Chapter 72 — Chapter 72

Chapter 72, Article 20 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act". History: Laws 2007, ch. 99, § 1; 2011, ch. 100, § 1.

A. At the time that a proposal to incur debt is first submitted to the qualified electors, the qualified electors of the authority shall elect five qualified directors, two to serve a term ending January 1, 2011, two to serve a term ending January 1, 2013 and one to serve a term …

Section 99 [72-20-99 NMSA 1978] of the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act does not apply to or limit the right of the holder of any security, the holder's trustee or any assignee of all or part of the holder's interest, the federal government when it is a party to a…

It shall be legal for the state and any of its agencies, departments, instrumentalities, corporations or political subdivisions or any political or public corporation, any bank, trust company, banker, savings bank or institution, any building and loan association, savings and loa…

All actions and business of the board, including the first board appointed by the governor, shall be conducted pursuant to the Open Meetings Act [Chapter 10, Article 15 NMSA 1978]. History: Laws 2007, ch. 99, § 102.

The Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act, being necessary to secure and preserve the public health, safety and general welfare, the rule of strict consideration shall have no application to that act, but it shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes and objec…

Written nominations of any candidate as director may be filed with the proper filing officer in accordance with the provisions of the Local Election Act [Chapter 1, Article 22 NMSA 1978]. Each nomination of any candidate shall be signed by not less than fifty qualified electors, …

Upon a vacancy occurring in the board by reason of death, change of residence or resignation or for any other reason, the governor shall appoint a qualified elector of the authority as successor to serve the unexpired term; provided that if the vacancy occurs after the single-mem…

Except for the first board, each board shall meet on the first business day next following the first day of the month that the term of office begins for members elected in the immediately preceding election, at the office of the board within the authority. Each member of the boar…

The board may exercise the following powers: A. fix the time and place at which its regular meetings will be held within the authority and provide for the calling and holding of special meetings; B. adopt and amend or otherwise modify bylaws and rules for procedure; C. select one…

On all resolutions and orders, the roll shall be called, and the ayes and nays shall be recorded. All resolutions and orders, as soon as may be after their passage, shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose and be authenticated by the signature of the presiding officer of…

All meetings of the board shall be held within the authority and shall be open to the public. No business of the board shall be transacted except at a regular or special meeting at which a quorum consisting of at least three-fifths of the total membership of the board is present.…

Directors shall receive no compensation for their services as a director, officer, engineer, attorney, employee or other agent of the authority. Directors may be reimbursed for expenses incurred by them on authority business with approval of the board. History: Laws 2007, ch. 99,…

No director or officer, employee or agent of the authority may be interested in any contract or transaction with the authority except in the director's or officer's official representative capacity or as provided, except for any contract of employment with the authority. Neither …

The authority is authorized, empowered and directed, subject to the provisions of Section 7 [72-20-7 NMSA 1978] of the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act, to acquire, equip, maintain and operate a flood control system for the benefit of the authority and the inhabit…

It is declared as a matter of legislative determination that: A. the organization of the authority hereby created having the purposes, powers, duties, privileges, immunities, rights, liabilities and disabilities provided in the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act wil…

The board may: A. acquire, improve, equip, maintain and operate any project or facility for the control of flood and storm waters of the authority and the flood and storm waters of streams that have their sources outside of the authority but which streams and the flood waters the…

It is declared that the use of the property, lands, rights of way, easements or materials that may be condemned, taken or appropriated under the provisions of the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act is a public use subject to the regulation and control of the state i…

The authority may exercise the following duties, privileges, immunities, rights, liabilities and disabilities appertaining to a public body politic and corporate and constituting a quasi-municipal corporation and political subdivision of the state established as an instrumentalit…

To levy and collect taxes, the board shall determine in each year the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation, taking into consideration other sources of revenue of the authority, and shall fix a rate of levy, without limitation as to rate or amount, except for the lim…

excluded land; exceptions for certain authorized debt obligations; approval of department of finance and administration. A. On or after the effective date of this act, no property taxes shall be levied by the eastern Sandoval county arroyo flood control authority on land excluded…

The board, in certifying annual levies, shall take into account the maturing indebtedness for the ensuing year as provided in its contracts, maturing securities and interest on securities, and deficiencies and defaults of prior years and shall make ample provision for the payment…

Whenever any indebtedness has been incurred by the authority, it is lawful for the board to levy taxes and to collect revenue for the purpose of creating a reserve fund in such amount as the board may determine, which may be used to meet the obligations of the authority, for main…

It is the duty of the body having authority to levy taxes within each county to levy the taxes provided in Subsection I of Section 22 [72-20-22 NMSA 1978] of the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act, and elsewhere in that act. It is the duty of all officials charged w…

If the general (ad valorem) taxes levied are not paid, then delinquent real property shall be sold at the regular tax sale for the payment of such taxes, interest and penalties, in the manner provided by the statutes of the state for selling real property for the nonpayment of ge…

Each biennial election of directors and any other election of the authority, including an election to seek approval for the issuance of bonds, shall be conducted pursuant to the Local Election Act [Chapter 1, Article 22 NMSA 1978]. History: Laws 2007, ch. 99, § 28; 2018, ch. 79, …

History: Laws 2007, ch. 99, § 29; repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 175.

The action and decision of the board as to all matters passed upon by it in relation to any action, matter or thing provided in the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act shall be final and conclusive, if supported by substantial evidence, unless the action and decision…

History: Laws 2007, ch. 99, § 30; repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 175.

History: Laws 2007, ch. 99, § 31; repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 175.

History: Laws 2007, ch. 99, § 32; repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 175.

History: Laws 2007, ch. 99, § 33; repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 175.

History: Laws 2007, ch. 99, § 34; repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 175.

If a petition is received pursuant to Section 7 [72-20-7 NMSA 1978] of the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act denying the board the power to acquire a flood control system or if the first proposal for the issuance of bonds fails to receive a favorable vote by a majo…

Within thirty days after the effective date of any resolution dissolving the authority, the secretary shall file a copy of the resolution in the office of the county clerk and shall file an additional copy of the resolution in the office of the secretary of state, which filings s…

All property and all funds remaining in the treasury of the authority so dissolved shall be surrendered and transferred to the county in which the authority is located and shall become a part of the general fund of the county. History: Laws 2007, ch. 99, § 37.

The governing body of any municipality, federally authorized Indian nation, pueblo or tribe or other public body, upon its behalf and in its name, for the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the determination of any authority boundary or any project authorized in the Eastern San…

All of the powers, privileges, immunities and rights, exemptions from laws, ordinances and rules, all pension, relief, disability, workers' compensation and other benefits that apply to the activity of officers, agents or employees of the authority or any such public body when pe…

Except where the context otherwise requires, as used in the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act: A. "acquisition" or "acquire" means the opening, laying out, establishment, purchase, construction, securing, installation, reconstruction, lease, gift, grant from the fe…

Upon the conditions and under the circumstances set forth in the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act, the authority, to carry out the purposes of that act, from time to time may borrow money to defray the cost of any project, or any part thereof, as the board may det…

The authority is authorized to borrow money without an election in anticipation of taxes or other revenues, or both, and to issue notes to evidence the amount so borrowed. History: Laws 2007, ch. 99, § 41.

The authority is authorized to defray the cost of any services, supplies, equipment or other materials furnished to or for the benefit of the authority by the issuance of warrants to evidence the amount due therefor, without an election, in anticipation of taxes or other revenues…

Notes and warrants may mature at such time not exceeding one year from the respective dates of their issuance as the board may determine. They shall not be extended or funded except by the issuance of bonds or interim debentures in compliance with Section 44 [72-20-44 NMSA 1978] …

The authority is authorized to borrow money in anticipation of taxes or other revenues, or both, and to issue bonds to evidence the amount so borrowed. No bonded indebtedness or any other indebtedness not payable in full within one year, except for interim debentures as provided …

The authority is authorized to issue temporary bonds, pending preparation of definitive bond or bonds and exchangeable for the definitive bond or bonds when prepared, as the board may determine. Each temporary bond shall set forth substantially the same conditions, terms and prov…

The authority is authorized to borrow money and to issue interim debentures evidencing "construction" or short-term loans for the acquisition or improvement and equipment of the flood control system or any project in supplementation of long-term financing and the issuance of bond…

All securities issued by the authority shall be authorized by resolution. The authority may pledge its full faith and credit for the payment of any securities authorized in the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act, the interest thereon, any prior redemption premium or…

The board, in connection with such additionally secured securities, in the resolution authorizing their issuance or other instrument appertaining thereto, may pledge all or a portion of such revenues, subject to any prior pledges, as additional security for such payment of such s…

Any such revenues pledged directly or as additional security for the payment of securities of any one issue or series, which revenues are not exclusively pledged therefor, may subsequently be pledged directly or as additional security for the payment of the securities of one or m…

There is created a flood control authority to be known and designated as the "eastern Sandoval county arroyo flood control authority". History: Laws 2007, ch. 99, § 5.