0001|                               AN ACT
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0002| RELATING TO COUNTIES; PROVIDING THAT CERTAIN COUNTY ORDINANCES TAKE
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0003| EFFECT IMMEDIATELY AFTER PASSAGE; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE NMSA 1978.
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0005| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0006|      Section 1.  Section 4-37-9 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1975, Chapter
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0007| 312, Section 9) is amended to read:
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0008|      "4-37-9.  COUNTY ORDINANCES--RECORDING AND PUBLICATION--EFFECTIVE
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0009| DATE.--
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0010|           A.  All county ordinances, immediately after their passage,
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0011| shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose and shall be authen-
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0013| ticated by the signature of the county clerk.
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0014|           B.  No ordinance shall take effect until thirty days after
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0015| the ordinance has been recorded in the book kept by the county for
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0016| that purpose.  
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0017|           C.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection B of this
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0018| section, when a board of county commissioners declares that it is
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0019| necessary for the public peace, health and safety that an ordinance
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0020| take effect immediately after passage, the ordinance shall take effect
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0021| when it is recorded in the book kept by the county for that purpose
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0022| and authenticated by the signature of the county clerk."
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0023|      Section 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0024| provisions of this act is July 1, 1997.                         
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