A metropolitan water board may acquire, construct and operate a water utility and to accomplish this purpose shall be deemed a municipality for the purpose of Chapter 62 NMSA 1978 and for Articles 23 and 27 of Chapter 3 NMSA 1978. History: 1978 Comp., § 3-61-3, enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 144, § 3.
Reservation of powers
NMSA 1978, § 3-61-3 — under Article 61.
NMSA 1978, § 3-61-3