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NM Stat § 73-14-56 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-56 - [Election of board members.]

All of said directors shall be elected at large by the qualified electors of the entire district. History: 1941 Comp., § 77-2730, enacted by Laws 1943, ch. 126, § 3; 1953 Comp., § 75-28-35. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
NM Stat § 73-14-57 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-57 - Definition of "qualified electors".

The term "qualified electors," as used in Sections 73-14-54 through 73-14-69 NMSA 1978, means only those persons who have reached the age of majority and, for at least six months prior to the election, have owned, during the entire six-month period, real property situated within the district which is subject to conservancy district appraisals, assessments, levies and taxes. History: 1941 Comp., § 77-2731, enacted by Laws 1943, ch. 126, § 4; 1953 Comp., § 75-28-36; Laws 1973, ch. 134, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For age of majority, see 12-2A-3 and 28-6-1 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 73-14-57 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-57 - Definition of "qualified electors"; qualified elector list. (Effective July 1, 2022.)

A. The term "qualified electors", as used in Sections 73-14-54 through 73-14-69 NMSA 1978, means only those persons who have reached the age of majority and, for at least six months prior to the election, have owned, during the entire six-month period, real property situated within the district that is subject to conservancy district appraisals, assessments, levies and taxes. B. 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: 1941 Comp., § 77-2731, enacted by Laws 1943, ch. 126, § 4; 1953 Comp., § 75-28-36; Laws 1973, ch. 134, § 1; 2018, ch. 79, § 145. ANNOTATIONSThe 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, required the conservancy district to compile a list of qualified electors and to provide the list to the county clerk to be used for elections; added subsection designation "A."; and added Subsection B.
NM Stat § 73-14-58 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-58 - [Six-year terms; vacancies; organization of board; transfer of property.]

Each director shall be elected for a term of six years from and after the date of his election, and, unless removed from office as hereinafter provided, shall serve until his successor is duly elected and has qualified, provided that at the first election one director shall be elected for a term of two years, two for a term of four years and two for a term of six years, to be determined according to counties if there be land in any district in more than one county by the board calling the election. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired term of the director whose office becomes vacant. Within ten days after the first and each succeeding election to be held under the provisions of this act [73-14-54 to 73-14-69 NMSA 1978], the directors so elected shall meet and qualify as directors and shall organize the board of directors hereby created, in the same manner now by law required of members of the board of directors hereby abolished. When the elected directors shall have qualified and the boards of directors hereby created shall have been organized as aforesaid, then the present board of directors as now constituted shall immediately cease to exist and to function and all conservancy district records and property of what kind or character soever, shall be by the outgoing board and its outgoing directors, officers and employees, transferred and delivered unto the newly organized board of directors of said conservancy district. History: 1941 Comp., § 77-2732, enacted by Laws 1943, ch. 126, § 5; 1953 Comp., § 75-28-37. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Cross references. — For organization of boards, see 73-14-33 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 73-14-58 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-58 - Terms; vacancies. (Effective July 1, 2022.)

Each director shall be elected for a term of six years from and after the date of election and, unless removed from office as provided in Section 73-14-59 NMSA 1978, shall serve until a successor is duly elected and has qualified; provided that at the first election, one director shall be elected for a term of two years, two for a term of four years and two for a term of six years, to be determined according to counties if there is land in any district in more than one county, by the board calling the election. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired term of the director whose office becomes vacant. History: 1941 Comp., § 77-2732, enacted by Laws 1943, ch. 126, § 5; 1953 Comp., § 75-28-37; 2018, ch. 79, § 146. ANNOTATIONSThe 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, removed language unrelated to terms and vacancies of the board of directors; added the section heading; and after "as provided", added "in Section 73-14-59 NMSA 1978", and after "the director whose office becomes vacant.", deleted the remainder of the section, which related to the transfer of functions from an outgoing board of directors to a new board of directors. Temporary provisions. — Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 173 provided: A. The term of a conservancy district or watershed district board member that was set to expire on or before June 30, 2024 pursuant to the governing statutes of that district in effect before July 1, 2022 shall expire on December 31, 2023, and that member's successor shall be elected in the local election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November 2023 for a term beginning on January 1, 2024. B. The term of a conservancy district or watershed district board member that was set to expire on or after July 1, 2024 but on or before June 30, 2026 pursuant to the governing statutes of that district in effect before July 1, 2022 shall expire on December 31, 2025, and that member's successor shall be elected in the local election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November 2025 for a term beginning on January 1, 2026. C. The term of a conservancy district or watershed district board member that was set to expire on or after July 1, 2026 pursuant to the governing statutes of that district in effect before July 1, 2022 shall expire on December 31, 2027, and that member's successor shall be elected in the local election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November 2027 for a term beginning on January 1, 2028.
NM Stat § 73-14-59 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-59 - [Suspension or removal of directors.]

Any elected director may be suspended or removed from office by order or judgment of the district court of the county of said director's residence, in the same manner, under the same procedure and for the same causes as are or may be provided by the laws governing the removal of county officers. History: 1941 Comp., § 77-2733, enacted by Laws 1943, ch. 126, § 6; 1953 Comp., § 75-28-38. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Cross references. — For removal of county officers, see 10-4-1 to 10-4-29 NMSA 1978. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 94 C.J.S. Waters § 320.
NM Stat § 73-14-60 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-60 - [Board empowered to fill vacancies.]

The board of directors, hereby created, shall have the power to fill any vacancy in its membership for the unexpired term of the member in whose office such vacancy occurs. History: 1941 Comp., § 77-2734, enacted by Laws 1943, ch. 126, § 7; 1953 Comp., § 75-28-39. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
NM Stat § 73-14-61 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-61 - Notice of candidacy; signatures of electors.

Any qualified elector, as herein defined, who desires to become a candidate for election as a director shall, at least forty days prior to the election, file with the secretary of the board of directors then in office, his written notice of candidacy, which shall state his name and residence, and the term for which he is a candidate for election within the conservancy district. If he is a candidate at large, his notice of candidacy must be signed by twenty qualified electors resident within the district. If he is a candidate only from that portion of the district which lies within one county, his notice of candidacy must be signed by ten qualified electors, who reside within that particular portion of the district and county from which the candidate seeks to be elected. No person who has not filed his notice of candidacy as and within the time required in this section shall be placed on the ballot. History: 1941 Comp., § 77-2735, enacted by Laws 1943, ch. 126, § 8; 1953 Comp., § 75-28-40; Laws 1975, ch. 41, § 1.
NM Stat § 73-14-61 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-61 - Notice of candidacy; signatures of electors. (Effective July 1, 2022.)

Any qualified elector who desires to become a candidate for election as a director shall file with the proper filing officer in accordance with the provisions of the Local Election Act [Chapter 1, Article 22 NMSA 1978] a written notice of candidacy, which shall state the candidate's name and residence within the conservancy district. If the candidate is a candidate at large, the candidate's notice of candidacy shall be signed by twenty qualified electors resident within the district. If the candidate is a candidate only from that portion of the district that lies within one county, the candidate's notice of candidacy shall be signed by ten qualified electors who reside within that particular portion of the district and county from which the candidate seeks to be elected. History: 1941 Comp., § 77-2735, enacted by Laws 1943, ch. 126, § 8; 1953 Comp., § 75-28-40; Laws 1975, ch. 41, § 1; 2018, ch. 79, § 147. ANNOTATIONSThe 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, required any qualified elector who desires to become a candidate for election as a director of the conservancy district board to file a notice of candidacy with the proper filing officer in accordance with the provisions of the Local Election Act; and after "election as a director shall", deleted "at least forty days prior to the election", after "file with the", deleted "secretary of the board of directors then in office his" and added "proper filing officer in accordance with the provisions of the Local Election Act a", after "name and residence", deleted "and the term for which he is a candidate for election", and deleted the last sentence of the section which stated "No person who has not filed his notice of candidacy as and within the time required in this section shall be placed on the ballot."
NM Stat § 73-14-62 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-62 - [Time, place and procedure for election.]

A. The five director members of the board of directors by this act [73-14-54 to 73-14-69 NMSA 1978] created shall be elected on the first Tuesday of October of the year 1943 and of each succeeding sixth year thereafter at general election for districts having less than one hundred thousand acres. The five director members of the boards of directors of conservancy districts formed after July 1, 1952, shall be elected on the first Tuesday of October, 1959, and of each succeeding sixth year thereafter at general election. B. Not less than thirty days prior to said election the board of directors then in office shall meet and by written resolution, which shall be preserved among the permanent records of the board, shall select a voting place within each voting precinct or voting division thereof within the conservancy district and shall select three judges of election to conduct the election at the place so selected. Said judges shall be qualified electors, as herein defined, and residents of the precinct within which they are appointed to act and shall serve without pay. The resolution shall appoint one of said judges to receive the ballots and post its notice of election. Not less than five days thereafter, the secretary of said board shall notify each judge so selected of his appointment as such and send to the judge selected to receive the ballots, four copies of a notice of election, which shall state the time and purpose thereof, the place where held within the precinct and the names of the judges selected for such precinct, and said notices shall be posted at the four most prominent places within the precinct as soon as received. History: 1941 Comp., § 77-2736, enacted by Laws 1943, ch. 126, § 9; 1953 Comp., § 75-28-41; Laws 1959, ch. 313, § 1. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Cross references. — For first election after constructing works of district, see 73-14-69 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 73-14-62 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-62 - Time, place and procedure for election. (Effective July 1, 2022.)

The five director-members of the board of directors created by Sections 73-14-54 through 73-14-69 NMSA 1978 shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of the Local Election Act [Chapter 1, Article 22 NMSA 1978]. History: 1941 Comp., § 77-2736, enacted by Laws 1943, ch. 126, § 9; 1953 Comp., § 75-28-41; Laws 1959, ch. 313, § 1; 2018, ch. 79, § 148. ANNOTATIONSThe 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, provided that elections for the conservancy district board of directors shall be held in accordance with the Local Election Act; and after "board of directors created", added "by Sections 73-14-54 through 73-14-69 NMSA 1978", and after "shall be elected", deleted the remainder of the section and added "in accordance with the provisions of the Local Election Act."
NM Stat § 73-14-63 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-63 - [Ballots; printing and distribution; form; manner of marking.] (Repealed effective July 1, 2022.)

For use of each county into which the conservancy district extends the secretary of the board of directors then in office shall prepare and print ballots containing only the names of the candidates for election at large in the entire district and the names of the candidates for election in the county for and to which the ballots are prepared and apply. No ballots containing the names of candidates to be elected from one particular county only, shall contain the names of any candidates to be elected from any other county only, but all ballots shall contain the names of all candidates for election in the district at large. All such ballots shall be printed and distributed to the election judges appointed in each precinct within the district at the expense of said district. No name shall appear upon any ballot save that of a candidate who shall have filed his notice of candidacy at the time and in the manner above provided, and the names shall appear in the order in which the notices of candidacy were received by the secretary of said board. The ballots shall indicate whether the candidate be one for election in the entire district at large or only in the named county, and shall bear the facsimile signature of said secretary. Otherwise, the board of directors may prescribe the form and manner of marking said ballots. History: 1941 Comp., § 77-2737, enacted by Laws 1943, ch. 126, § 10; 1953 Comp., § 75-28-42. ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeals. — Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 176 repeals 73-14-63 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2022. Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Paper ballots safest route. — The use of paper ballots in accordance with Sections 73-14-63 and 73-14-64 NMSA 1978 would appear to be the safest route to follow in conducting the conservancy district election. Such ballots could be handed to qualified electors who could mark the ballots in the same booths as contain the voting machines used in the city elections and after leaving the booth, drop such ballots into a separate ballot box provided for that purpose. 1959 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 59-136. Use of voting machines. — If voting machines are used by the conservancy district, they should not be the same machines used in the city election. The statutory requirements for certification of conservancy ballots to the secretary of the board and the different provisions for the hours the polls are to remain open preclude the use of the same machines for both municipal and conservancy district elections. 1959 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 59-136.
NM Stat § 73-14-64 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-64 - [Conduct of election; procedure.] (Repealed effective July 1, 2022.)

The judges of election shall select one of their number to act as clerk of election and shall open the polls at 9:00 o'clock a.m., and close the polls at 6:00 p.m. on the day of election. If within one-half hour after the time so set for the opening of the polls it shall appear that any of the judges so appointed is unable to serve as such, those qualified electors then present at the polls may select another judge to fill the vacancy. Immediately after the closing of the polls, the judges of election shall proceed to open the ballot boxes, count the total votes cast and those cast for each candidate and by triplicate copies, each to be signed by all three judges, certify the same to the board of directors then in office. One of said certificates together with all ballots cast, shall be placed in the ballot box, which shall be securely locked and sealed, and shall be delivered to the secretary of the board of directors then in office by one or more of said judges of election in person, not less than twenty-four hours after the closing of the polls. One of said certificates shall be mailed to said secretary of the board and the third shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which said precinct is situate, likewise within twenty-four hours after said polls are closed. History: 1941 Comp., § 77-2738, enacted by Laws 1943, ch. 126, § 11; 1953 Comp., § 75-28-43. ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeals. — Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 176 repeals 73-14-64 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2022. Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Paper ballots safest route. — The use of paper ballots in accordance with Sections 73-14-63 and 73-14-64 NMSA 1978 would appear to be the safest route to follow in conducting the conservancy district election. Such ballots could be handed to qualified electors who could mark the ballots in the same booths as contain the voting machines used in the city elections and after leaving the booth, drop such ballots into a separate ballot box provided for that purpose. 1959 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 59-136. Use of voting machines. — If voting machines are used by the conservancy district, they should not be the same machines used in the city election. The statutory requirements for certification of conservancy ballots to the secretary of the board and the different provisions for the hours the polls are to remain open preclude the use of the same machines for both municipal and conservancy district elections. 1959 Op. Att'y. Gen. No. 59-136.
NM Stat § 73-14-65 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-65 - [Canvass of returns; certificates of election.] (Repealed effective July 1, 2022.)

On the morning of Friday next following the election, the board of directors shall meet at the principal office of the board and canvass the returns to it certified by the judges of election and shall declare the results thereof. Where only one director is to be elected in one county, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes cast within that county shall be declared to have been elected. Where two directors are to be elected in one county, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes cast within that county shall be declared to have been elected. Where only one director is to be elected with [within] the conservancy district at large, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes within the district at large shall be declared to have been elected. Where two or more directors are to be elected within the conservancy district at large, those candidates, in number corresponding to the number of offices to be filled, receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared to have been elected. The board of directors shall thereupon issue its certificate of election to each candidate elected. History: 1941 Comp., § 77-2739, enacted by Laws 1943, ch. 126, § 12; 1953 Comp., § 75-28-44. ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeals. — Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 176 repeals 73-14-65 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2022. Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
NM Stat § 73-14-66 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-66 - [Election expenses; payment; levy of tax.]

The board of directors of conservancy districts are hereby authorized to pay out of the treasury all sums necessary to meet the actual expenses of elections and to levy a tax, upon all property within said district which is subject to district assessment or taxation, which shall be sufficient to meet election expenses. History: 1941 Comp., § 77-2740, enacted by Laws 1943, ch. 126, § 13; 1953 Comp., § 75-28-45.