{"data":{"id":"us-nm/73-11-18","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"73-11-18","heading":"[Lands contiguous to municipality; exception from improvement district.]","body":"All provisions contained in Section 17 as herein amended, Sections 18 and 19 and 21 of Chapter 39 of Session Laws of 1921 and Section 20 [73-11-13 to 73-11-17 NMSA 1978] as herein amended shall be understood and construed as applying to agricultural lands lying wholly outside of the boundaries, and not subject to any of the provisions, of a local improvement district formed for the betterment, improvement or protection of lands within and contiguous to the corporation [corporate] limits of a municipality and which naturally are or would be included in the local improvement district of such municipality nor shall local improvement districts within the meaning and intent of this act [73-11-13, 73-11-16, 73-11-18 NMSA 1978] be held to cover lands within and contiguous to the corporate limits of a municipality, town or village whether such lands be or may not be agricultural lands subject to or in a state of cultivation but which geographically are so located as to share in the benefits of any improvement or protection works planned or built by the municipality.","path":["Chapter 73 - Special Districts","ARTICLE 11 Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Fiscal Affairs; Local Improvements and Special Powers"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18576/index.do","current_through":"2026-05-20","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:20Z","sha256":"f46d99b8c5d647cd7c443cb29929f1ccd1f45556eb4f7fa1538b130745447a2e","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/73-11-17","next":"us-nm/73-11-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}