N.M. Stat. § 5-11-21
Revenue bonds; fees and charges.
A. At any time after the hearing on formation of the district, the district board may
hold a hearing on the question of authorizing the district board to issue one or more
series of revenue bonds of the district to provide money for any public infrastructure
purposes consistent with the general plan.
B. If revenue bonds are approved by resolution, the district board may issue and
sell revenue bonds of the district.
C. The revenue bonds may be sold in a public offering or in a negotiated sale;
however, if the bonds are to be sold in a public offering, no revenue bonds may be
issued by the district unless the revenue bonds receive one of the four highest
investment grade ratings by a nationally recognized bond rating agency.
D. The district board may pledge to the payment of its revenue bonds any revenues
of the district or revenues to be collected by the municipality or county in trust for the
district and returned to the district.
E. The district shall prescribe fees and charges, and shall revise them when
necessary, to generate revenue sufficient, together with any money from the sources
described in Section 17 [5-11-17 NMSA 1978] of the Public Improvement District Act, to
pay when due the principal and interest of all revenue bonds for the payment of which
revenue has been pledged. The establishment or revision of any rates, fees and
charges shall be identified and noticed concurrently with the annual budget process of
the district pursuant to Section 23 [5-11-23 NMSA 1978] of the Public Improvement
District Act.
F. If, in the resolution of the district board, the revenues to be pledged are limited to
certain types of revenues, only those types of revenues may be pledged and only those
revenues shall be maintained.
G. No holder of revenue bonds issued pursuant to the Public Improvement District
Act may compel any exercise of the taxing power of the district, municipality or county to
pay the bonds or the interest on the bonds. Revenue bonds issued pursuant to that act
are not a debt of the district, municipality or county, nor is the payment of revenue
bonds enforceable out of any money other than the revenue pledged to the payment of
the bonds.
H. Subject to the requirements of this section, a district may issue revenue bonds at
such times and in such amounts as the district deems appropriate to carry out a project
in phases.
I. Pursuant to this section, the district may issue and sell refunding bonds to refund
revenue bonds of the district authorized by the Public Improvement District Act.
Refunding bonds issued pursuant to this section shall have a final maturity date no later
than the final maturity date of the bonds being refunded.