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HB122 • 2026

EXPAND LIMITATION ON MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION

EXPAND LIMITATION ON MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Cynthia Borrego
Last action
Official status
[1] not prntd-HRC API.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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EXPAND LIMITATION ON MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION

EXPAND LIMITATION ON MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION

What This Bill Does

  • EXPAND LIMITATION ON MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-22 New Mexico Legislature

    Not Printed

  2. New Mexico Legislature

    Action Postponed Indefinitely

Official Summary Text

EXPAND LIMITATION ON MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION

Current Bill Text

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HB0122

HOUSE BILL 122

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2026

INTRODUCED BY

Cynthia Borrego

AN ACT

RELATING TO MUNICIPALITIES; EXPANDING THE COUNTIES IN WHICH A
MUNICIPALITY IS SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATION ON ANNEXATION.

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

SECTION 1.
Section 3-7-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1965,
Chapter 300, Section 14-7-3, as amended) is amended to read:

"3-7-3. LIMITATION ON ANNEXATION.--No municipality may
annex territory within the boundary of another municipality or
territory within a class A county [
with a population of more
than three hundred thousand persons
] unless approved by the
board of county commissioners [
for
]
of
that county."

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