Upon approval of the county special district commission as provided in the Special District Procedures Act [4-53-1 to 4-53-11 NMSA 1978], where applicable, the court shall fix a place and time, not less than twenty days nor more than forty days after receipt of the decision of the county special district commission, for hearing thereon and thereupon the clerk of the court shall cause notice by publication to be made of the pendency of the petition and of the time and place of hearing thereon; the clerk of the court shall also forthwith cause a copy of the notice to be mailed by United States registered mail to the board of county commissioners of each of the several counties, and shall notify the attorney general and the health and social services department of the hearing to be held for the creation of the district by mailing notice addressed to the same, such notice to be deposited in the mail not less than ten days prior to the date set for the hearing, and the attorney general and the health and social services department may appear and be heard at the hearings.

History: 1941 Comp., § 77-3407, enacted by Laws 1943, ch. 80, § 7; 1953 Comp., § 75-18-7; Laws 1977, ch. 345, § 6.

Compiler's notes. — Laws 1977, ch. 253, § 5, abolished the health and social services department. Section 4 of that act established the health and environment department, consisting of several divisions, including the health services division, the behavioral health services division and the environmental improvement division. Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 16 repealed former 9-7-4 NMSA 1978, relating to the health and environment department and enacted a new 9-7-4 NMSA 1978, creating the department of health. Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 4 created the department of environment.