A. A planning commission which has adopted a master plan or a major street plan may:

Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 3-19-7

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

(1)     survey for the exact location of the lines of new, extended, widened or narrowed streets within the municipality or its planning and platting jurisdiction; and

(2)     certify to the governing body of the municipality a plat of the area surveyed which indicates the location of lines recommended for future streets, street extension, street widening or narrowing.

B. The certification of a plat by the planning commission does not constitute the opening of a street or the taking or accepting of land for street purposes.