SENATE BILL 553

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2009

INTRODUCED BY

David Ulibarri

AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; OBLIGATING A COUNTY TO PAY FOR CATTLE GUARDS ONLY WHERE PUBLICLY OWNED FENCES INTERSECT A SCHOOL BUS ROUTE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. Section 22-16-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1967, Chapter 16, Section 226) is amended to read:

     "22-16-8. CATTLE GUARDS ON SCHOOL BUS ROUTES.--The board of county commissioners of each county shall construct cattle guards where privately owned fences intersect school bus routes [in the] on county roads when consent is obtained from each owner of real property upon which the cattle guards are to be constructed. The cost of constructing the cattle guards shall be paid out of the county road fund as other county road expenses are paid."