Section 5-17-16 - Effect of inclusion order. - New Mexico Statutes

5-17-16. Effect of inclusion order.

The following shall be applicable to any proceeding for inclusion accomplished pursuant to Section 15 [5-17-15 NMSA 1978] of the Infrastructure Development Zone Act:

A.     nothing in Section 15 of the Infrastructure Development Zone Act shall affect the validity of any area or property included or excluded from an infrastructure development zone by virtue of prior laws;

B.     after the date of its inclusion in an infrastructure development zone, the property shall be subject to all of the taxes and charges imposed by the infrastructure development zone and shall be liable for its proportionate share of existing bonded indebtedness of the infrastructure development zone; but it shall not be liable for any taxes or charges levied or assessed prior to its inclusion in the infrastructure development zone nor shall its entry into the infrastructure development zone be made subject to or contingent upon the payment or assumption of any tax, rate, fee, toll or charge other than the taxes, rates, fees, tolls and charges that are uniformly made, assessed or levied for the entire infrastructure development zone, without the prior consent of the fee owners or approval of the electors of the area to be included;

C.     in the infrastructure development zone, the included property shall be liable for its proportionate share of annual operation and maintenance charges and the cost of services of the infrastructure development zone and taxes, rates, fees, tolls or charges shall be certified and levied or assessed therefor; provided that nothing in this section shall prevent an agreement between a board and the owners of property sought to be included in an infrastructure development zone with respect to the fees, charges, terms and conditions on which the property may be included;

D.     the change of boundaries of the infrastructure development zone shall not impair nor affect its organization  nor shall it affect, impair or discharge any contract, obligation, lien or charge on which it might be liable or chargeable had the change of boundaries not been made;

E.     the order of any inclusion of territory accomplished pursuant to Section 15 of the Infrastructure Development Zone Act shall be filed in accordance with the provisions of Section 11 [5-17-11 NMSA 1978] of that act; and

F.     the infrastructure development zone's facility and service standards that are applied within the included area shall be compatible with the facility and service standards of adjacent municipalities.