A. The notice of the preliminary hearing required in Section 4-55A-10 NMSA 1978 shall contain:

(1) the time and place when the board will hold a preliminary hearing on the proposed improvement;

(2) the estimated cost of the improvement;

(3) the boundary of the improvement district;

(4) the route of the improvement by streets or roads or location of the improvements;

(5) the location of the proposed improvement;

(6) a description of each property to be assessed or against which an improvement district property tax is to be imposed;

(7) the estimated amount of the assessment against or property tax imposed upon each tract or parcel of land; and

(8) the amount of the cost to be assumed by the county, if any.

B. If the owners are found within the county, the notices shall be personally served on them at least thirty days prior to the day of the hearing. The notice shall also be published in a newspaper published in the county once each week for four successive weeks. The last publication shall be at least three days before the day of the preliminary hearing.

History: Laws 1980, ch. 91, § 11; 1991, ch. 199, § 39; 1998, ch. 47, § 5.

Cross references. — For payment of notice of hearing, see 14-11-7 NMSA 1978.

The 1998 amendment, effective July 1, 1998, in Subsection A(6), inserted "or against which an improvement district property tax is to be imposed" and in Subsection A(7), inserted "or property tax imposed upon".

The 1991 amendment, effective April 4, 1991, in Subsection A, substituted "Section 4-55A-10 NMSA 1978" for "Section 10 of the County Improvement District Act" in the introductory phrase, added "or location of the improvements" at the end of Paragraph (4), and substituted "location" for "places of commencement and end" in Paragraph (5).