There is hereby created and established a further and additional classification of counties in New Mexico, which shall be and are hereby declared to be and are described as H class counties. Any county which covers an area of not more than 200 square miles shall be a county of the H class.
History: 1953 Comp., § 15-43-3.1, enacted by Laws 1955, ch. 4, § 1; 1985, ch. 62, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For salaries, expenses, fees and powers and duties of officers of unincorporated counties of the H class, see 4-44-14 to 4-44-16 NMSA 1978.
For inclusion of H class counties in definition of municipality, see 3-1-2 NMSA 1978.