A. In district precinct elections, landowners owning one acre of irrigable land five months preceding the election shall be entitled to one vote for each acre of irrigable land or major fraction of an acre owned by the landowner up to one hundred sixty acres. Landowners owning less than one acre of irrigable land have no vote. A landowner may vote in all voting precincts in which the landowner has irrigable land, entitling the landowner to vote as provided in Sections 73-18-30 and 73-18-31 NMSA 1978.
B. For director-at-large, all persons who are over the age of eighteen and who have been the owners of real estate within the district for more than two months preceding the election shall be entitled to one vote.
C. All persons who are over the age of eighteen and who have been the owners of real estate within any municipality within the district for more than two months preceding the election shall be entitled to one vote for director representing the municipal election precinct.
D. To qualify voters to vote for directors-at-large and for director representing the municipal voting precinct, the ownership of real estate by the spouse shall be considered also ownership by the other spouse.
History: 1953 Comp., § 75-32-32, enacted by Laws 1955, ch. 281, § 8; 1993, ch. 285, § 4; 2011, ch. 72, § 4.
The 2011 amendment, effective June 17, 2011, granted landowners who have owned one acre of irrigable land for five months preceding the election one vote in district precinct elections for each acre or major fraction of an acre that they own; granted landowners who have owned land in the district for more than two months preceding the election one vote for director-at-large; and granted landowners in a municipality within the district who have owned land in the district for more than two months preceding the election one vote for the director representing the municipal election precinct.
The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, rewrote this section, designating the formerly undesignated paragraphs as Subsections A through D.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Article 18 - Conservancy Districts; Reclamation Contracts
Section 73-18-1 - Definition of terms.
Section 73-18-2 - Additional powers; duties of board; contract indebtedness a general obligation.
Section 73-18-3 - Contract procedure inapplicable.
Section 73-18-4 - Plan of works.
Section 73-18-5 - When certain provisions to apply; general obligation.
Section 73-18-6 - Classification of real property.
Section 73-18-6.1 - Reclassification of property in certain districts.
Section 73-18-7 - Apportionment.
Section 73-18-7.1 - Assessment; modification; certain districts.
Section 73-18-8 - Assessments; appeals.
Section 73-18-8.1 - Assessments; appeals; certain districts.
Section 73-18-10 - Lien of assessments.
Section 73-18-11 - State lands; public lands.
Section 73-18-12 - Land disposal contracts authorized.
Section 73-18-13 - Water applications.
Section 73-18-14 - Tolls and charges; advance payment; omitted property.
Section 73-18-15 - Distribution of water supply.
Section 73-18-16 - Use of district funds to pay contract indebtedness.
Section 73-18-18 - Cumulative rights and remedies.
Section 73-18-19 - Change in organization or boundaries of district.
Section 73-18-20 - Proceedings to determine validity.
Section 73-18-21 - Contracts validated.
Section 73-18-22 - Scope of act.
Section 73-18-24 - Designation of act.
Section 73-18-25 - Conservancy districts to which act applies.
Section 73-18-26 - Division of district into election precincts.
Section 73-18-27 - Calling of first election.
Section 73-18-27 - Elections. (Effective July 1, 2022.)
Section 73-18-28 - Director-at-large and municipal director.
Section 73-18-29 - Conservancy district board; how constituted.
Section 73-18-30 - Qualifications of electors.
Section 73-18-32 - Voting rights.
Section 73-18-33 - Qualifications of directors.
Section 73-18-33 - Qualifications of directors. (Effective July 1, 2022.)
Section 73-18-34 - Becoming a candidate for director.
Section 73-18-34 - Becoming a candidate for director. (Effective July 1, 2022.)
Section 73-18-35 - Term of office for director.
Section 73-18-35 - Term of office for director. (Effective July 1, 2022.)
Section 73-18-36 - Compensation of directors.
Section 73-18-37 - Notice of election. (Repealed effective July 1, 2022.)
Section 73-18-38 - Forms and regulations. (Repealed effective July 1, 2022.)
Section 73-18-41 - Application of general election laws.
Section 73-18-41 - Application of Local Election Act. (Effective July 1, 2022.)