Constitution · New Mexico

N.M. Const. art. IX, § 5

Constitution
Constitution of New Mexico
Text as of
October 2026

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[Remission of county debts to state prohibited.] The legislature shall never enact any law releasing any county, or any of the taxable property therein, from its obligation to pay to the state any moneys expended by the state by reason of its assumption or payment of the debt of such county.

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