N.M. Stat. § 63-9I-8
Scope of local authority.
A. Except as otherwise provided in the Wireless Consumer Advanced Infrastructure
Investment Act, an authority may exercise its zoning, land use, planning and permitting
authority and its police power for the installation, modification and replacement of
wireless support structures and utility poles.
B. An authority's power to control the design, engineering, construction, installation
or operation of a small wireless facility in an interior structure or on the site of a campus,
stadium or athletic facility not owned or controlled by the authority is limited to its
authority to enforce compliance with applicable codes.
C. The Wireless Consumer Advanced Infrastructure Investment Act does not
authorize the state or a political subdivision of the state to require small wireless facility
deployment or to regulate wireless services.
D. If an authority determines that a utility pole or the wireless support structure of a
wireless provider must be relocated to accommodate a public project, the provider shall
assume the costs of relocating the wireless facilities deployed on the pole or structure.