A. The board of county commissioners having jurisdiction over the election shall create and define, by order, the voting precincts in the proposed district, and shall name the polling places within each district. The board of county commissioners shall also select and appoint the judges and other necessary officers for the conduct of the election.
B. Immediately after the election, the officers holding the election shall make returns of the results to the board of county commissioners having jurisdiction. The board of county commissioners shall canvass the vote and returns and enter an order declaring the results of the election. If it is found that a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the creation of the district, the board of county commissioners shall enter an order declaring the establishment of the district. If the proposed district embraces more than one county, the board of county commissioners having jurisdiction shall enter an order declaring the establishment of the district only in the territory included in each county in which the majority of the votes cast were in favor of its creation. A copy of the order shall be transmitted to the county clerk of each county in which a portion of the district lies and shall be filed by him as a public record.
History: 1953 Comp., § 45-10-12, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 243, § 11.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 7 - Noxious Weed Control
Section 76-7-3 - Noxious weed control districts; territorial limitations.
Section 76-7-4 - Petition for organization of noxious weed control district.
Section 76-7-5 - Notice of public hearing.
Section 76-7-6 - Public hearing upon petition; consideration by county commissioners.
Section 76-7-7 - Order and notice of district election.
Section 76-7-8 - Qualified voters in district elections.
Section 76-7-9 - County commissioners to furnish ballots; voting by mail permitted.
Section 76-7-10 - Form of ballots.
Section 76-7-11 - Conduct of election; declaration of results.
Section 76-7-12 - District governing body.
Section 76-7-13 - Powers of district governing body.
Section 76-7-14 - Rules and regulations of district; penalty.
Section 76-7-16 - Levy of uniform assessments; assessor; collector; annual financial report.
Section 76-7-17 - Enforcement of assessments.
Section 76-7-18 - District expenses; employees.
Section 76-7-19 - Addition or exclusion of lands of district.
Section 76-7-20 - Petition to dissolve district; notice of election; conduct of election.
Section 76-7-21 - Results of election to dissolve noxious weed control district.
Section 76-7-22 - Termination of the affairs of the district.
Section 76-7-23 - Short title.
Section 76-7-24 - Definitions.
Section 76-7-25 - Administration and enforcement.
Section 76-7-26 - Inspections.
Section 76-7-27 - Declaration of certain weed seeds as noxious.
Section 76-7-28 - Unlawful actions.