Municipal boundary commission; purpose.

A. The purpose of Sections 3-7-11 through 3-7-16 NMSA 1978 is to establish an independent commission known as the "municipal boundary commission" to determine the annexation of territory to a municipality whenever: (1) the municipality petitions the municipal boundary commission to annex territory to the municipality; or (2) a majority of the landowners of the territory proposed to be annexed petition the municipal boundary commission to annex the territory to the municipality. B. The municipal boundary commission shall hear a request for municipal annexation of a traditional historic community only upon petition of a majority of the qualified electors of the territory within the traditional historic community.