New Mexico Statutes 4-37-7. Proposal of ordinances; publication
A. Ordinances may be proposed by any member of the board of county commissioners. Ordinances shall not be submitted to the board for final passage until a majority of the members have directed that the title and a general summary of the subject matter of the proposed ordinances be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation within the county at least two weeks prior to the meeting of the board at which the ordinance is proposed for final passage. The date and time of the meeting at which the ordinance is to be considered shall also be published.
Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 4-37-7
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
B. Copies of proposed ordinances shall be made available to interested persons during normal and regular business hours of the county clerk upon request and payment of reasonable charge, beginning with the date of publication and continuing to the date of consideration by the county’s elected commission.
C. This section shall not apply to ordinances dealing with an emergency declared by the board of county commissioners to be an immediate danger to the public health, safety and welfare of the county or to ordinances the subject matter of which amends a city zoning map if the amendment has been considered by, and recommended to, the board of county commissioners by a planning commission with jurisdiction in the matter.
D. It is a sufficient defense to any suit or prosecution to show that notice by publication was not made.