The ratification and approval of said compact by this state shall not be binding or obligatory until it shall have been likewise approved by the legislature of the state of Colorado and by the congress of the United States.
History: 1978 Comp., § 72-15-12, enacted by Laws 1945, ch. 51, § 3.
Date of ratification. — Costilla Creek Water Compact between New Mexico and Colorado, of which the supreme court takes notice, was duly entered into and ratified by the two states and approved by the congress of the United States on July 11, 1946. State ex rel. Reynolds v. W.S. Ranch Co., 1961-NMSC-061, 69 N.M. 169, 364 P.2d 1036.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 15 - Interstate Compacts
Section 72-15-1 - [Animas-La Plata Project Compact.]
Section 72-15-2 - [Canadian River Compact.]
Section 72-15-3 - [Notice of approval.]
Section 72-15-4 - [Ratification and approval.]
Section 72-15-5 - [Colorado River Compact.]
Section 72-15-6 - [Notice of approval.]
Section 72-15-7 - [Ratification and approval.]
Section 72-15-8 - [Colorado River Compact; modified.]
Section 72-15-9 - [Certified copies.]
Section 72-15-10 - [Costilla Creek Compact.]
Section 72-15-11 - [Notice of approval.]
Section 72-15-12 - [Ratification and approval.]
Section 72-15-13 - [Amended Costilla Creek Compact.]
Section 72-15-14 - [Notice of approval.]
Section 72-15-15 - [Ratification and approval.]
Section 72-15-16 - [La Plata River Compact.]
Section 72-15-17 - [Notice of approval.]
Section 72-15-18 - [Ratification and approval.]
Section 72-15-19 - [Pecos River Compact.]
Section 72-15-20 - [Notice of approval.]
Section 72-15-21 - [Ratification and approval.]
Section 72-15-22 - [Commissioner.]
Section 72-15-23 - [Rio Grande Compact.]
Section 72-15-24 - [Notice of approval.]
Section 72-15-25 - [Ratification and approval.]
Section 72-15-26 - [Upper Colorado River Basin Compact.]