The budget provided for in Section 67-4-9 NMSA 1978 shall provide for engineering, supervision, superintending, automobile travel expenses and other overhead expenses and for the compensation of county road superintendents in counties where the county road superintendent plan is adopted, for such overhead and other expenses of the state transportation commission in counties where the state transportation commission contract plan is adopted and for the compensation of road supervisors where the road supervisor plan is adopted. The total expenditures for all the foregoing purposes in any one fiscal year shall not exceed ten percent of the total county road and bridge budget up to and including fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and five percent of the budget in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and up to and including seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) and two and one-half percent of the budget in excess of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000).
History: Laws 1921, ch. 135, § 9; C.S. 1929, § 64-209; 1941 Comp., § 58-309; 1953 Comp., § 55-3-10; 2003, ch. 142, § 76.
The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, added the section heading; and substituted "state transportation commission" for "state highway commission".
No limit is placed upon superintendent's compensation under this section. State ex rel. Bard v. Board of Cnty. Comm'rs, 1935-NMSC-014, 39 N.M. 119, 41 P.2d 1105.
Salary of road overseers should be included in the 10% overhead. 1921 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 21-3036.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 4 - County Highways in General
Section 67-4-2 - [County commissioners succeed to powers and duties of county road superintendents.]
Section 67-4-3 - [County road superintendent; employment; powers.]
Section 67-4-4 - County road contracts with state transportation commission.
Section 67-4-5 - [Road districts; establishment; road supervisor; appointment; powers.]
Section 67-4-6 - [Disbursements from road and bridge fund; county road superintendent's plan.]
Section 67-4-7 - Disbursements from road fund; state transportation commission plan.
Section 67-4-8 - [Disbursements from road and bridge fund; road supervisor's plan.]
Section 67-4-10 - Budget contents; limitations.
Section 67-4-12 - Rights of way; road location changes.
Section 67-4-13 - Road maintenance; insufficiency of state funds.
Section 67-4-15 - [Violation of 67-4-3 to 67-4-16 NMSA 1978; penalty; disposition of fines.]
Section 67-4-16 - [Misuse of funds and other violations; liability on bond; removal from office.]
Section 67-4-17 - [Cooperative agreements with federal government.]
Section 67-4-18 - [Portion of proceeds of tax levies paid to municipalities.]
Section 67-4-19 - [Municipal "street paving and improvement fund"; purposes for which used.]
Section 67-4-20 - Local county roads; assessment for maintenance; lien.
Section 67-4-21 - County lien; filing; contents; interest.
Section 67-4-22 - Effect of filing notice of lien.