There shall be two methods of annexing territory to a municipality within class A counties: A. by petition to a municipality as provided by Section 3-57-5 NMSA 1978 or, if the municipality has over two hundred thousand persons, as provided by Section 3-7-17.1 NMSA 1978; and B. by petition to the district court as provided by Sections 3-57-6 through 3-57-8 NMSA 1978. Any other method provided by the Municipal Code or any other act shall have no application within class A counties. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-58-4, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 248, § 4; 1976 (S.S.), ch. 4, § 2; 1998, ch. 42, § 6. ANNOTATIONSThe 1998 amendment, effective May 20, 1998, rewrote Subsection A and substituted '3-57-6 through 3-57-8 NMSA 1978' for '14-58-6 through 14-58-8 NMSA 1953' in Subsection B.
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