In addition to the duty of water for irrigation within any artesian conservancy district established under the provisions of Sections 73-1-1 through 73-1-26 NMSA 1978, there shall be, as a matter of right, an additional two acre-inches of water per year per acre-foot of an established water right to compensate for carriage loss between the point of appropriation and the point of beneficial use.
History: 1953 Comp., § 75-13-25, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 53, § 1.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Article 1 - Artesian Conservancy Districts
Section 73-1-1 - [Purpose of districts.]
Section 73-1-2 - [Lands included in district; two or more artesian basins in one district.]
Section 73-1-3 - [Petition; signers; contents of petition.]
Section 73-1-4 - [Correction of errors in petition.]
Section 73-1-5 - [More than one petition for same district.]
Section 73-1-6 - Signing of petition.
Section 73-1-7 - [Tax roll as prima facie evidence of property ownership and value.]
Section 73-1-8 - [Bond; sufficiency; failure to execute additional bond when required.]
Section 73-1-9 - [Hearing; time and place; publication of notice.]
Section 73-1-10 - [Filing of objections; hearing as advanced cause.]
Section 73-1-12 - Recording of findings and decree; fees.
Section 73-1-14 - [Inclusion of additional lands after extension of basin boundaries.]
Section 73-1-15 - [District court procedure; notice.]
Section 73-1-16 - [Directors; term of office; vacancies on board.]
Section 73-1-17 - [Board of directors; oath of office; officers; seal; records; bylaws.]
Section 73-1-18 - [Majority to constitute quorum; concurrence of majority.]
Section 73-1-19 - [Secretary; duties; board of directors; powers; expenses.]
Section 73-1-20 - [Program of water conservation; prevention of leaking wells.]
Section 73-1-21 - Tax roll based on needed improvements; limitation.
Section 73-1-22 - Assessment and collection; levy to be property lien; time of payment.
Section 73-1-23 - [Loans in anticipation of taxes; repayment.]
Section 73-1-24 - [Underground waters.]
Section 73-1-26 - [Right of conservancy district to protest interference; appeal to district court.]