New Mexico Statutes
Article 11 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Fiscal Affairs; Local Improvements and Special Powers
Section 73-11-32 - [Levy of taxes; duty of county commissioners when district in more than one county.]

It shall be the duty of the county commissioners of the county in which the office of the district is located, acting under the provisions of this act, upon the receipt of the certificate of the board of directors, certifying the amounts to be raised for the different purposes hereinbefore mentioned, and upon receipt of the assessor's certified list of the tracts of lands in the district upon which the secretary of the district has entered the notations hereinbefore referred to, to fix the respective rates of levy per acre necessary to provide the amounts of money required for said purposes as specified in said certificate. The rate of levy necessary to raise the required amount of money for said district shall be increased 15 percent to cover delinquencies. And if there be any other county or counties wherein are situate lands within the district to be taxed hereunder the said county commissioners shall certify to the county commissioners of such other county or counties, the said tax levies and the lists of land in such other county or counties subject to taxation therefor. The respective boards of county commissioners of such other counties shall furnish to the respective county assessors of such other counties such tax levies and lists of lands, and such county assessors shall thereupon cause extension to be made upon their assessment rolls of the amounts due from each tract of land for each of said purposes in separate columns and also the total taxes so levied for all of the purposes of said irrigation district, and also the total amount due from each tract for all of the purposes of said irrigation district.
For the purposes of said district, it shall be the duty of the county commissioners in each county in which any irrigation district is located, in whole or in part, at the time of making the levy for county purposes, to make a levy as above provided upon all lands within their respective counties, subject to taxation under this act, and to deliver a notice thereof to the county assessor, which notice shall be accompaanied [accompanied] by a certified list of said tracts of land within said district with notations made thereon as aforesaid.
History: Laws 1919, ch. 20, § 23; C.S. 1929, § 73-124; 1941 Comp., § 77-2332; 1953 Comp., § 75-24-32.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Compiler's notes. — For the meaning of "this act", see compiler's notes to 73-11-1NMSA 1978.
Cross references. — For special assessments to repay loans, see 73-13-16 NMSA 1978.
For districts which collect their own taxes, see 73-13-24 to 73-13-37 NMSA 1978.
For levy of taxes, see 7-35-1 to 7-35-10, 7-36-1 to 7-36-33, 7-37-1 to 7-37-8, 7-38-1 to 7-38-93 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 45 Am. Jur. 2d Irrigation §§ 70, 71.
94 C.J.S. Waters § 334.

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