Section 67-3-71 - State highway and transportation department; power to acquire property for transportation systems; power of eminent domain.

NM Stat § 67-3-71 (2019) (N/A)
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The state highway and transportation department may:

A. acquire property by purchase, lease, donation, gift, bequest, devise or eminent domain for the purpose of construction and operation of a transportation system; and

B. negotiate for the acquisition of property from any person, governmental entity, Indian tribe or Indian pueblo for the construction and operation of a transportation system.

History: Laws 1997, ch. 52, § 1.

Cross references. — For Eminent Domain Code, see Chapter 42A, Article 1 NMSA 1978.

Effective dates. — Laws 1997, ch. 52, § 10 makes the act effective July 1, 1997.