Any association formed under Chapter 3, Article 28 NMSA 1978 shall be designated an intercommunity water or natural gas supply association. The directors of the association shall be composed of the commissioners appointed by and shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body of the municipalities who appoint the commissioners.
History: 1953 Comp., § 14-27-2, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 1990, ch. 60, § 2.
The 1990 amendment, effective March 2, 1990, rewrote the first sentence which read "Any such association formed under Sections 14-27-1 through 14-27-18 New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1953 Compilation shall be designated an intercommunity water or natural gas supply association" and made minor stylistic changes in the second sentence.
Jurisdiction of public service commission. — Insofar as the utility operation of an intercommunity gas association is concerned, the New Mexico public service commission is the major agency exercising jurisdiction over such association. 1966 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 66-07.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 28 - Water or Natural Gas Associations
Section 3-28-1 - Water or natural gas associations; powers.
Section 3-28-2 - Intercommunity water or natural gas supply association; directors.
Section 3-28-3 - Certificate of association.
Section 3-28-4 - Acknowledgment and filing of original certificate; recording of copy.
Section 3-28-5 - Powers of association as body corporate.
Section 3-28-6 - Amendment of certificate of incorporation.
Section 3-28-7 - Notice of first meeting.
Section 3-28-8 - Board of directors; powers.
Section 3-28-9 - Officers or agents; manner of appointment.
Section 3-28-10 - Revenue bond issues.
Section 3-28-11 - Terms and provisions of revenue bond issues.
Section 3-28-12 - Resolution for issuance of bond; execution.
Section 3-28-13 - Payment of bonds.
Section 3-28-14 - Refunding authorization; terms.
Section 3-28-14.1 - Publication of notice after adoption of resolutions; limitation of action.
Section 3-28-15 - Financial assistance.
Section 3-28-16 - Establishment of rates or contracts for service; lien against property served.
Section 3-28-17 - Proceeds from bond issues not to be diverted from purpose.
Section 3-28-18 - Violations of act; penalty.
Section 3-28-19 - Eminent domain.
Section 3-28-20 - Associations not subject to utility laws.
Section 3-28-21 - New Mexico public utility commission [public regulation commission] jurisdiction.
Section 3-28-22 - Validation; existing association and outstanding bonds.