The board may employ a competent engineer or mechanic whose duty it shall be to supervise the operation and maintenance of all power plants, transmission lines, motors, engines, pumps and all electrical and mechanical appliances installed by the district and may, through such engineer or otherwise, provide engineering, electrical, mechanical, irrigation and agricultural assistance and instruction to owners of lands within the district.
The board shall in its printed rules relating to the service provide schedules for irrigation by the several owners of land so as to evenly and equitably distribute the power-load and may establish rules as to the amount of water to be pumped from each of such wells in conjunction with any state authority that may now or later be vested with jurisdiction of the appropriation of water from subsurface streams or reservoirs, in order to control, as far as practicable, the water level of such subsurface streams or reservoirs, and to avoid excessive pumping which might increase the pumping cost beyond the point of efficiency.
Said board shall also have the jurisdiction and authority to stop the waste of water in such district. The board may refuse service to owners of land unless and until such owners conform to such rules so established by the board in their use of such power and water.
All such rules must be reasonable and are subject to correction by action of any person affected thereby in the district court.
History: Laws 1929, ch. 76, § 47; C.S. 1929, § 73-747; 1941 Comp., § 77-2447; 1953 Comp., § 75-25-47.
Effective dates. — Laws 1929, ch. 76, contained no effective date provision, but was enacted at a session which adjourned on March 9, 1929. See N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 45 Am. Jur. 2d Irrigation §§ 52, 53.
94 C.J.S. Waters § 321.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Article 12 - Electrical Irrigation Districts
Section 73-12-1 - Majority of the resident freeholders may propose district.
Section 73-12-3 - Notice of hearing on petition to be published.
Section 73-12-4 - Petition hearing; objections; boundaries; election; appeals.
Section 73-12-5 - Notice of election; qualification of electors; election procedure.
Section 73-12-6 - Canvass of votes, by board of county commissioners.
Section 73-12-7 - Regular elections of district; oath of office and bond of directors.
Section 73-12-8 - Office of board; subsequent elections.
Section 73-12-9 - The election board; oath of judges; polls kept open.
Section 73-12-10 - Returns canvassed by board of directors.
Section 73-12-11 - Secretary to certify results of election to county clerk.
Section 73-12-16 - Sale of bonds; refunding bonds; use of bonds.
Section 73-12-19 - Duties of county assessor.
Section 73-12-20 - Board of county commissioners to fix rate per-acre levy.
Section 73-12-21 - Duties of county treasurer.
Section 73-12-22 - Revenue laws of state to govern; may refuse service to delinquents.
Section 73-12-23 - Construction and material contracts to be let to lowest bidder.
Section 73-12-26 - Right of eminent domain.
Section 73-12-27 - Compensation of board; members may not be interested in any contract.
Section 73-12-28 - Board of directors have no power to incur debt other than provided in this act.
Section 73-12-29 - Manner of distribution of power or water.
Section 73-12-30 - Prior water rights not affected.
Section 73-12-31 - Boundaries may be changed, but such change shall not affect obligations incurred.
Section 73-12-32 - Petition for inclusion of land.
Section 73-12-33 - Notice of application for inclusion of land to be published.
Section 73-12-34 - Hearing on petition for inclusion of land.
Section 73-12-35 - Terms on which lands may be included.
Section 73-12-37 - Board to transmit order and plat of new boundaries to county clerk.
Section 73-12-38 - Authority to sign petition of protest.
Section 73-12-39 - Board may redivide district for election purposes [after inclusion of land].
Section 73-12-40 - Land may be excluded from district.
Section 73-12-41 - Owner shall file petition for exclusion.
Section 73-12-42 - Publish notice of petition for exclusion.
Section 73-12-43 - Board shall consider petition for exclusion.
Section 73-12-44 - Board shall act on petition for exclusion.
Section 73-12-45 - Order making change and plat to be transmitted to county clerk.
Section 73-12-46 - Board may redivide district for election purposes [after exclusion of land].
Section 73-12-48 - District shall pay tax on gross revenue derived from sales of surplus power.
Section 73-12-49 - Petition for dissolution of district; election thereon.
Section 73-12-50 - Vote on dissolution to be canvassed.
Section 73-12-51 - Confirmation proceedings may be brought.
Section 73-12-52 - Petition to be filed in district court.
Section 73-12-53 - Court to fix time for hearing and publish notice thereof.
Section 73-12-54 - Provisions of Civil Code shall apply; effect of findings of court.
Section 73-12-55 - The court's findings of fact and conclusions of law; judgment res judicata.