A. To collect the assessment authorized in Section 3-48-4 NMSA 1978, the governing body shall have prepared an assessment roll. The assessment roll shall list, in columns:
(1) the name of the owner, if known, of the parcel of real estate being assessed;
(2) a description of the parcel of real estate being assessed;
(3) the amount assessed against each parcel of real estate; and
(4) describe, in general terms, the removal and what was removed from the real estate being assessed.
B. The municipal clerk shall publish a notice stating that the assessment roll for delinquent refuse collection charges due the municipality is on file in the office of the municipal clerk and the time and place when the governing body will hear appeals or protests by any person aggrieved by the assessment. The notice shall be published once not less than ten nor more than twenty days before the day of the protest hearing. If the address of the owner of the real property is known, a copy of the notice shall be mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the known address of the owner of the real property being assessed.
C. The provisions of this section are intended to afford an additional and not an exclusive method for enforcing payment of charges for refuse collection furnished by the municipality.
History: 1953 Comp., § 14-49-5, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 1967, ch. 146, § 9; 1981, ch. 92, § 1.
Cross references. — For assessment of fees for county refuse collection, see 4-56-3 NMSA 1978.
Severability clauses. — Laws 1981, ch. 92, § 2, provided for the severability of the act if any part or application thereof is held invalid.
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