New Mexico Statutes
Article 3 - State Transportation Commission
Section 67-3-69 - Power to state highway and transportation department.

In addition to the power and authority elsewhere granted to the state highway and transportation department to enter into cooperative agreements, the department is authorized to enter into agreements with any bureau, department or agency of the United States government dealing with or concerning the planning, design, construction, maintenance or supervision of any public mass transportation program or system, or the operation thereof, in this state. The department may additionally enter into agreements with any other bureau, agency or department of this state; any city, county school district or other political entity of this state; or any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association or other organization, to carry out the foregoing.
History: 1953 Comp., § 55-2-57, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 343, § 3; 1977, ch. 250, § 36; 1987, ch. 268, § 38.
The 1987 amendment, effective July 1, 1987, inserted "highway and" preceding "transportation department" near the beginning of the first sentence.
The 1977 amendment substituted "transportation department" for "highway department" in the first sentence.

Structure New Mexico Statutes

New Mexico Statutes

Chapter 67 - Highways

Article 3 - State Transportation Commission

Section 67-3-1 - Reimbursement of state transportation commissioners.

Section 67-3-2 - State transportation commissioners; number; appointment; powers; term of office; bond.

Section 67-3-3 - State transportation commission districts; one member appointed from each district; residence requirements.

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 67-3-8.1 - Secretary; authority to enter into intergovernmental agreement; gasoline tax sharing agreement; qualified tribe.

Section 67-3-8.2 - Secretary; authority to sell or otherwise dispose of property or property interest.

Section 67-3-8.3 - Disposition of surplus personal property or materials.

Section 67-3-9 - [Office.]

Section 67-3-10 - Meetings; oaths; seal; policy.

Section 67-3-11 - Rule-making power.

Section 67-3-12 - Powers and duties.

Section 67-3-13 - Repealed.

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 67-3-21 - [Investigations and experiments; reports; cooperation of state educational institutions; costs; publications.]

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 67-3-25 - Repealed.

Section 67-3-26 - Duties of secretary; disbursement of state road fund.

Section 67-3-27 - Repealed.

Section 67-3-28 - Cooperation with the state, municipalities, counties, school districts, adjoining states and federal agencies.

Section 67-3-28.1 - Repealed.

Section 67-3-28.2 - Local governments road fund created; uses.

Section 67-3-28.3 - Secretary of highway and transportation; counties; public roads maintained by counties; duties.

Section 67-3-29 - Department personnel; county and municipal road technical assistance.

Section 67-3-30 - Counties authorized to contract with commission; insufficient funds; exemption from Bateman Act.

Section 67-3-31 - County roads; improvement or construction; state aid; duties of state highway engineer.

Section 67-3-32 - Cooperative agreements; preference.

Section 67-3-33 - Assent to federal rural post road acts; pledge of state's good faith; expenditures.

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 67-3-37 - Acquisition of rights of way for interstate system; primary system; secondary system; payment.

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 67-3-41 - Highway maintenance contracts with counties; failure of county to maintain; utility lines.

Section 67-3-42 - Bridges considered part of highway.

Section 67-3-43 - Road work; bid advertising; restrictions; rejection; bond.

Section 67-3-45 - Repealed.

Section 67-3-46 - Rental of equipment; bids not required in emergencies; bid procedure; restrictions.

Section 67-3-47 - [Contracts for state aid roads; execution; restrictions.]

Section 67-3-48 - Partial payments on road contracts; progress estimates; limitation; division of amounts.

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 67-3-54 - Flight strips, airport and access roads; contracts with federal government; secretary.

Section 67-3-55 - Flight strips, airports and access roads; bidding procedures; bond.

Section 67-3-56 - State transportation commission; power to acquire land for flight strip, airport or access thereto.

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 67-3-59.4 - State transportation project bonds; authorization and appropriation; priorities; criteria; reports.

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 67-3-63 - Construction and maintenance of footpaths, bicycle lanes and bridle paths; expenditure of funds authorized.

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 67-3-66 - Motor vehicle department [division] fees imposed by regulation; revenue disposition.

Section 67-3-67 - Name.

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 - State highway and transportation department; power to acquire property for transportation systems; power of eminent domain.

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.

Section 67-3-77 - Definition.

Section 67-3-78 - Transportation project fund created; planning and prioritization of funding transportation projects for counties, municipalities and Indian nations, tribes and pueblos.

Appendix - Appendix to Article 3