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NM Stat § 73-18-17 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 18 - Conservancy Districts; Reclamation Contracts|Section 73-18-17 - Removal of structures; passing equipment through bridge 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 beneficial to a contracting district, the rights, powers and privileges vested in the district and its officers and agents under the provisions of Section 308, Section 313, and Section 314 of Chapter 45, Session Laws of 1927 (being respectively Section 73-14-39, Section 73-14-44 and Section 73-14-45, New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1978 Compilation), in addition and not to the exclusion of any rights, powers or privileges otherwise available to the United States, its officers, agents and employees, may be exercised by the engineer of said bureau of reclamation in charge of such works under like conditions as therein provided for the exercise of such powers by the district. History: Laws 1939, ch. 148, § 17; 1941 Comp., § 77-3117; 1953 Comp., § 75-32-17.
NM Stat § 73-18-18 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 18 - Conservancy Districts; Reclamation Contracts|Section 73-18-18 - Cumulative rights and remedies.

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 Act applicable to the security, enforcement and collection of conservancy bonds, refunding bonds or other district obligations or indebtedness shall be available to afford the security, enforcement and collection of said contract indebtedness. History: Laws 1939, ch. 148, § 18; 1941 Comp., § 77-3118; 1953 Comp., § 75-32-18. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — For the meaning of "Conservancy Act", see the compiler's notes to 73-18-1 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 73-18-19 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 18 - Conservancy Districts; Reclamation Contracts|Section 73-18-19 - Change in organization or boundaries of district.

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, by the inclusion therein of new lands, or by dissolution of the district or otherwise. History: Laws 1939, ch. 148, § 19; 1941 Comp., § 77-3119; 1953 Comp., § 75-32-19. ANNOTATIONSInterior secretary's power to classify land constitutional. — Provision of act (Sections 73-18-1 to 73-18-24 NMSA 1978) which recognizes power of the United States secretary of interior over the classification of lands in a conservancy district does not constitute an unlawful delegation of legislative power in view of additional provision for classification by the board of directors of the district "giving due consideration" to the secretary of interior's classification and in view also of provision for judicial examination of any resolution classifying the property. In re Arch Hurley Conservancy Dist., 1948-NMSC-001, 52 N.M. 34, 191 P.2d 338. No unlawful delegation of legislative powers. — This act (Sections 73-18-1 to 73-18-24 NMSA 1978) does not constitute an unlawful delegation of legislative power to the secretary of interior because of the further provision that the action of the secretary on apportionment of assessments as between irrigable lands and others must be submitted to the conservancy court for judicial examination, confirmation and approval. In re Arch Hurley Conservancy Dist., 1948-NMSC-001, 52 N.M. 34, 191 P.2d 338. Power granted to the secretary of interior under the 1939 act (Sections 73-18-1 to 73-18-24 NMSA 1978) is not unconstitutional as an unwarranted delegation of legislative power since it merely extends to him the same voice that ordinarily is extended to other money lenders or mortgagees to approve or veto any change calculated to increase or diminish size of the acreage which in part, at least, constitutes the security for the money advanced. In re Arch Hurley Conservancy Dist., 1948-NMSC-001, 52 N.M. 34, 191 P.2d 338. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 94 C.J.S. Waters §§ 316, 338.
NM Stat § 73-18-21 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 18 - Conservancy Districts; Reclamation Contracts|Section 73-18-21 - Contracts validated.

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 ratified, validated and confirmed and such contract is hereby declared to be and the same shall remain a valid and subsisting obligation of the contracting district and all the real property within the contracting district shall be and remain liable to be assessed in the manner in this act [73-18-1 to 73-18-24 NMSA 1978] provided, for payments to become due to the United States under such contract until fully paid. History: Laws 1939, ch. 148, § 21; 1941 Comp., § 77-3121; 1953 Comp., § 75-32-21.
NM Stat § 73-18-22 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 18 - Conservancy Districts; Reclamation Contracts|Section 73-18-22 - Scope of act.

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 hereafter shall have entered into a contract with the United States under the reclamation law. History: Laws 1939, ch. 148, § 22; 1941 Comp., § 77-3122; 1953 Comp., § 75-32-22. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 1939, ch. 148, contains no effective date provision, but was enacted at a session which adjourned on March 11, 1939. See N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23. Compiler's notes. — For the reclamation law, which includes the act of congress of June 17, 1902 and all acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, see 43 U.S.C. § 371 et seq. For the meaning of "Conservancy Act", see the compiler's notes to 73-18-1 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 73-18-23 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 18 - Conservancy Districts; Reclamation Contracts|Section 73-18-23 - [Repeal.]

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 a contracting district, may conflict with the provisions hereof. History: Laws 1939, ch. 148, § 23; 1941 Comp., § 77-3123; 1953 Comp., § 75-32-23. ANNOTATIONSSeverability. — Laws 1939, ch. 148, § 24, provided for the severability of the act if any part or application thereof is held invalid. Compiler's notes. — For the meaning of "Conservancy Act", see the compiler's notes to 73-18-1 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 73-18-24 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 18 - Conservancy Districts; Reclamation Contracts|Section 73-18-24 - Designation of act.

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.
NM Stat § 73-18-25 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 18 - Conservancy Districts; Reclamation Contracts|Section 73-18-25 - Conservancy districts to which act applies.

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 land of all classes within the exterior boundaries of the district of more than one hundred thousand acres and less than one hundred forty-five thousand acres. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-32-25, enacted by Laws 1955, ch. 281, § 1; 1993, ch. 285, § 1; 2011, ch. 72, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 2011 amendment, effective June 17, 2011, increased the maximum acreage of land in conservancy districts that are subject to Sections 73-18-25 through 73-18-43 NMSA 1978. The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, substituted "Sections 73-18-25 through 73-18-43 NMSA 1978" for "This Act shall" at the beginning and "one hundred thousand acres and less than one hundred forty thousand" for "100,000 acres and less than 125,000" near the end, and made stylistic changes.
NM Stat § 73-18-26 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 18 - Conservancy Districts; Reclamation Contracts|Section 73-18-26 - Division of district into election precincts.

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 August 1955, by resolution to be made a part of the minutes of the board of county commissioners, divide the conservancy district into election precincts. If there is a municipality within the district, the municipality shall constitute one election precinct, and the conservancy district shall be divided into three election precincts, each of which election precincts shall have approximately equal acreage of irrigable land. Immediately after the action by the board of county commissioners, the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall transmit to the clerk of the conservancy district within the county, or the major portion of which is within that county, a certified copy of the resolution dividing the conservancy district into election precincts. The board of county commissioners shall redivide the district in the same manner in each sixth year after 1955. Immediately after the resolution is adopted, the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall file a certified copy of the resolution of the board of county commissioners in the office of the county clerk of the county. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-32-26, enacted by Laws 1955, ch. 281, § 2; 1993, ch. 285, § 2. ANNOTATIONSThe 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, substituted "as provided in Section 73-18-25 NMSA 1978" for "mentioned in Section 1 in this Act" in the first sentence, and "the conservancy district" for "the area of such conservancy district outside of said municipality or municipalities" and "three" for "four" in the second sentence; and made stylistic changes throughout the section. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 94 C.J.S. Waters § 320.
NM Stat § 73-18-27 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 18 - Conservancy Districts; Reclamation Contracts|Section 73-18-27 - Calling of first election.

The board of directors of the conservancy district shall meet at the office of the conservancy district at 10:00 a.m. on the second Tuesday of August 1955 and shall call an election in the election precincts outside the municipality to be held on the second Tuesday in October 1955. The election shall be called by the board of directors by resolution that shall fix a voting place for each election precinct within the district outside the municipality and designate the necessary qualified electors of each election precinct to act as judges of the election in each precinct. In the discretion of the board of directors of the conservancy district, the election may be held at any place within the district. Judges of the elections shall be paid an amount to be determined by the board of directors for service. Expenses of the elections shall be paid by the district. In each odd-numbered year after 1955, elections shall be called in the same manner and at the same times as provided in 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. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-32-27, enacted by Laws 1955, ch. 281, § 3; 2011, ch. 72, § 2. ANNOTATIONSThe 2011 amendment, effective June 17, 2011, eliminated the provision that permitted wives of electors to act as judges; authorized the board of directors to determine the compensation of judges; and required that elections in odd-numbered years be called as provided in Sections 73-18-25 through 73-18-43 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 73-18-27 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 18 - Conservancy Districts; Reclamation Contracts|Section 73-18-27 - Elections. (Effective July 1, 2022.)

In each odd-numbered year after 1955, elections shall be called and conducted pursuant to the Local Election Act [Chapter 1, Article 22 NMSA 1978] for the election of directors to succeed any directors whose terms expire in that year. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-32-27, enacted by Laws 1955, ch. 281, § 3; 2011, ch. 72, § 2; 2018, ch. 79, § 153. ANNOTATIONSThe 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, provided that conservancy district elections shall be called and conducted pursuant to the Local Election Act; in the section heading, changed "Calling of first election" to "Elections"; and deleted the first five sentences, which related to certain election procedures, and after "In each odd-numbered year after 1955, elections shall be called", deleted "in the same manner and at the same times as provided in Sections 73-18-25 through 73-18-43 NMSA 1978" and added "and conducted pursuant to the Local Election Act".
NM Stat § 73-18-28 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 18 - Conservancy Districts; Reclamation Contracts|Section 73-18-28 - Director-at-large and municipal director.

The director to represent the municipality or municipalities, 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 such conservancy district as the same exists prior to such election. Such members shall be elected from the membership of the previously existing board if there be qualified members of such board willing to serve for such additional two years. If there be no members of the existing board willing to serve for such additional period of two years or if there be only one, then said existing board may select one or both of such directors from qualified electors of the district for such position or positions as a director as no member of the existing board shall be willing to accept. In the election to be held in October, 1957, a director to represent the municipal voting precinct shall be elected from the qualified electors of the municipality and a director-at-large shall be elected from the qualified electors of the district. Every resident, otherwise qualified, owning real estate of any character within the district, shall have one vote for director-at-large. Each elector resident of the municipal voting precinct shall have one vote for municipal director. The right of a voter to vote for municipal director shall not be affected by such elector voting in any other election precinct in which such elector may own Class "A" land. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-32-28, enacted by Laws 1955, ch. 281, § 4.
NM Stat § 73-18-28 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 18 - Conservancy Districts; Reclamation Contracts|Section 73-18-28 - Director-at-large and municipal director; qualified elector list. (Effective July 1, 2022.)

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 elected from the membership of the previously existing board if there are qualified members of the board willing to serve for the additional two years. If there are no members of the existing board willing to serve for the additional period of two years or if there is only one, the existing board may select one or both of the directors from qualified electors of the district for the position or positions. B. In the election to be held in October 1957, a director to represent the municipal voting precinct shall be elected from the qualified electors of the municipality, and a director-at-large shall be elected from the qualified electors of the district. C. Every resident, otherwise qualified, owning real estate of any character within the district shall have one vote for director-at-large. Each elector resident of the municipal voting precinct shall have one vote for municipal director. The right of a voter to vote for municipal director shall not be affected by the elector voting in any other election precinct in which the elector may own class "A" land. D. The conservancy district shall compile and deliver a qualified elector list to the appropriate county clerk no later than one hundred eighty days before an election, and update the list every thirty days until ninety days before the election, which list the county clerk shall use for that election. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-32-28, enacted by Laws 1955, ch. 281, § 4; 2018, ch. 79, § 154. ANNOTATIONSThe 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, required that the conservancy district compile and deliver a qualified elector list to the county clerk for use in conservancy district elections; in the section heading, added "qualified elector list"; added subsection designations "A." through "C."; and added Subsection D.
NM Stat § 73-18-29 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 18 - Conservancy Districts; Reclamation Contracts|Section 73-18-29 - Conservancy district board; how constituted.

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 through death, resignation, removal from the district or failure of any elected director to qualify, the remaining members of the board shall, by majority vote, fill such vacancy. The person selected to fill such vacancy shall hold such position until the next election of directors in such district. At the next election of directors of such district, following a vacancy, a director shall be elected to fill such vacancy. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-32-29, enacted by Laws 1955, ch. 281, § 5. ANNOTATIONSAm. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 45 Am. Jur. 2d Irrigation § 61. 94 C.J.S. Waters § 320.
NM Stat § 73-18-30 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 18 - Conservancy Districts; Reclamation Contracts|Section 73-18-30 - Qualifications of electors.

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, ch. 281, § 6; 1993, ch. 285, § 3; 2011, ch. 72, § 3. ANNOTATIONSThe 2011 amendment, effective June 17, 2011, eliminated the requirement that the secretary send landowners a statement of the irrigable land owned by the landowner in the each voting precinct and a statement of the land in each election precinct, and authorized absentee voting for directors. The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, designated the former first and second paragraphs as Subsections A and B and deleted the former third paragraph, which required electors to sign a statement showing his or her qualifications; in Subsection A, deleted the former next-to-last sentence, which read: "Such statements shall be delivered to the judges of election of the proper election precinct when the elector casts his ballot", and substituted "on the Friday" for "of the Saturday" in the last sentence; and made various stylistic changes throughout the section.
NM Stat § 73-18-31 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 18 - Conservancy Districts; Reclamation Contracts|Section 73-18-31 - Ownership.

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 considered the owner of such land for the purpose of qualifying such purchaser to vote in voting districts outside of the municipality, and the vendor of the land covered by such contract shall not be entitled to vote as the owner of such land. This section shall not apply to lessees whose lease contains an option to purchase, unless and until such option to purchase shall have been exercised. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-32-31, enacted by Laws 1955, ch. 281, § 7.
NM Stat § 73-18-32 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 18 - Conservancy Districts; Reclamation Contracts|Section 73-18-32 - Voting rights.

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. ANNOTATIONSThe 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.