Section 3-17-1 - Ordinances; purposes. - New Mexico Statutes

3-17-1. Ordinances; purposes.

The governing body of a municipality may adopt ordinances or resolutions not inconsistent with the laws of New Mexico for the purpose of:   

A.     effecting or discharging the powers and duties conferred by law upon the municipality;   

B.     providing for the safety, preserving the health, promoting the prosperity and improving the morals, order, comfort and convenience of the municipality and its inhabitants; and   

C.     enforcing obedience to the ordinances by prosecution in the municipal court and metropolitan courts and upon conviction the imposition of:   

(1)     except for those violations of ordinances described in Paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment for not more than ninety days or both;   

(2)     for a violation of an ordinance prohibiting driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment for not more than three hundred sixty-four days or both; and   

(3)     for violations of an industrial user wastewater pretreatment ordinance as required by the United States environmental protection agency, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) a day for each violation.