New Mexico Statutes
Article 2 - Incorporation and Powers of Waterworks
Section 62-2-15 - [Borrowing money; bonds; mortgages.]

Corporations formed under this article shall have power to borrow such sums of money as may be necessary for the construction, completion or operation of their reservoirs, canals and ditches, or pipelines, or the purchase of any lands, water rights or other property necessary, in order to carry out the objects for which they were incorporated; and to issue and dispose of their bonds for any amount so borrowed, and to mortgage their corporate property and franchises to secure the payment of any debt contracted for the purpose aforesaid.
History: Laws 1887, ch. 12, § 16; C.L. 1897, § 483; Code 1915, § 1041; C.S. 1929, § 32-421; Laws 1941, ch. 15, § 2; 1941 Comp., § 72-216; 1953 Comp., § 68-2-16.
Compiler's notes. — The 1915 Code compilers substituted the words "this article" for "this act." They presumably refer to Code 1915, ch. 23, art. 3, the effective provisions of which are compiled as 62-1-1 to 62-1-5 and 62-2-1 to 62-2-22 NMSA 1978, while the original reference to "this act" meant Laws 1887, ch. 12, the effective provisions of which are compiled as 62-2-1 to 62-2-19, 62-2-21 and 62-2-22 NMSA 1978.
Sections 62-2-1 to 62-2-22 of the Public Utility Act are still effective as the repeal of Chapter 62, Article 2 by Laws 1998, Chapter 108, Section 82, effective July 1, 2003 was repealed prior to taking effect by Chapter 23, Section 1, Laws 2003. Although Laws 2003, Chapter 336, Section 8, amended Laws 1998, Chapter 82, as amended, an amendment of a repealed section is ineffective. See Quintana v. N.M. Dep't of Corrs., 100 N.M. 224, 668 P.2d 1101 (1983). Laws 2003, Chapter 416, Section 5 also repealed Laws 1998, Chapter 108, Section 82, as amended, a second time, however, that repeal is of no effect as the section had previously been repealed by Chapter 23, Section 1, Laws 2003.
Cross references. — For general power to mortgage property, see 62-2-4 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 58 Am. Jur. 2d Occupations, Trades and Professions §§ 70, 73, 91, 100, 123, 127.
93 C.J.S. Waters §§ 190, 218; 94 C.J.S. Waters §§ 259, 326.

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