Skip to main content
CourtGPT logoCourtGPT
Directory
Law
For Attorneys
Blog
AppointmentsSign InSign Up
Section 6-15-8 - ["Municipal corporation" as used in Sections 6-15-3 to 6-15-8 NMSA 1978 defined — New Mexico Law | CourtGPT
  1. Home/
  2. Laws/
  3. New Mexico/
  4. Chapter 6 - Public Finances/
  5. Article 15 - Finances of Counties, Municipalities and School Districts/
  6. Section 6-15-8 - ["Municipal corporation" as used in Sections 6-15-3 to 6-15-8 NMSA 1978 defined
New Mexico Legal Code

Section 6-15-8 - ["Municipal corporation" as used in Sections 6-15-3 to 6-15-8 NMSA 1978 defined

Ask AI about this
The term municipal corporation shall, for the purpose of this act [6-15-3 to 6-15-8 NMSA 1978], be construed to mean county, incorporated city, incorporated town, incorporated village or school district. History: Laws 1929, ch. 201, § 7; C.S. 1929, § 16-107; 1941 Comp., § 7-621; 1953 Comp., § 11-6-20. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Section limited to issuance and sale of bonds. — The inclusion of school districts in the definition of the term 'municipal corporation' is, by the wording of this section, limited to the purposes of the act, 6-15-3 to 6-15-8 NMSA 1978, said purposes having to do with the issuance and sale of bonds of political subdivisions. Being so limited, it is not a general legislative declaration. McWhorter v. Board of Educ., 1958-NMSC-015, 63 N.M. 421, 320 P.2d 1025.