{"data":{"id":"us-nm/3-7-11","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"3-7-11","heading":"Municipal boundary commission; purpose.","body":"A. The purpose of Sections 3-7-11 through 3-7-16 NMSA 1978 is to establish an independent commission known as the \"municipal boundary commission\" to determine the annexation of territory to a municipality whenever:\n(1) the municipality petitions the municipal boundary commission to annex territory to the municipality; or\n(2) a majority of the landowners of the territory proposed to be annexed petition the municipal boundary commission to annex the territory to the municipality.\nB. The municipal boundary commission shall hear a request for municipal annexation of a traditional historic community only upon petition of a majority of the qualified electors of the territory within the traditional historic community.","path":["Chapter 3 - Municipalities","ARTICLE 7 Annexation of Territory"],"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":"b3b5e4ae51fd133a4064870acfd6be9b4ddd53b331062bb075e0c6340dcaf5e5","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/3-7-10","next":"us-nm/3-7-12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}