N.M. Stat. § 4-55A-4
Improvement district; purpose.
An improvement district may be created as authorized in the County Improvement
District Act in order to construct, acquire, repair or maintain in one or more locations any
one or any combination of the following projects, including land served by any project
and any right of way, easement or privilege appurtenant or related thereto:
A. a street, road, bridge, walkway, overpass, underpass, parkway, alley, curb, gutter
or sidewalk project, including median and divider strips, parkways and boulevards,
ramps and stairways, interchanges, alleys and intersections, arches, support structures
and pilings and the grading, regrading, oiling, surfacing, graveling, excavating,
macadamizing, paving, repairing, laying, backfilling, leveling, lighting, landscaping,
beautifying or in any manner improving of all or any part of one or more streets, roads,
bridges, walkways, pathways, curbs, gutters or sidewalks or any combination of the
foregoing;
B. any utility project for providing gas, water, electricity or telephone service;
C. any storm sewer project, sanitary sewer project or water project, including
investigating, planning, constructing, acquiring, excavating, laying, leveling, backfilling
or in any manner improving all or any part of one or more storm sewers, drains, sanitary
sewers, water lines, trunk lines, mains, laterals and property connections and acquiring
or improving hydrants, meters, valves, catch basins, inlets, outlets, lift or pumping
stations and machinery and equipment incidental thereto or any combination of the
foregoing;
D. a flood control or storm drainage project, including the investigation, planning,
construction, improvement, replacement, repair or acquisition of dams, dikes, levees,
ditches, canals, basins and appurtenances such as spillways, outlets, syphons and drop
structures, channel construction, diversions, rectification and protection with
appurtenant structures such as concrete lining, banks, revetments, culverts, inlets,
bridges, transitions and drop structures, rundowns and retaining walls, storm sewers
and related appurtenances such as inlets, outlets, manholes, catch basins, syphons and
pumping stations, appliances, machinery and equipment and property rights connected
therewith or incidental thereto convenient and necessary to control floods or to provide
drainage and lessen their danger and damages;
E. railroad spurs, railroad tracks, railyards, rail switches and any necessary real
property; or
F. on-site or off-site improvements required as a condition to obtaining required
approvals of a development to be served by a project, including the payment of any fees
or charges levied as a means of paying for all or part of such on-site or off-site
improvements.