Chapter 73 — Chapter 73

All assessments levied to meet any indebtedness due or to become due to the United States pursuant to the reclamation law, rules and regulations, a reclamation contract or notices or statements issued by the secretary of the interior thereunder, together with all interest on all …

A. The board of a contracting district shall cause notice to be given to the commissioner of public lands annually of the amount of assessment to become due on account of lands of the state within the district and the commissioner of public lands shall cause the same to be paid o…

Contracts made by contracting districts, or landowners within contracting districts, for the purpose of limiting and controlling the size of land holdings entitled to receive water and providing for the disposition of lands in excess of such holdings, and of providing the manner …

Every person desiring to receive water for use upon lands in a contracting district during the course of the year shall make application at the office of the district, furnishing therewith a statement in writing of the number of acres intended by him to be irrigated and a stateme…

For the purpose of defraying the expenses of the district in carrying out the purposes of this act [73-18-1 to 73-18-24 NMSA 1978] and in the care, operation, management, repair and improvement of all canals, ditches, reservoirs and related works, including salaries and expenses …

All water, the right to the use of which is acquired by a district under a reclamation contract, shall be distributed and apportioned by the district in accordance with the acts of congress and rules and regulations promulgated or approved by the secretary of the interior, and th…

There may be used to pay indebtedness to the United States created by a reclamation contract, as the same may become due, the preliminary fund, construction fund, maintenance fund, guarantee fund or conservation and development fund, or any one or more of said funds, provided for…

or grade and other powers. In pursuance of a plan or plans made by the bureau of reclamation of the department of the interior and for the accomplishment of the construction, operation or maintenance by the United States of irrigation, drainage or ancillary or incidental works be…

In addition to all rights, remedies and securities under this act [73-18-1 to 73-18-24 NMSA 1978] or otherwise available to the United States for the security, enforcement and collection of contract indebtedness created by a reclamation contract, all provisions of the Conservancy…

After a reclamation contract has been entered into by a contracting district, except upon the written consent thereto of the secretary of the interior, no change shall be made in the organization or boundaries of such district, either by the exclusion therefrom of district lands,…

a general obligation. A. Any district, in addition to all other powers heretofore conferred by law upon districts, is empowered to cooperate with the United States under the reclamation law and in the exercise of such power may enter into a reclamation contract or contracts for t…

A. The board of any contracting district shall commence special proceedings in and by which the proceedings had for the organization and establishment of the district and in and by which the authorization, due execution and validity of a reclamation contract may be judicially exa…

Any reclamation contract heretofore entered into by any district with the United States for any of the purposes enumerated in Section two [73-18-2 NMSA 1978] hereof, together with any and all action taken by or on behalf of a contracting district in pursuance thereof, is hereby r…

The provisions of Section 2 B [73-18-2 B NMSA 1978] and Section 3 to Section 25 [73-18-3 to 73-18-24 NMSA 1978], inclusive, of this act shall apply only to conservancy districts heretofore or hereafter organized or existing under the Conservancy Act and which heretofore or hereaf…

All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act [73-18-1 to 73- 18-24 NMSA 1978] are hereby repealed; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to repeal any provision of the Conservancy Act, except as the provisions thereof, in their application to …

This act [73-18-1 to 73-18-24 NMSA 1978] may be cited as "The Conservancy District-Reclamation Contract Act". History: Laws 1939, ch. 148, § 25; 1941 Comp., § 77-3124; 1953 Comp., § 75-32-24.

Sections 73-18-25 through 73-18-43 NMSA 1978 apply to conservancy districts organized under the laws of New Mexico having a contract with the United States under the reclamation laws of the United States, as provided under Chapter 73, Article 18 NMSA 1978, and having an area of l…

In all counties in this state in which there exists a conservancy district within the classification as provided in Section 73-18-25 NMSA 1978, or a major portion by area of such a conservancy district, the board of county commissioners of the county shall, on the first Monday in…

In each odd-numbered year after 1955, elections shall be called and conducted pursuant to the provisions of Sections 73-18-25 through 73-18-43 NMSA 1978 for the election of directors to succeed any directors whose terms expire in that year. Elections shall be held on the second T…

A. The director to represent the municipality and the director-at-large for the period from October 1955 to October 1957 shall be selected at the September 1955 meeting by the board of directors of the conservancy district as it exists prior to the election. The members shall be …

After the election herein provided, boards of directors of such districts shall consist of five directors, one representing each election precinct of such district, and one director-at-large. All of such directors shall have equal powers and responsibilities. In case of vacancy t…

The provisions of Section 309, Chapter 45, Session Laws of 1927 (being Section 73- 14-40 NMSA 1978), shall not apply to any reclamation contract. History: Laws 1939, ch. 148, § 3; 1941 Comp., § 77-3103; 1953 Comp., § 75-32-3.

The board of directors of the conservancy district shall, by resolution, adopt a plan with necessary rules and regulations by which nonresident owners of land or other owners of land may vote for directors by absentee ballot. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-32-30, enacted by Laws 1955,…

Any person who has exclusive possession and control of irrigable land under a purchase contract, which purchase contract has been approved by the district, and in connection with which any incremented value to be paid to the United States has been paid in full, shall be considere…

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 le…

The director-at-large shall be the owner of class "A" land within the district and shall be a resident of the district. The director for the municipal election precinct shall be a resident and shall be the owner of real estate within the district boundaries of the municipality. A…

Any person wishing to become a candidate for the office of director in any district shall by the last Friday of July before the election file in the office of the secretary of the district a declaration of candidacy stating the election precinct for which the person is a candidat…

The regular term of office for a director is four years, and the director shall serve until a successor has been chosen and has qualified. A director shall qualify by taking an oath of office. Newly elected directors shall take office on the date that their terms of office begin …

Each director shall receive compensation payable out of the funds of the district in an amount to be determined by the board of directors of the district; provided that no director may receive an increase in compensation during the term for which that director was elected. Histor…

History: 1953 Comp., § 75-32-37, enacted by Laws 1955, ch. 281, § 13; 1978 Comp., § 73-18-37, repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 176.

History: 1953 Comp., § 75-32-38, enacted by Laws 1955, ch. 281, § 14; 1978 Comp., § 73-18-38, repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 176.

History: 1953 Comp., § 75-32-39, enacted by Laws 1955, ch. 281, § 15; 1978 Comp., § 73-18-39, repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 176.

The provisions of the Conservancy Act as to the formulation and approval and establishment of the official plan shall not apply to contracting districts with respect to works to be constructed pursuant to a reclamation contract, but the plan of works so to be constructed by the U…

History: 1953 Comp., § 75-32-40, enacted by Laws 1955, ch. 281, § 16; 1978 Comp., § 73-18-40, repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 176.

In any election held under Sections 73-18-25 through 73-18-43 NMSA 1978, the general election laws shall be applicable except as otherwise provided in Sections 73- 18-25 through 73-18-43 NMSA 1978 and except as to the requirement for registration and residence in state, county or…

election; ballots; polling places; absentee voting; canvass of election returns; certification. The board of directors may promulgate necessary and reasonable rules for the administration of its elections, including provisions for: public notice of elections; selection of electio…

The county clerk of the county shall keep a file in which shall be kept all papers received by said county clerk, in connection with such conservancy district, under the provisions of this act [73-18-25 to 73-18-43 NMSA 1978]. Such county clerk shall keep a record or index of all…

The negligent failure of the secretary or of any member of the board of directors shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed $50.00. The willful violation of this act [73- 18-25 to 73-18-43 NMSA 1978] by omission or commission by the secretary or any director of said district o…

A. Except as otherwise herein provided, the provisions of the Conservancy Act relating to the appraisal and confirmation of benefits and assessments and levy pursuant thereto shall not apply to a contracting district. B. The provisions of the Conservancy Act relating to the appra…

A. For the purpose of assessment all real property in any contracting district is hereby divided into two classes. The first, which shall be known as Class "A" property, shall embrace the irrigable lands in the district and shall be assessed and levied against annually as herein …

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 73-18-6 NMSA 1978 and in lieu thereof, the board of directors of any conservancy district created prior to 1930 embracing land situate in four or more counties and consisting of more than one hundred thousand acres, by resolution and w…

The board of a contracting district, within 30 days after execution of a reclamation contract or within 30 days after the effective date of this act, whichever date is the later, shall by resolution determine and establish an apportionment of the annual assessments to be thereaft…

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 73-18-7 NMSA 1978 and in lieu thereof, the board of directors of any conservancy district created prior to 1930 embracing land situate in four or more counties and having more than one hundred thousand acres shall determine and establish …

A. The board, on a date to be fixed by a standing order of the board, which shall not be later than July 1 of each year, shall convene for the purposes in this section set forth and shall estimate and determine the amount of funds required to meet the obligations to come due and …

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 73-18-8 NMSA 1978 and in lieu thereof, the board of directors of any conservancy district created prior to 1930 embracing land situate in four or more counties and having more than one hundred thousand acres shall convene on a date to …

accounts; collection and disposition of assessments. A. The district treasurer of a contracting district and the county treasurer of each county in which is located any part of a contracting district shall, in connection with assessments, levies and collections made as authorized…

collection and disposition of assessments. A. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 73-18-9 NMSA 1978 and in lieu thereof, the county treasurer of any county wholly or partly within a conservancy district created prior to 1930, situate in four or more counties and consisting …

There is hereby created an organization to be known as the tri-state water conservancy association. History: Laws 1937, ch. 55, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 77-3201; 1953 Comp., § 75-33-1.

That such organization shall be governed by a board of nine directors, to be selected as follows: three directors to be selected by the county commissioners of each of the counties of Quay, Curry and Roosevelt, and the directors selected to be residents, property owners and taxpa…

That the directors, once selected, shall serve without pay, one director from each county is to serve for a period of one year from the date of his selection, one director from each county is to serve for two years from the date of his selection and one director from each county …