A. Upon the filing of the certificate of organization, by duly adopted resolution, with the state engineer and a copy with the county clerk of the county or city, as appropriate, where the special water users' association is formed, the entities so associating shall constitute a body corporate by the name set forth in the certificate and by that name may sue and be sued and shall have the capacity to make contracts; acquire, hold, enjoy, dispose of and convey property real and personal; and do any other act or thing necessary or proper for carrying out the purposes of the association.
B. An association may have officers or agents chosen or appointed in a manner and for terms as may be provided by the bylaws. Vacancies occurring among officers or among the board of directors, trustees or governing board shall be filled as provided by the bylaws or, in the absence of such provision, by the directors, trustees or governing board.
History: Laws 2003, ch. 369, ยง 7.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Section 73-10-2 - [Water users under community ditches; voting power unaffected.]
Section 73-10-4 - [Publications to be in English and Spanish.]
Section 73-10-5 - Boundaries set by petition; divisions; election call; officers.
Section 73-10-7 - Districts 25,000 acres or less; qualified electors.
Section 73-10-9 - [First election of directors; biennial elections thereafter.]
Section 73-10-10 - [Election of officers; oath; bonds of directors.]
Section 73-10-11 - [Office of directors; notice of election; judges; time and place.]
Section 73-10-12 - [Oaths of judges; opening and closing of polls; returns.]
Section 73-10-13 - Absent voting permitted.
Section 73-10-15 - [Statement of results; certificates of election; vacancy in office of director.]
Section 73-10-20 - [Legal status of irrigation district; conveyances; court proceedings.]
Section 73-10-21 - [Plan for construction; advertising for bids; contractors bonds.]
Section 73-10-22 - [Rights-of-way over private property; eminent domain; state lands.]
Section 73-10-24 - [Water supply inadequate; distribution on alternate days.]
Section 73-10-25 - [Preservation of prior rights.]
Section 73-10-26 - [Change of boundaries; effect; assent of secretary of the interior.]
Section 73-10-27 - [Petition for inclusion of additional lands.]
Section 73-10-29 - [Hearing on petition for including lands.]
Section 73-10-34 - Authorization to sign petition or protest.
Section 73-10-35 - [Redivision of district after addition of lands; election of directors.]
Section 73-10-36 - [Exclusion of lands; status of district unaffected.]
Section 73-10-37 - [Petition to exclude lands; description of lands; acknowledgment.]
Section 73-10-39 - [Hearing on petition for excluding lands; objections.]
Section 73-10-40 - [Order granting or denying petition for excluding land; protest of electors.]
Section 73-10-41 - [Petition for exclusion of land approved; filing order and new plat.]
Section 73-10-42 - [Redivision of district after exclusion of lands; election of directors.]
Section 73-10-43 - [Petition for dissolution of district; notice of election; ballots.]
Section 73-10-47 - [Employees' pensions; group insurance; employers' liability insurance.]
Section 73-10-49 - Special water users' association; certificate of organization.
Section 73-10-50 - Special water users' association; organizational status; officers.