Section 3-7-3 - Limitation on annexation.

NM Stat § 3-7-3 (2019) (N/A)
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No municipality may annex territory within the boundary of another municipality or territory within a class A county with a population of more than three hundred thousand persons unless approved by the board of county commissioners for that county.

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-7-3, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 2003, ch. 438, § 1.

The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, added the language beginning with "or" to the section.

A municipal corporation may annex a state registration station. 1962 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 62-124.