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Section 73-20-1 - Short title. - Sections 73-20-1 through 73-20-24 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...
Section 73-20-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Watershed District Act: A. "directors" means...
Section 73-20-3 - Purpose of act. - The purpose of the Watershed District Act is to secure...
Section 73-20-4 - Watershed districts; formation. - Watershed districts may be formed as subdistricts of soil and...
Section 73-20-5 - Area. - The land area embraced in districts must be contiguous and...
Section 73-20-6 - Petitions. - When fifty or more landowners within a proposed watershed district,...
Section 73-20-7 - Presentation of petitions. - If the proposed watershed district lies in more than one...
Section 73-20-8 - Hearing; notice. - A. Within thirty days after the petition has been filed...
Section 73-20-9 - Referendum. - After the board of supervisors has made and recorded a...
Section 73-20-10 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 45-5-28, enacted by Laws 1957, ch....
Section 73-20-11 - Votes; results. - If a majority of the votes cast favors creation of...
Section 73-20-11 - Votes; results. (Effective July 1, 2022.) - The votes shall be counted in accordance with the provisions...
Section 73-20-12 - Directors; election. - A. At the next regular local election held pursuant to...
Section 73-20-13 - Authority. - Subject to the approval of the board of supervisors, the...
Section 73-20-14 - Bonds. - A. Bonds authorized by Section 73-20-13 NMSA 1978 shall not...
Section 73-20-15 - Loans; repayments. - A. In addition to the borrowing of money by the...
Section 73-20-16 - Per diem and mileage. - Members of the board of directors shall receive no salaries,...
Section 73-20-17 - Budgets; tax levy; limitation. - Within the first quarter of each calendar year, the board...
Section 73-20-18 - Assessment lists. - A. The board of directors shall prepare a list of...
Section 73-20-19 - Collection of assessments. - A. The county treasurer shall collect the assessment due the...
Section 73-20-20 - Expenditures. - Assessment funds collected shall be transferred to and held by...
Section 73-20-21 - Addition of land. - A. Any one or more owners of land may petition...
Section 73-20-22 - Detaching land. - The owner or owners of land who have not been,...
Section 73-20-23 - Discontinuance of districts. - A. At any time after five years from the organization...
Section 73-20-23 - Discontinuance of districts. (Effective July 1, 2022.) - A. At any time after five years from the organization...
Section 73-20-24 - Supervision by courts. - If any supervising soil and water conservation district is discontinued,...
Section 73-20-25 - Short title. - Sections 73-20-25 through 73-20-48 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...
Section 73-20-26 - Legislative determination; purpose of act. - A. Considered and resolved by legislative determination, it is declared...
Section 73-20-27 - Definitions. - As used in the Soil and Water Conservation District Act...
Section 73-20-28 - Soil and water conservation commission members. - There is created a "soil and water conservation commission" to...
Section 73-20-29 - Selection of commission chairman; quorum; compensation; function. - A. Upon the appointment of seven members by the governor,...
Section 73-20-30 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1987, ch. 234, § 84 repealed 73-20-30...
Section 73-20-31 - Powers and duties of department and commission. - A. The supervising officer of any state agency or post-secondary...
Section 73-20-32 - Additional duties of department. - In addition to all other powers and duties of the...
Section 73-20-33 - Soil and water conservation districts; creation. - A. Twenty-five landowners whose land lies within the exterior limits...
Section 73-20-34 - Soil and water conservation districts; creation; referendum. - A. When a final determination of the commission that a...
Section 73-20-35 - Soil and water conservation districts; organization. - A. Upon the determination that a proposed district is necessary...
Section 73-20-36 - Soil and water conservation districts; modification of existing districts. - A. Unless otherwise provided by this section, petitions to modify...
Section 73-20-37 - District supervisors; election and appointment; new districts. - A. The governing body of a district shall be composed...
Section 73-20-38 - District supervisors; election and appointment; organized districts. - A. Successors to supervisors whose terms end in a calendar...
Section 73-20-39 - Election of supervisors; district zones. - In adopting and publishing rules for the election of supervisors...
Section 73-20-40 - Selection of supervisor chairman; quorum; compensation. - Within a reasonable time after each district election and after...
Section 73-20-41 - Powers and duties of supervisors. - A. Supervisors may employ a secretary and other agents, employees...
Section 73-20-42 - Removal of supervisors. - A supervisor may be removed from office by the commission...
Section 73-20-43 - Perpetuation of districts; continuity of commission and supervisors. - Soil conservation districts created and organized under the provisions of...
Section 73-20-44 - Districts; description; general powers of districts. - A "soil and water conservation district", organized under or perpetuated...
Section 73-20-45 - Specific powers of districts. - A district, by and through its supervisors, is authorized to:...
Section 73-20-46 - District assessments. - A. In the event a district is unable to meet...
Section 73-20-46.1 - Assessments; limitations. - A levy approved by the voters of a district and...
Section 73-20-47 - Cooperation between districts. - The supervisors of two or more soil and water conservation...
Section 73-20-48 - State agencies to cooperate. - Agencies, instrumentalities and political subdivisions of this state having jurisdiction...
Section 73-20-49 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 45-5-64, enacted by Laws 1965, ch....