N.M. Stat. § 5-11-8
Formation; debt limitation.
A. If the formation of the district is approved by at least a three-fourths' majority of
the votes cast at the election, the governing body shall cause a copy of the resolution
ordering formation of the district to be delivered to the county assessor, the county
treasurer and the county in which the district is located and to the taxation and revenue
department and the local government division of the department of finance and
administration. A notice of the formation showing the number and date of the resolution
and giving a description of the land included in the district shall be recorded with the
county clerk.
B. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a district shall be a political
subdivision of the state, separate and apart from the municipality or county. The amount
of indebtedness evidenced by general obligation bonds issued pursuant to Section 5-
11-19 NMSA 1978, special levy bonds issued pursuant to Section 5-11-20 NMSA 1978
and revenue bonds issued pursuant to Section 5-11-21 NMSA 1978 shall not exceed
the estimated cost of the public infrastructure improvements plus all costs connected
with the public infrastructure purposes and issuance and sale of bonds, including,
without limitation, formation costs, credit enhancement and liquidity support fees and
costs. The total aggregate outstanding amount of bonds and any other indebtedness for
which the full faith and credit of the district are pledged shall not exceed sixty percent of
the market value of the real property and improvements in the district after the public
infrastructure improvements of the district are completed plus the value of the public
infrastructure owned or to be acquired by the district with the proceeds of the bonds and
shall not affect the general obligation bonding capacity of the municipality or county in
which the district is located.
C. Bonds issued by a district shall not be a general obligation of the state, the
county or the municipality in which the district is located and shall not pledge the full
faith and credit of the state, the county or the municipality in which the district is located,
irrespective of whether the district board is governed by the governing body of the
county or municipality in which the district is located.
D. Following formation of the district, the district board shall administer in a
reasonable manner the implementation of the general plan for the public infrastructure
improvements of the district.