Soil conservation districts created and organized under the provisions of the Soil Conservation District Law [repealed], and continued as soil and water conservation districts created and delineated by the Soil and Water Conservation District Act [73-20-25 to 73-20-48 NMSA 1978], and continued as natural resource districts created and delineated by the Natural Resource Conservation District Act are perpetuated and shall continue to exist as soil and water conservation districts created and delineated by the Soil and Water Conservation District Act. Members of the state soil conservation committee and supervisors of state soil conservation districts which were perpetuated in office and continued to serve as members of the state soil and water conservation committee and as supervisors of soil and water conservation districts, respectively, until their successors were elected and appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Soil and Water Conservation District Act, and were perpetuated in office and continued to serve as members of the state natural resource conservation commission and as supervisors of natural resource conservation districts respectively, until their successors were elected and appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Natural Resource Conservation District Act, are perpetuated in office and shall continue to serve as members of the soil and water conservation commission and as supervisors of soil and water conservation districts, respectively, until their successors are elected and appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Soil and Water Conservation District Act.
History: 1953 Comp., § 45-5-58, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 137, § 17; 1973, ch. 324, § 10; 1977, ch. 254, § 72.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
The Soil Conservation District Law was repealed by Laws 1965, ch. 137, § 27.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Article 20 - Soil and Water and Watershed Conservation Districts
Section 73-20-1 - Short title.
Section 73-20-2 - Definitions.
Section 73-20-3 - Purpose of act.
Section 73-20-4 - Watershed districts; formation.
Section 73-20-7 - Presentation of petitions.
Section 73-20-8 - Hearing; notice.
Section 73-20-11 - Votes; results.
Section 73-20-11 - Votes; results. (Effective July 1, 2022.)
Section 73-20-12 - Directors; election.
Section 73-20-15 - Loans; repayments.
Section 73-20-16 - Per diem and mileage.
Section 73-20-17 - Budgets; tax levy; limitation.
Section 73-20-18 - Assessment lists.
Section 73-20-19 - Collection of assessments.
Section 73-20-20 - Expenditures.
Section 73-20-21 - Addition of land.
Section 73-20-22 - Detaching land.
Section 73-20-23 - Discontinuance of districts.
Section 73-20-23 - Discontinuance of districts. (Effective July 1, 2022.)
Section 73-20-24 - Supervision by courts.
Section 73-20-25 - Short title.
Section 73-20-26 - Legislative determination; purpose of act.
Section 73-20-27 - Definitions.
Section 73-20-28 - Soil and water conservation commission members.
Section 73-20-29 - Selection of commission chairman; quorum; compensation; function.
Section 73-20-31 - Powers and duties of department and commission.
Section 73-20-32 - Additional duties of department.
Section 73-20-33 - Soil and water conservation districts; creation.
Section 73-20-34 - Soil and water conservation districts; creation; referendum.
Section 73-20-35 - Soil and water conservation districts; organization.
Section 73-20-36 - Soil and water conservation districts; modification of existing districts.
Section 73-20-37 - District supervisors; election and appointment; new districts.
Section 73-20-38 - District supervisors; election and appointment; organized districts.
Section 73-20-39 - Election of supervisors; district zones.
Section 73-20-40 - Selection of supervisor chairman; quorum; compensation.
Section 73-20-41 - Powers and duties of supervisors.
Section 73-20-42 - Removal of supervisors.
Section 73-20-43 - Perpetuation of districts; continuity of commission and supervisors.
Section 73-20-44 - Districts; description; general powers of districts.
Section 73-20-45 - Specific powers of districts.
Section 73-20-46 - District assessments.
Section 73-20-46.1 - Assessments; limitations.
Section 73-20-47 - Cooperation between districts.