• ARTICLE 1 Highway Department Organization
    • 67-1-1. Short title.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-1-2. Repealed.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-1-3. Effective date.
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE 2 General Provisions
    • 67-2-1. [Public highways; definition.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-2-2. [Maintenance and repair by counties.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-2-3. Post roads and mail routes declared to be public roads.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-2-4. Definitions.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-2-5. [Rights-of-way vest in state after use as highway for a year.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-2-6. Abandonment, vacation and reverter of public roads, streets and highways.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-2-7. Petition for determination of abandonment or vacation.
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE 3 State Transportation Commission
    • 67-3-1. Reimbursement of state transportation commissioners.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-2. State transportation commissioners; number; appointment; powers; term of office; bond.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-3. State transportation commission districts; one member appointed from each district; residence requirements.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-4. Method and time of appointment of commissioners.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-5. Removal of commissioners.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-6. Creation of department of transportation.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-7. Secretary of transportation; appointment; qualifications; bond.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-8. Powers and duties of secretary.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-8.1. Secretary; authority to enter into intergovernmental agreement; gasoline tax sharing agreement; qualified tribe.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-8.2. Secretary; authority to sell or otherwise dispose of property or property interest.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-8.3. Disposition of surplus personal property or materials.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-9. [Office.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-10. Meetings; oaths; seal; policy.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-11. Rule-making power.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-12. Powers and duties.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-13. Repealed.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-14. State transportation commission; powers and duties; road funds.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-15. [Duty to advise towns, villages and counties; highway system for state.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-16. [General duty to construct, repair and maintain highways.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-17. Snow removal from designated skiing area parking facilities.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-18. [Skiing area with parking facilities; rejection of snow removal services.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-19. Duty to repair and maintain state park roads, bridges and parking areas.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-20. El Camino Real; supervision and control.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-21. [Investigations and experiments; reports; cooperation of state educational institutions; costs; publications.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-22. State transportation commission; annual report.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-23. Secretary of transportation; appointment.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-24. Employees; appointment; compensation.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-25. Repealed.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-26. Duties of secretary; disbursement of state road fund.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-27. Repealed.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-28. Cooperation with the state, municipalities, counties, school districts, adjoining states and federal agencies.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-28.1. Repealed.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-28.2. Local governments road fund created; uses.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-28.3. Secretary of highway and transportation; counties; public roads maintained by counties; duties.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-29. Department personnel; county and municipal road technical assistance.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-30. Counties authorized to contract with commission; insufficient funds; exemption from Bateman Act.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-31. County roads; improvement or construction; state aid; duties of state highway engineer.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-32. Cooperative agreements; preference.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-33. Assent to federal rural post road acts; pledge of state's good faith; expenditures.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-34. Federal aid road project; document execution.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-35. Auditor; appointment; duties; bond.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-36. Acquisition of rights of way; duty of county and district attorney.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-37. Acquisition of rights of way for interstate system; primary system; secondary system; payment.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-38. Action by state transportation commission.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-39. Waiver of immunity.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-40. Control of state highways; maintenance costs.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-41. Highway maintenance contracts with counties; failure of county to maintain; utility lines.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-42. Bridges considered part of highway.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-43. Road work; bid advertising; restrictions; rejection; bond.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-44, 67-3-45. Repealed.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-46. Rental of equipment; bids not required in emergencies; bid procedure; restrictions.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-47. [Contracts for state aid roads; execution; restrictions.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-48. Partial payments on road contracts; progress estimates; limitation; division of amounts.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-49. Claims of highway contractor's creditors; state highway suspense fund.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-50. Account closing; nonliability.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-51. [Restrictions on disbursements from suspense fund.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-52. Payment from state highway suspense fund.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-53. [Reversion of suspense fund balances.]
    • 67-3-54. Flight strips, airport and access roads; contracts with federal government; secretary.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-55. Flight strips, airports and access roads; bidding procedures; bond.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-56. State transportation commission; power to acquire land for flight strip, airport or access thereto.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-57. Annual appropriation; purposes.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-58. Allotment of appropriation.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-59. [Balances; continuation of appropriation.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-59.1. State highway debentures; issuance; limits; approval; coupons.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-59.2. Highway infrastructure fund created; purpose.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-59.3. State transportation project bonds; issuance; procedures; approval.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-59.4. State transportation project bonds; authorization and appropriation; priorities; criteria; reports.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-60. Bypasses and relocation projects; expenditure of highway funds; purpose.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-61. Limitation of expenditures of highway funds for construction of highway bypasses.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-62. Provisions for pedestrian, bicycle and equestrian traffic required.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-63. Construction and maintenance of footpaths, bicycle lanes and bridle paths; expenditure of funds authorized.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-64. Ramps for handicapped required.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-65. State road fund created.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-65.1. State road fund distribution.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-66. Motor vehicle department [division] fees imposed by regulation; revenue disposition.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-67. Name.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-68. Purpose and interpretation.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-69. Power to state highway and transportation department.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-70. Use of appropriated funds.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-71. State highway and transportation department; power to acquire property for transportation systems; power of eminent domain.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-71.1. Right-of-way agreements; Navajo Nation; terms.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-72. Transportation bonds.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-73. Transportation bonds; terms.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-74. Refunding bonds.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-75. Transportation bonds eligible for investment.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-76. Transportation bonds; exemption from taxation.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-3-77. Definition.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • Appendix to Article 3
  • ARTICLE 4 County Highways in General
    • 67-4-1. Repealed.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-4-2. [County commissioners succeed to powers and duties of county road superintendents.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-4-3. [County road superintendent; employment; powers.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-4-4. County road contracts with state transportation commission.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-4-5. [Road districts; establishment; road supervisor; appointment; powers.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-4-6. [Disbursements from road and bridge fund; county road superintendent's plan.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-4-7. Disbursements from road fund; state transportation commission plan.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-4-8. [Disbursements from road and bridge fund; road supervisor's plan.]
    • 67-4-9. Repealed.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-4-10. Budget contents; limitations.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-4-11. Unlawful to transfer money from county road and bridge fund to any other county fund.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-4-12. Rights of way; road location changes.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-4-13. Road maintenance; insufficiency of state funds.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-4-14. Repealed.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-4-15. [Violation of
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-4-16. [Misuse of funds and other violations; liability on bond; removal from office.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-4-17. [Cooperative agreements with federal government.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-4-18. [Portion of proceeds of tax levies paid to municipalities.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-4-19. [Municipal "street paving and improvement fund"; purposes for which used.]
    • 67-4-20. Local county roads; assessment for maintenance; lien.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-4-21. County lien; filing; contents; interest.
    • 67-4-22. Effect of filing notice of lien.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-4-23. Manner of releasing lien.
    • 67-4-24. County lien; foreclosure; joinder of defendants; complaint; several judgment; lien recitals as prima facie evidence; attorney fee.
  • ARTICLE 5 Vacation, Alteration and Establishment of County Roads and Bridges
    • 67-5-1. [County bridges, township and section lines are parts of public highways; width.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-5-2. [Width of public highways.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-5-3. Repealed.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-5-4. [Discontinuance; procedure; viewers; county-line roads.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-5-5. [Alteration or establishment; petition; contents.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-5-6. Establish rights-of-way.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-5-7. [Petitioners' deposit or bond covering viewing expense.]
    • 67-5-8. [Proposed county-line roads; petitions; viewers; opening and maintaining.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-5-9. [Viewers for proposed alteration or establishment; appointment; notice of time and place for viewing; posting.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-5-10. [Warrants to viewers; contents.]
    • 67-5-11. [Service of warrants; return; refusal of viewer to serve; forfeiture.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-5-12. Laying out road; assessment for damages; survey.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-5-13. [Replacing road viewers.]
    • 67-5-14. [Report of viewers; contents; compensation.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-5-15. [Consideration of viewer's report by county commissioners; additional data.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-5-16. [Approval of road opening; recording viewers' report.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-5-17. [Notice of road opening; prerequisites; posting.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-5-18. [Damages exceeding benefits; persons under disability.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-5-19. [Determination of damages on appeal to district court.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-5-20. [Establishment on petition of all owners.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-5-21. [Private roads; procedure for establishment.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE 6 County Highways and Bridge Bonds
    • 67-6-1. [Bond issue by county commissioners; limitation.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-6-2. [Aggregate amount; denominations; interest; date of maturity; prior redemption.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-6-3. [Petition for bond issue; election call; ballots.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-6-4. [Election on bond issue; conduct; returns; limitation on frequency.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-6-5. [Taxation; general fund; interest fund.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-6-6. [County highway sinking fund; payment of bond principal and interest.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-6-7. [Proceeds of bonds; payment into county road fund.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE 7 Obstructions and Injuries to Highways
    • 67-7-1. [Obstructing roads; penalties.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-7-2. [Obstructions and damage to highways and bridges prohibited.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-7-3. [Fords; obstructions and damage; penalties; toll bridges prohibited.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-7-4. [Dams causing overflow or injuring bridges prohibited; damages; penalty.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-7-5. [Fines; penalties; forfeitures; action of debt to recover.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-7-6. [Irrigation or drainage water overflowing highway; penalty.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-7-7. [Water overflowing highway; liability for damages.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-7-8. [Irrigation ditches crossing roads; bridges.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-7-9. [Ditches; drains; flumes; bridges required; penalty.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-7-10. Unlawful use of highways; penalties.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-7-11. [Arrest for violation; seizure of vehicle; fee.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE 8 Miscellaneous Provisions
    • 67-8-1. [Danger signals or lights for roads or bridges under construction.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-8-2. [Failure to install warnings; penalty.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-8-3. [Fencing of roads on public lands; cost.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-8-4. [Direction signboards at road intersections; duty of county commissioners.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-8-5. [Replacement of direction signs.]
    • 67-8-6. [Payment of direction sign expenses.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-8-7. [Defacing, disfiguring or destroying direction signs; penalty.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-8-8. [Advertising signs adjoining public highways; definitions.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-8-9. [Advertising signs on or over public highway right-of-way outside incorporated cities prohibited.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-8-10. [Restrictions on placing signs upon or over highway rights-of-way.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-8-11. Signs placed in violation of act declared public nuisances.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-8-12. [Officers charged with enforcement of act.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-8-13. Wiring adjoining highway structures; permit required; application.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-8-14. [Violation of wiring requirements; penalty.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-8-15. Declaration of policy.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-8-16. Definitions.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-8-17. Relocation of utility facilities authorized.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-8-18. State pays certain relocation costs.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-8-19. Procedure; appeal.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-8-20. Nonapplicability of act.
    • 67-8-21. Municipally or county owned utilities; special districts; reimbursement for cost of relocation.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-8-22. Remaining in rest areas and similar facilities; penalty.
    • 67-8-23. Additional cooperative agreements funding.
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE 9 Scenic, Historical and Other State Highways
    • 67-9-1. [Scenic highway from Santa Fe to Las Vegas; establishment; route.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-9-2. [El Camino Real; establishment; route.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-9-3. [Construction and maintenance by cities and towns.]
    • 67-9-4. [Bridges and culverts; timber, stone or concrete.]
    • 67-9-5. [Monuments; convict labor.]
    • 67-9-6. Survey for western extension of [El] Camino Real.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-9-7. Highways; United States route 66; dual designation.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-9-8. Temporary provision; highways; United States route 66; signs.
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE 10 Toll Roads, Bridges and Ferries
    • 67-10-1. [Construction and operating corporations; certificate and plat; franchise; extension.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-10-2. Rates and tolls; appeals.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-10-3. [Receipt of rates, tolls and charges; using tollway without payment; penalty.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-10-4. [Owners of toll road, bridge or ferry; liability in damages.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE 11 Controlled-Access Facilities
    • 67-11-1. Definition of a controlled-access facility.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-11-2. Authority of state transportation commission.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-11-3. Agreement to reroute streets or county highways.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-11-4. Design of controlled-access facility.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-11-5. Acquisition of property and property rights.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-11-6. Preference of condemnation cases.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-11-7. New or existing facilities; elimination of grade crossings.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-11-8. Authority of local units to enter into agreements.
    • 67-11-9. Commercial enterprises or activities.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-11-10. Unlawful use of controlled-access facilities; penalties.
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE 12 Highway Beautification
    • 67-12-1. Short title.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-12-2. Definitions.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-12-3. Public policy.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-12-4. Outdoor advertising prohibited; exceptions.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-12-5. Outdoor advertising; regulations; permits.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-12-6. Outdoor advertising; acquisition; compensation; removal.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-12-7. Outdoor advertising; safety rest areas; information centers.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-12-8. Leases, franchises or concessions to individuals for private commercial operation of tourist information centers prohibited; penalty.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-12-9. Junkyards; license required.
    • 67-12-10. Junkyards; screening; acquisition; removal; compensation.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-12-11. Junkyards; abatement of nuisance.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-12-12. Powers of commission.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-12-13. Construction of act.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-12-14. Acquisition of land for scenic beauty.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-12-15. Tree plantings along medians and public rights-of-way.
  • ARTICLE 13 Scenic Highway Zoning
    • 67-13-1. Short title.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-13-2. Legislative declaration.
    • 67-13-3. Definitions.
    • 67-13-4. Creation of scenic highway zones.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-13-5. Boundaries of scenic highway zones.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-13-6. Board powers; delegation allowed.
    • 67-13-7. Decision of board final.
    • 67-13-8. Administrative powers of board.
    • 67-13-9. Zoning authority.
    • 67-13-10. Zoning; regulations and restrictions; public hearings required; notice.
    • 67-13-11. Appeals; grounds; stay of proceedings.
    • 67-13-12. Zoning; petition for review; restraining order.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-13-13. Zoning enforcement.
    • 67-13-14. Conflicts between zoning regulations and other laws.
    • 67-13-15. Authority to contract.
    • 67-13-16. Application of act.
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE 14 Federal Exemptions from Removal of Signs on Federal-Aid Highways
    • 67-14-1. Declaration of policy.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-14-2. Definitions.
    • 67-14-3. Exemption procedures.
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE 15 Clean Highways
    • 67-15-1. Short title.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-15-2. Purpose of act; legislative findings.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-15-3. State highway department; enforcement and administration duties.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-15-4. State highway department; additional powers.
  • ARTICLE 16 Litter Control and Beautification
    • 67-16-1. Short title.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-16-2. Legislative findings; purpose; intent.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-16-3. Definitions.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-16-4. Litter control council.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-16-5. Litter control coordinator.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-16-6. Rules and regulations.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-16-7. Measurement and evaluation.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-16-8. Contracting with other agencies.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-16-9. Litter receptacles; placement.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-16-10. Litter bag.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-16-11. Responsibility for removal of litter from receptacles.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-16-12. Further duties of department.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-16-13. Repealed.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 67-16-14. Litter control and beautification fund; created; beautification fee.
      • ANNOTATIONS
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Historical New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978

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