{"data":{"id":"us-nm/3-23-5","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"3-23-5","heading":"Municipal utility; duty to maintain and improve.","body":"A. After the qualified electors at a regular or special municipal election have approved the acquisition of a municipal utility, the municipality shall maintain a municipal utility in good repair and improve and enlarge the municipal utility to accomplish the objectives and purposes for which it was designed.\nB. A municipality may use other funds to defray the cost of operating or repairing a municipal utility, other than an electric or gas utility, generating facility or its interest in a jointly owned generating facility.","path":["Chapter 3 - Municipalities","ARTICLE 23 Public Utilities"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18504/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"fb20715257d6cd376dbe1241ad4fc57b873a109389b34196703b6e930fecc871","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/3-23-4","next":"us-nm/3-23-5.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}