A county may form a district:

Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 71-10-3

  • 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.

A. the initial boundaries of which lie within the jurisdiction of the county; and

B. that includes an operating coal-fueled electric generating facility that is owned by a non-investor-owned electric utility or a coal-fueled electric generating facility that is owned by a non-investor-owned electric utility and has been or is in the process of being retired.