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Cibola County

NMSA 1978 ch. 4, art. 3A
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NMSA 1978, § 4-3A-1 Cibola county created

4-3A-1. Cibola county created The county of Cibola is hereby created out of that part of Valencia county lying westerly of the following described line: begin on the southerly boundary line of Valencia county at its intersection with the line common to ranges 3 and 4 west, N.M.P.M.; then northerly along the line between ranges 3 and 4 west to the intersection with the line common to townships 8 and 9 north; then easterly along the line between townships 8 and 9 north and along the easterly prolongation of this line to its intersection with the westerly boundary line of Bernalillo county, the point of termination. Laws 1981, ch. 24, § 1.

NMSA 1978, § 4-3A-2 County seat

4-3A-2. County seat The county seat of Cibola county shall be established at the municipality of Grants. The board of county commissioners of Cibola county after their appointment as provided in this act [4-3A-1 to 4-3A-14 NMSA 1978], shall select, designate and acquire a tract of land within that city as a place upon which shall be built the courthouse and public buildings of the county of Cibola. Laws 1981, ch. 24, § 2.

NMSA 1978, § 4-3A-3 Temporary officers

4-3A-3. Temporary officers The governor shall within ten days after the effective date of this act appoint for the county of Cibola the county officers now provided by law for counties of this state. The officers so appointed shall serve until the election and qualification of their successors who shall be elected at the next succeeding general election. Laws 1981, ch. 24, § 3.

NMSA 1978, § 4-3A-4 Precincts

4-3A-4. Precincts The precincts now existing in the territory included within the county of Cibola shall remain the same as they are now until changed according to law. Laws 1981, ch. 24, § 4.

NMSA 1978, § 4-3A-5 Tax records

4-3A-5. Tax records The county assessor of Valencia county, as soon as practicable after the effective date of this act and officers for the new county have been appointed, shall turn over to the proper officials of Cibola county all tax records, schedules and assessments upon all classes of property that shall have been assessed in and that pertain to the area constituting Cibola county. Laws 1981, ch. 24, § 5.

NMSA 1978, § 4-3A-6 Unpaid taxes

4-3A-6. Unpaid taxes The county of Cibola is entitled to all unpaid taxes, which remain unpaid at the effective date of this act upon property within the area embraced by the county of Cibola and any funds in the hands of the treasurer of Valencia county at the time this act [4-3A-1 to 4-3A-14 NMSA 1978] becomes effective, or which thereafter come into the treasurer's hands which are properly transferable by the treasurer of Valencia county to the treasurer of Cibola county, shall be transferred in the regular course in the administration of the office upon the demand from such authority to receive same. Laws 1981, ch. 24, § 6.

NMSA 1978, § 4-3A-7 Unpaid indebtedness

4-3A-7. Unpaid indebtedness The county of Cibola shall not be required to pay the county of Valencia any portion of any indebtedness incurred by the county of Valencia for public improvements which are made or contracted for after the effective date of this act. Laws 1981, ch. 24, § 7.

NMSA 1978, § 4-3A-8 Transitional functions

4-3A-8. Transitional functions The officers of the county of Valencia from which the county of Cibola has been created, shall exercise the functions of their several offices over Cibola county until the officers of the county of Cibola shall take office. Laws 1981, ch. 24, § 8.

NMSA 1978, § 4-3A-9 Judicial matters

4-3A-9. Judicial matters The county of Cibola shall for judicial purposes be attached to the thirteenth judicial district. Until otherwise provided by law, magistrates for the existing county of Valencia shall be the magistrates for the county of Cibola. Laws 1981, ch. 24, § 9.

NMSA 1978, § 4-3A-10 Classification

4-3A-10. Classification The county of Cibola, for the purpose of classification and fixing the amounts of salaries of county officers taking office at the organization of the county, shall be classed as a county of the first class having a valuation over $27,000,000 but less than $45,000,000; thereafter the county shall be classed as other counties are classed. Laws 1981, ch. 24, § 10.

NMSA 1978, § 4-3A-11 Unexpended funds and securities

4-3A-11. Unexpended funds and securities Upon the effective date of this act, the treasurer of Valencia county shall ascertain the amount of unexpended funds and securities in the treasury of Valencia county and shall also ascertain the amount of unpaid obligations and expenses of Valencia county government which will be required to be paid between the effective date of this act and the end of the sixty-ninth fiscal year. The excess of such unexpended funds and securities over such obligations and Valencia county government expenses shall be divided and paid by the treasurer of Valencia county to Cibola and Valencia counties in the proportion that the assessed valuation of all property in each county, as of January 1, 1981 bears to the total assessed valuation of all property in both counties as of January 1, 1981. Laws 1981, ch. 24, § 11.

NMSA 1978, § 4-3A-12 Voting machines

4-3A-12. Voting machines Valencia county, acting by and through its proper officer or officers upon the effective date of this act shall transfer to Cibola county the number of voting machines used in the area segregated into Cibola county in the 1980 general election. Laws 1981, ch. 24, § 12.

NMSA 1978, § 4-3A-13 Transfer of property

4-3A-13. Transfer of property Upon the effective date of this act the county of Cibola becomes the owner of all road-working and road-maintaining equipment of every kind and nature, including trucks, pickups and trailers, heretofore assigned to the county commissioner districts lying within the area segregated into Cibola county. In addition, the county of Cibola at such time shall become the owner of all real estate and improvements thereon or appurtenant thereto located within the boundaries of Cibola county, title to which is vested in the county of Valencia. The board of county commissioners of Valencia county shall execute and deliver to the proper officer or officers of Cibola county whatever instruments of transfer are necessary to vest title to all such property in the county of Cibola. Laws 1981, ch. 24, § 13.

NMSA 1978, § 4-3A-14 Certificates of indebtedness

4-3A-14. Certificates of indebtedness For the purpose of meeting expenses payable out of the general county fund of the county of Cibola, contracted and payable for the seventieth fiscal year, and not otherwise, the county of Cibola may issue certificates of indebtedness of the county of Cibola not to exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000), and tax levies shall be duly made therefor. The certificates of indebtedness shall be issued in a form to be approved by the state board of finance and shall be payable not more than ten years after date of issue. The certificates of indebtedness shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed that permitted by the Public Securities Act [6-14-1 to 6-14-3 NMSA 1978]. The proceeds of the tax levy shall be pledged to the payment of the principal and interest of the certificates when they fall due. Laws 1981, ch. 24, § 14.
Source: New Mexico Compilation Commission (nmonesource.com)URL: https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18505/index.doFetched: 10/20/2026

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