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Code · New Mexico · Chapter 3 — Municipalities · Article 57 — Metropolitan Boundaries For Class A Counties

3-57-3. Definitions.

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As used in the Metropolitan Boundary Act for Class A Counties:
A. "county" means the county in which the municipality or land is situated;
B. "district court" means the district court of the district in which the municipality or land is situated;
C. "local public body" means every political subdivision of the state which is empowered to receive or expend public money from whatever source derived;
D. "publish" or "publication" means printing in a newspaper which maintains an office in the county and is of general circulation within the county; and
E. "municipality" means all municipalities having a population over one hundred thousand and located within a class A county, but only as to that land located within a conservancy district.
History: 1953 Comp., § 14-58-3, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 248, § 3; 1976 (S.S.), ch. 4, § 1; 1979, ch. 159, § 2.
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