New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management

Section 73-10-1 - [Cooperation with United States under reclamation laws; districts organized; powers.] - Whenever a majority of the resident freeholders owning more than...

Section 73-10-2 - [Water users under community ditches; voting power unaffected.] - Nothing in the preceding section [73-10-1 NMSA 1978] shall be...

Section 73-10-3 - [Petition for irrigation district; contents; bond; publication of petition and notice of presentation time.] - For the purpose of the establishment of an irrigation district...

Section 73-10-4 - [Publications to be in English and Spanish.] - All publications required by this act shall be made both...

Section 73-10-5 - Boundaries set by petition; divisions; election call; officers. - A. When the petition is presented and it appears that...

Section 73-10-6 - Notice of election; qualified electors; general election laws applicable; mailing ballots; preparation and care of ballots. - A. The board of county commissioners shall thereupon cause notice,...

Section 73-10-7 - Districts 25,000 acres or less; qualified electors. - A. In any district having an irrigable area of twenty-five...

Section 73-10-8 - [Canvass of votes; order declaring district organized; organization complete upon recording of order.] - The said board of county commissioners shall meet on the...

Section 73-10-9 - [First election of directors; biennial elections thereafter.] - At the first regular election of any such irrigation district...

Section 73-10-10 - [Election of officers; oath; bonds of directors.] - The regular election of said district shall be held on...

Section 73-10-11 - [Office of directors; notice of election; judges; time and place.] - The office of the board of directors shall be located...

Section 73-10-12 - [Oaths of judges; opening and closing of polls; returns.] - One of the judges shall be chairman of the election...

Section 73-10-13 - Absent voting permitted. - A. In any election of officers of the irrigation district,...

Section 73-10-14 - [Canvass of votes when all returns received; procedure; declaration of result of election.] - No lists, tally paper or certificates returned from any election...

Section 73-10-15 - [Statement of results; certificates of election; vacancy in office of director.] - The secretary of the board of directors must, as soon...

Section 73-10-16 - [Board of directors; organization; powers and duties; cooperation with United States; rules and regulations.] - The directors, having duly qualified, shall organize a board, elect...

Section 73-10-17 - [Regular and special meetings; records; right of entry on lands; right to acquire lands and property.] - The board of directors shall hold a regular quarterly meeting...

Section 73-10-18 - [Compensation of board members; president; interest in contracts prohibited; penalty.] - The members of the board of directors other than the...

Section 73-10-19 - [Property acquired by district; title; tax exemption; conveyance to United States.] - The title to all property acquired under the provisions of...

Section 73-10-20 - [Legal status of irrigation district; conveyances; court proceedings.] - The said board is hereby authorized and empowered to take...

Section 73-10-21 - [Plan for construction; advertising for bids; contractors bonds.] - After adopting a plan for the construction of canals, reservoirs...

Section 73-10-22 - [Rights-of-way over private property; eminent domain; state lands.] - The board of directors shall have the power to construct...

Section 73-10-23 - [Joint works; union with districts of adjoining states; proportionate ownership; bond issues; management.] - It is lawful for any irrigation district or districts organized...

Section 73-10-24 - [Water supply inadequate; distribution on alternate days.] - In case the volume of water in any canal, reservoir...

Section 73-10-25 - [Preservation of prior rights.] - Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize any person...

Section 73-10-26 - [Change of boundaries; effect; assent of secretary of the interior.] - The boundaries of any irrigation district now or hereafter organized...

Section 73-10-27 - [Petition for inclusion of additional lands.] - The holder or holders of title, or evidence of title,...

Section 73-10-28 - [Publication of notice of petition for including lands; objections; payment of estimated cost of proceedings.] - The secretary of the board of directors shall cause notice...

Section 73-10-29 - [Hearing on petition for including lands.] - The board of directors, at the time and place mentioned...

Section 73-10-30 - [Payment of assessments as condition precedent to granting petition for including lands.] - The board of directors, to whom such petition is presented,...

Section 73-10-31 - [Order granting or rejecting petition for including lands; description of boundaries; protest of electors.] - The board of directors if they deem it not for...

Section 73-10-32 - [Filing of order and new plat when land is added; status of district; liability of lands.] - Upon the allowance of such petition and in case no...

Section 73-10-33 - [Petition for including land to be recorded in minutes of board; evidential value.] - Upon the filing of the copies of the order and...

Section 73-10-34 - Authorization to sign petition or protest. - A guardian, conservator or personal representative of an estate, who...

Section 73-10-35 - [Redivision of district after addition of lands; election of directors.] - In the case of the inclusion of any land within...

Section 73-10-36 - [Exclusion of lands; status of district unaffected.] - Any tract of land included within the boundaries of any...

Section 73-10-37 - [Petition to exclude lands; description of lands; acknowledgment.] - The owner or owners in fee of any lands constituting...

Section 73-10-38 - [Notice of petition to exclude lands; publication; estimated costs of proceedings.] - The secretary of the board of directors shall cause a...

Section 73-10-39 - [Hearing on petition for excluding lands; objections.] - The board of directors at the time and place mentioned...

Section 73-10-40 - [Order granting or denying petition for excluding land; protest of electors.] - The board of directors, if they deem it not for...

Section 73-10-41 - [Petition for exclusion of land approved; filing order and new plat.] - Upon the allowance of such petition and in case no...

Section 73-10-42 - [Redivision of district after exclusion of lands; election of directors.] - At least thirty days before the next general election of...

Section 73-10-43 - [Petition for dissolution of district; notice of election; ballots.] - Whenever a majority of the resident freeholders, representing a majority...

Section 73-10-44 - [Canvass of votes on dissolution; certificate of election; recording; assent of secretary of interior.] - The board of directors shall name a day for canvassing...

Section 73-10-45 - [Succession of irrigation districts to rights and duties of water users' associations.] - That any irrigation district organized and existing under and by...

Section 73-10-46 - [Irrigation district organized to cooperate with United States; civil service board; employees.] - Any irrigation district organized or to be organized for the...

Section 73-10-47 - [Employees' pensions; group insurance; employers' liability insurance.] - Any irrigation district is authorized to create out of its...

Section 73-10-48 - Special water users' associations; lease of allotments of irrigation district water; change of place and purpose of use of leased water rights; change of point of diversion of water rights; approval process. - A. As used in this section: (1) "annual allotment of...

Section 73-10-49 - Special water users' association; certificate of organization. - The organizers of a special water users' association shall execute...

Section 73-10-50 - Special water users' association; organizational status; officers. - A. Upon the filing of the certificate of organization, by...

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New Mexico Statutes Chapter 73 - Special Districts Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management

New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management