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- Section 67-3-13 - Repealed.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- Section 67-3-25 - Repealed.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- Section 67-3-27 - Repealed.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- Section 67-3-28.1 - Repealed.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