Statutes > New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 3 - Municipalities. > Article 26 - Sewage Facilities, 3-26-1 through 3-26-3. > Section 3-26-3 - Authority to require sewer connections; adoption of rules and regulations; penalties.

Section 3-26-3 - Authority to require sewer connections; adoption of rules and regulations; penalties.

3-26-3. Authority to require sewer connections; adoption of rules and regulations; penalties.

A municipality may, by general ordinance:   

A.     require the owner, agent or occupant of a building on a lot or land adjoining a street in which a sewage collection system exists to connect the building to the sewage collection system; and   

B.     adopt necessary rules and regulations relating to the connection, use, injury, maintenance, supervision and inspection of the sewage facilities.