New Mexico Code § 5-5-12

Payment of bonds
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The principal of and interest on general obligation bonds herein authorized to be
issued, and any prior redemption premium or premiums, shall be payable from the
proceeds of general (ad valorem) property taxes levied without limitation as to rate or
amount, except to the extent other revenues are made available therefor. The principal
of and interest on revenue bonds herein authorized to be issued and any prior
redemption premium or premiums shall be payable solely from the gross or net
revenues derived from the operation of any project for the acquisition or improvement of
which the bonds are issued, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
revenues of a prior existing project which is improved by the expenditure of the bond
proceeds, and revenues of improvements theretofore or thereafter acquired for such
project which are not acquired by the expenditure of such bond proceeds, and from
revenues and proceeds of any tolls, rates, charges, fees, license taxes, other excise
taxes or quasi-excise taxes which the municipality is empowered to fix, levy and collect
(but excluding any general (ad valorem) property taxes), or any combination of such
revenues and proceeds. Any such revenues or proceeds pledged directly or as
additional security for the payment of bonds of any one issue or series which revenues
are not exclusively pledged therefor may subsequently be pledged directly or as
additional security for the payment of the bonds of one or more issues or series
subsequently authorized. If more than one series of bonds shall be issued hereunder
payable from the same revenues or proceeds, priority of lien thereof on such revenues
shall depend on the provisions of the proceedings authorizing the issuance of such
bonds, it being within the discretion of the governing body at the time it authorizes the
first such series to provide that subsequent series of bonds payable from such revenues
may not be issued, that subsequent series of bonds shall be subordinate as to lien or
that subsequent series of bonds shall enjoy parity of lien if such conditions and
restrictions as may be specified in such proceedings can be met. All bonds of the same
issue or series shall be equally and ratably secured without priority by reason of
number, date of maturity, date of bonds, of sale, of execution or of delivery, by a lien on
said revenues and proceeds in accordance with the provisions of this act [5-5-1 to 5-5-
23, 5-5-25 to 5-5-27 NMSA 1978] and the proceedings authorizing said bonds, except
to the extent the proceedings shall otherwise specifically provide. All bonds not issued
payable solely from such revenues and proceeds shall be the general obligations of the
municipality, and the full faith and credit of the municipality shall be pledged for the
payment thereof.
History: 1953 Comp., § 6-9-12, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 300, § 12.

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