The Village of Taos Ski Valley
Ordinance Number 97-13
AN INTERIM ORDINANCE ADOPTING BY REFERENCE VARIOUS
PROVISIONS OF NEW MEXICO LAW PERTAINING TO VIOLATIONS OF ORDINANCES; DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE VILLAGE OF TAOS SKI VALLEY,
NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. The following
Chapters and Sections of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978, are hereby
adopted as interim ordinances of the Village of Taos Ski Valley (hereinafter
Village) and are incorporated by reference as if fully set forth: All of Chapter 30 pertaining to Criminal
Offenses; All of Chapter 35 pertaining to Violations of Municipal Ordinances;
and, Section 77-1-1 pertaining Dogs and Domesticated Animals. Any subsequent amendments made to any of the
preceding statues by the State of New Mexico, are automatically adopted by
reference as amended to the Village Ordinances, and incorporated as if fully
set forth, unless expressly not so adopted by the Village.
Section 2. VIOLATIONS. Any violation of any statute incorporated
by reference herein falls within the sentencing jurisdiction of the Village and
shall be deemed a violation of the corresponding Village ordinance, punishable
as follows:
a. Except for those violations of ordinances
described in subparagraph (b) below, a violation of any ordinance established
herein is punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00)
or imprisonment for not more than ninety days or both; and,
b. For a violation of an ordinance prohibiting
driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or
drugs any place within the Village, a fine of not more than one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment for not more than three hundred sixty-four
days or both.
Section 3. CITATION. Violators of this Ordinance may be cited by
reference to the appropriate provision of the New Mexico Statute Annotated
1978.
Section 4. CONFLICTS. Any specific Village Ordinance previously
adopted or hereinafter adopted that is in conflict with any of the provisions
of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978 adopted herein will control over and
supersede the conflicting provision or provisions of this Ordinance.
Section 5. EFFECTIVE
DATE--EMERGENCY. This Ordinance is
hereby declared to be an emergency on the grounds of public safety, and is
therefore to become effective immediately upon publication.
PASSED,
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 1st
day of July 1996.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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Clerk-Treasurer
Vote: For
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