New Mexico Statutes 5-17-10. Organization election
A. The election official designated by the approving authority shall conduct the organization election pursuant to this section and Section 20 [5-17-20 N.M. Stat. Ann.] of the Infrastructure Development Zone Act.
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- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
B. At the election, the eligible electors shall vote for or against the organization of the proposed infrastructure development zone, shall vote for five eligible electors of the infrastructure development zone who shall be the initial directors of the board of the infrastructure development zone, if organized and shall vote for or against general obligation bonds or other general obligations if the petition filed pursuant to Section 3 [5- 17-3 NMSA 1978] of the Infrastructure Development Zone Act requests that the questions be submitted at the organization election.
C. If the majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of the organization, the approving authority shall, by resolution, declare the infrastructure development zone organized and give the infrastructure development zone the corporate name designated in the petition, by which it shall thereafter be known in all proceedings, and designate the first board elected. Thereupon the infrastructure development zone shall be a quasi- municipal corporation and a political subdivision of the state with all the powers thereof.
D. The resolution declaring the infrastructure development zone organized shall be deemed final and shall finally and conclusively establish the regular organization of the infrastructure development zone against all persons. No appeal or other remedy shall challenge the resolution except in an action by the attorney general within thirty days after the resolution is passed, and the organization of the infrastructure development zone shall not be directly or collaterally questioned in any suit, action or proceeding except as expressly authorized in this subsection.