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HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 44

48

TH LEGISLATURE

- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -

FIRST SESSION

, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Patricia A. Lundstrom

A JOINT MEMORIAL

REQUESTING THE NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES AND THE NEW

MEXICO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE TO ASSEMBLE AN EXTRATERRITORIAL TASK

FORCE TO STUDY THE LAWS GOVERNING PLANNING, ZONING, ANNEXATION

AND LAND DEVELOPMENT IN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL ZONES AND MAKE

RECOMMENDATIONS.

WHEREAS, various state laws address growth and development

in the extraterritorial areas immediately surrounding

municipalities; and

WHEREAS, existing laws fail to require an adequate level

of service delivery and intergovernmental cooperation among the

state, municipalities, counties and school districts; and

WHEREAS, extraterritorial land use has become a

battleground of competing interests, resulting in decisions

that are focused more on tax implications than on the greater

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public good; and

WHEREAS, expanded residential growth into rural areas, and

the resulting demand for urban levels of services in rural

areas, can be very expensive for a local government to

adequately provide; and

WHEREAS, many other states have reformed their land use

laws to require that local governments work together in serving

the infrastructure and service needs of their constituents; and

WHEREAS, increased intergovernmental cooperation would

result in a more efficient use of existing resources;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE

STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico association of counties

and the New Mexico municipal league be requested to assemble an

extraterritorial task force to review and recommend changes to

the laws governing the planning, zoning, annexation and

development of lands in the extraterritorial zones; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force be comprised of

four members appointed by the New Mexico municipal league and

four members appointed by the New Mexico association of

counties; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force study issues

relating to land use in the extraterritorial areas around

municipalities, including zoning, subdivision, annexation,

levels of services, location of schools, financing of

infrastructure and taxation; and

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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force recommend

reforms of extraterritorial, municipal and county planning

bodies and related laws; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force report to the

governor and the legislature by November 1, 2007 with

recommendations for proposed reforms; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

transmitted to the New Mexico municipal league, the New Mexico

association of counties and the governor.

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