the secretary of highway and transportation in accordance with this section.
B. If a county has not made the required mileage certification pursuant to this section by May 1, 1988 and by April 1 of every year thereafter, the secretary of highway and transportation shall estimate the mileage maintained by those counties for the purpose of making distribution to all counties, and the amount calculated to be distributed each month to those counties not certifying mileage shall be reduced by one-third each month for that fiscal year and that amount not distributed to those counties shall be distributed equally to all counties which have certified mileages.
History: 1978 Comp., § 67-3-28.3, enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 347, § 22; 1988, ch. 106, § 3.
Bracketed material. — The brackets in the first sentence in Subsection A have been added by the compiler for clarity and to indicate apparent surplusage following the amendment of this section by Laws 1988, ch. 106, § 3. The bracketed material was not enacted by the legislature and it is not part of the law.
The 1988 amendment, effective May 18, 1988, designated the existing provisions of the section as Subsection A; substituted "Secretary of highway and transportation" for "Chief highway administrator" in the catchline; in Subsection A, substituted "May 1, 1988 and by April 1 of every year thereafter" for "August 1, 1987 and by August 1 of every odd-numbered year thereafter" and "May 1, 1988, and by April 1 of every year thereafter" for "January 1" in the first sentence, substituted "By July 1 of every year" for "By December 1, 1987 and December 1 of every odd-numbered year thereafter" in the second sentence, and substituted "August 1, 1988" for "July 1, 1988", in the last sentence; deleted the former last sentence regarding mileage estimates; and added Subsection B.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 3 - State Transportation Commission
Section 67-3-1 - Reimbursement of state transportation commissioners.
Section 67-3-4 - Method and time of appointment of commissioners.
Section 67-3-5 - Removal of commissioners.
Section 67-3-6 - Creation of department of transportation.
Section 67-3-7 - Secretary of transportation; appointment; qualifications; bond.
Section 67-3-8 - Powers and duties of secretary.
Section 67-3-8.3 - Disposition of surplus personal property or materials.
Section 67-3-10 - Meetings; oaths; seal; policy.
Section 67-3-11 - Rule-making power.
Section 67-3-12 - Powers and duties.
Section 67-3-14 - State transportation commission; powers and duties; road funds.
Section 67-3-15 - [Duty to advise towns, villages and counties; highway system for state.]
Section 67-3-16 - [General duty to construct, repair and maintain highways.]
Section 67-3-17 - Snow removal from designated skiing area parking facilities.
Section 67-3-18 - [Skiing area with parking facilities; rejection of snow removal services.]
Section 67-3-19 - Duty to repair and maintain state park roads, bridges and parking areas.
Section 67-3-20 - El Camino Real; supervision and control.
Section 67-3-22 - State transportation commission; annual report.
Section 67-3-23 - Secretary of transportation; appointment.
Section 67-3-24 - Employees; appointment; compensation.
Section 67-3-26 - Duties of secretary; disbursement of state road fund.
Section 67-3-28.2 - Local governments road fund created; uses.
Section 67-3-29 - Department personnel; county and municipal road technical assistance.
Section 67-3-32 - Cooperative agreements; preference.
Section 67-3-34 - Federal aid road project; document execution.
Section 67-3-35 - Auditor; appointment; duties; bond.
Section 67-3-36 - Acquisition of rights of way; duty of county and district attorney.
Section 67-3-38 - Action by state transportation commission.
Section 67-3-39 - Waiver of immunity.
Section 67-3-40 - Control of state highways; maintenance costs.
Section 67-3-42 - Bridges considered part of highway.
Section 67-3-43 - Road work; bid advertising; restrictions; rejection; bond.
Section 67-3-47 - [Contracts for state aid roads; execution; restrictions.]
Section 67-3-49 - Claims of highway contractor's creditors; state highway suspense fund.
Section 67-3-50 - Account closing; nonliability.
Section 67-3-51 - [Restrictions on disbursements from suspense fund.]
Section 67-3-52 - Payment from state highway suspense fund.
Section 67-3-53 - [Reversion of suspense fund balances.]
Section 67-3-55 - Flight strips, airports and access roads; bidding procedures; bond.
Section 67-3-57 - Annual appropriation; purposes.
Section 67-3-58 - Allotment of appropriation.
Section 67-3-59 - [Balances; continuation of appropriation.]
Section 67-3-59.1 - State highway debentures; issuance; limits; approval; coupons.
Section 67-3-59.2 - Highway infrastructure fund created; purpose.
Section 67-3-59.3 - State transportation project bonds; issuance; procedures; approval.
Section 67-3-60 - Bypasses and relocation projects; expenditure of highway funds; purpose.
Section 67-3-61 - Limitation of expenditures of highway funds for construction of highway bypasses.
Section 67-3-62 - Provisions for pedestrian, bicycle and equestrian traffic required.
Section 67-3-64 - Ramps for handicapped required.
Section 67-3-65 - State road fund created.
Section 67-3-65.1 - State road fund distribution.
Section 67-3-68 - Purpose and interpretation.
Section 67-3-69 - Power to state highway and transportation department.
Section 67-3-70 - Use of appropriated funds.
Section 67-3-71.1 - Right-of-way agreements; Navajo Nation; terms.
Section 67-3-72 - Transportation bonds.
Section 67-3-73 - Transportation bonds; terms.
Section 67-3-74 - Refunding bonds.
Section 67-3-75 - Transportation bonds eligible for investment.
Section 67-3-76 - Transportation bonds; exemption from taxation.