0001| SENATE BILL 476
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0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003| 1996
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0004| INTRODUCED BY
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0005| L. SKIP VERNON
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0011| AN ACT
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0012| RELATING TO SUBDIVISIONS; DELAYING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
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0013| AMENDMENTS MADE TO THE NEW MEXICO SUBDIVISION ACT ENACTED INTO
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0014| LAW BY LAWS 1995, CHAPTER 212, SECTIONS 1 THROUGH 34; DELETING
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0015| LANGUAGE PERTAINING TO WATER PERMITS REQUIRED FOR FINAL PLAT
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0016| APPROVAL; AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978 AND OF LAWS 1995.
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0018| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0019| Section 1. That version of Section 47-6-9 NMSA 1978 (being
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0020| Laws 1973, Chapter 348, Section 9, as amended) which is to
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0021| become effective July 1, 1996 is amended to read:
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0022| "47-6-9. SUBDIVISION REGULATION--COUNTY AUTHORITY.--
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0023| A. The board of county commissioners of each county
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0024| shall regulate subdivisions within the county's boundaries. In
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0025| regulating subdivisions, the board of county commissioners of
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0001| each county shall adopt regulations setting forth the county's
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0002| requirements for:
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0003| (1) preliminary and final subdivision plats,
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0004| including their content and format;
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0005| (2) quantifying the maximum annual water
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0006| requirements of subdivisions, including water for indoor and
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0007| outdoor domestic uses;
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0008| (3) assessing water availability to meet the
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0009| maximum annual water requirements of subdivisions;
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0010| (4) water conservation measures;
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0011| (5) water of an acceptable quality for human
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0012| consumption and for protecting the water supply from
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0013| contamination;
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0014| (6) liquid waste disposal;
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0015| (7) solid waste disposal;
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0016| (8) legal access to each parcel;
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0017| (9) sufficient and adequate roads to each
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0018| parcel, including ingress and egress for emergency vehicles;
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0019| (10) utility easements to each parcel;
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0020| (11) terrain management;
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0021| (12) phased development;
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0022| (13) protecting cultural properties,
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0023| archaeological sites and unmarked burials, as required by the
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0024| Cultural Properties Act;
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0025| (14) specific information to be contained in a
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0001| subdivider's disclosure statement in addition to that required
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0002| in Section 47-6-17 NMSA 1978;
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0003| (15) reasonable fees approximating the cost to
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0004| the county of determining compliance with the New Mexico
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0005| Subdivision Act and county subdivision regulations while passing
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0006| upon subdivision plats;
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0007| (16) a summary procedure for reviewing certain
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0008| type-three and all type-five subdivisions as provided in Section
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0009| 47-6-11 NMSA 1978;
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0010| (17) recording all conveyances of parcels with
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0011| the county clerk;
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0012| (18) financial security to assure the
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0013| completion of all improvements that the subdivider proposes to
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0014| build or to maintain;
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0015| (19) fencing subdivided land, where
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0016| appropriate, in conformity with Section 77-16-1 NMSA 1978, which
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0017| places the duty on the purchaser, lessee or other person
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0018| acquiring an interest in the subdivided land to fence out
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0019| livestock; and
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0020| (20) any other matter relating to subdivisions
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0021| that the board of county commissioners feels is necessary to
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0022| promote health, safety or the general welfare.
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0023| B. Subsection A of this section does not preempt the
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0024| authority of any state agency to regulate or perform any
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0025| activity that it is required or authorized by law to perform.
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0001| C. [The following] All counties shall adopt
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0002| regulations pursuant to this section on or before [July 1,
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1996: Bernalillo, Dona Ana and Santa Fe.
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D. All remaining counties shall adopt regulations
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pursuant to this section on or before] July 1, 1997.
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0006| [E.] D. Nothing in the New Mexico Subdivision
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0007| Act shall be construed to limit the authority of counties to
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0008| adopt subdivision regulations with requirements that are more
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0009| stringent than the requirements set forth in the New Mexico
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0010| Subdivision Act, provided the county has adopted a comprehensive
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0011| plan in accordance with Section 3-21-5 NMSA 1978 and those
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0012| regulations are consistent with such plan."
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0013| Section 2. Laws 1995, Chapter 212, Section 13 is amended
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0014| to read:
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0015| "WATER PERMIT REQUIRED FOR FINAL PLAT APPROVAL.--
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0016| [A. Until July 1, 1997, before approving the final
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plat for a subdivision containing twenty or more parcels, any
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one of which is two acres or less in size, the board of county
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commissioners shall require that the subdivider provide a copy
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of a permit obtained from the state engineer, issued pursuant to
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Section 72-5-1, 72-5-23 or 72-5-24 NMSA 1978, or if the
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subdivision is located within a declared underground water
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basin, provide a copy of a permit obtained from the state
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engineer issued pursuant to those sections, or to Section
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72-12-3 or 72-12-7 NMSA 1978, for the subdivision water use. In
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acting on the permit application, the state engineer shall
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determine whether the amount of water permitted is sufficient in
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quantity to fulfill the maximum annual water requirements of the
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subdivision, including water for indoor and outdoor domestic
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uses. The board of county commissioners shall not approve the
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final plat unless the state engineer has so issued a permit for
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the subdivision water use.
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B.] On or after July 1, 1997, before approving the
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0009| final plat for a subdivision containing twenty or more parcels,
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0010| any one of which is two acres or less in size, the board of
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0011| county commissioners may require that the subdivider provide a
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0012| copy of a permit obtained from the state engineer, issued
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0013| pursuant to Section 72-5-1, 72-5-23 or 72-5-24 NMSA 1978, or if
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0014| the subdivision is located within a declared underground water
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0015| basin, provide a copy of a permit obtained from the state
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0016| engineer issued pursuant to those sections, or to Section
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0017| 72-12-3 or 72-12-7 NMSA 1978, for the subdivision water use. In
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0018| acting on the permit application, the state engineer shall
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0019| determine whether the amount of water permitted is sufficient in
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0020| quantity to fulfill the maximum annual water requirements of the
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0021| subdivision, including water for indoor and outdoor domestic
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0022| uses. The board of county commissioners may elect not to
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0023| approve the final plat if the state engineer has not issued a
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0024| permit for the subdivision water use."
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0025| Section 3. Laws 1995, Chapter 212, Section 34 is amended
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0002| "Section 34. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0003| provisions of this act is July 1, [1996] 1997."
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0007| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0008| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0011| JANUARY 31, 1996
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0013| Mr. President:
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0015| Your COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0017| SENATE BILL 476
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0019| has had it under consideration and finds same to be GERMANE, PURSUANT
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0020| TO SENATE EXECUTIVE MESSAGE NUMBER SEVENTEEN, and thence referred to the
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0021| CORPORATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
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0023| Respectfully submitted,
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0003| __________________________________
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0004| SENATOR MANNY M. ARAGON, Chairman
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0008| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0009| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0012| Date ________________________
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0016| S0476CC1
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0018| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0019| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0022| JANUARY 31, 1996
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0024| Mr. President:
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0001| Your COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0003| SENATE BILL 476
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0005| has had it under consideration and finds same to be GERMANE, PURSUANT
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0006| TO SENATE EXECUTIVE MESSAGE NUMBER SEVENTEEN, and thence referred to the
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0007| CORPORATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
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0009| Respectfully submitted,
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0014| __________________________________
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0015| SENATOR MANNY M. ARAGON, Chairman
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0019| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0020| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0023| Date ________________________
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0002| S0476CC1
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