Section 21-16-16 - Alternate procedures permitted.

NM Stat § 21-16-16 (2019) (N/A)
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In addition to the election procedures provided in Chapter 21, Article 16 NMSA 1978 for an election for the approval or disapproval of a tax levy of not to exceed five mills for current operations and retirement of bonds of a technical and vocational institute, the election procedures set out in the Technical and Vocational Institute Act may be used for those purposes.

History: 1953 Comp., § 73-34-13, enacted by Laws 1964 (1st S.S.), ch. 12, § 1; 1998, ch. 61, § 10.

The 1998 amendment, effective march 9, 1998, substituted "Chapter 21, Article 16 NMSA 1978" for "Laws 1963, Chapter 108" following "provided in"; deleted "for the creation of a technical and vocational institute district and for an election" following "an election"; substituted "the Technical and Vocational Institute" for "this", and made a minor stylistic change.

Mill levy elections. — Pursuant to 21-16-16 NMSA 1978, which sets up two alternative election procedures, the board may hold a mill levy election pursuant either to the repealed Sections 22-6-1 through 22-6-34 NMSA 1978 or the new provisions at 1-22-3 through 1-22-6 NMSA 1978. 1988 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 88-14.