Section 4-38-30 - [Neglect of duty; penalty.]

NM Stat § 4-38-30 (2019) (N/A)
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If any one of the commissioners shall refuse or neglect to perform any of the duties which are or shall be required by law of him as a member of the board of county commissioners without any just cause therefor, he shall for each offense be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five dollars [($25.00)] nor more than one hundred dollars [($100)] on conviction in the district court.

History: Laws 1876, ch. 1, § 27; C.L. 1884, § 358; C.L. 1897, § 676; Code 1915, § 1212; C.S. 1929, § 33-4226; 1941 Comp., § 15-3527; 1953 Comp., § 15-37-29.

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

Cross references. — For failure, neglect or refusal to perform duties as cause for removal of local public officers, see 10-4-2 NMSA 1978.