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NM Stat § 72-19-91 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 72 - Water Law|Article 19 - Southern Sandoval County Flood Control|Section 72-19-91 - Funding.

For the purpose of funding any interim debenture or interim debentures, any bond or bonds pledged as collateral security to secure the payment of such interim debenture or interim debentures may be reissued without an election, and any bonds not previously issued but authorized to be issued at an election for a purpose the same as or encompassing the purpose for which the interim debentures were issued may be issued for such a funding. Any such bonds shall mature at such time as the board may determine, but in no event exceeding forty years from the date of either any of the interim debentures so funded or any of the bonds so pledged as collateral security, whichever date is the earlier. Bonds for funding, including but not necessarily limited to any such reissued bonds, and bonds for any other purpose or purposes authorized in the Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act may be issued separately or issued in combination in one series or more. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 89 and 90 [72-19-89 and 72-19-90 NMSA 1978] of that act and in this section, any such funding bonds shall be issued as is provided for refunding bonds in Sections 81, 82, 84, 85, 87 and 88 [72-19-81, 72-19-82, 72-19-84, 72-19-85, 72-19-87 and 72-19-88 NMSA 1978] and provided for securities in Sections 47 through 80 [72-19-47 to 72-19-80 NMSA 1978] of that act. History: Laws 1990, ch. 14, § 91.
NM Stat § 72-19-92 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 72 - Water Law|Article 19 - Southern Sandoval County Flood Control|Section 72-19-92 - Publication of resolution or proceedings.

In its discretion, the board may provide for the publication once in full of either any resolution or other proceedings adopted by the board ordering the issuance of any securities or, in the alternative, of notice thereof, which resolution, other proceedings or notice so published shall state the fact and date of such adoption and the place where such resolution or other proceedings have been filed for public inspection and also the date of the first publication of such resolution, other proceedings or notice and also state that any action or proceeding of any kind or nature in any court questioning the validity of the creation and establishment of the authority, or the validity or proper authorization of securities provided for by the resolution or other proceedings, or the validity of any covenants, agreements or contracts provided for by the resolution or other proceedings, shall be commenced within twenty days after the first publication of such resolution, other proceedings or notice. History: Laws 1990, ch. 14, § 92.
NM Stat § 72-19-93 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 72 - Water Law|Article 19 - Southern Sandoval County Flood Control|Section 72-19-93 - Failure to contest legality constitutes bar.

If no such action or proceedings are commenced or instituted within twenty days after the first publication of such resolution, other proceedings or notice, then all residents and taxpayers and owners of property in the authority and all public bodies and all other persons whatsoever shall be forever barred and foreclosed from instituting or commencing any action or proceeding in any court or from pleading any defense to any action or proceedings questioning the validity of the creation and establishment of the authority, the validity or proper authorization of such securities or the validity of any such covenants, agreements or contracts. The securities, covenants, agreements and contracts shall be conclusively deemed to be valid and binding obligations in accordance with their terms and tenor. History: Laws 1990, ch. 14, § 93.
NM Stat § 72-19-94 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 72 - Water Law|Article 19 - Southern Sandoval County Flood Control|Section 72-19-94 - Confirmation of contract proceedings.

In its discretion, the board may file a petition at any time in the district court in and for any county in which the authority is located wholly or in part, praying a judicial examination and determination of any power conferred or of any tax or rates or charges levied or of any act, proceeding or contract of the authority, whether or not the contract has been executed, including proposed contracts for the acquisition, improvement, equipment, maintenance, operation or disposal of any project for the authority. Such petition shall set forth the facts whereon the validity of such power, assessment, act, proceeding or contract is founded and shall be verified by the chairman of the board. Such action shall be in the nature of a proceeding in rem, and jurisdiction of all parties interested may be had by publication and posting as provided in the Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act. Notice of the filing of the petition shall be given by the clerk of the court, under the seal thereof, stating in brief outline the contents of the petition and showing where a full copy of any contract therein mentioned may be examined. The notice shall be served by publication in at least five consecutive issues of a weekly newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the principal office of the authority is located, and by posting the same in the office of the authority at least thirty days prior to the date fixed in the notice for the hearing on the petition. Jurisdiction shall be complete after such publication and posting. Any owner of property in the authority or person interested in the contract or proposed contract or in the premises may appear and move to dismiss or answer the petition at any time prior to the date fixed for the hearing or within such further time as may be allowed by the court, and the petition shall be taken as confessed by all persons who fail so to appear. History: Laws 1990, ch. 14, § 94.
NM Stat § 72-19-95 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 72 - Water Law|Article 19 - Southern Sandoval County Flood Control|Section 72-19-95 - Review and judgment of court.

The petition and notice shall be sufficient to give the court jurisdiction, and upon hearing the court shall examine into and determine all matters and things affecting the question submitted, shall make such findings with reference thereto and render such judgment and decree thereon as the case warrants. Costs may be divided or apportioned among any contesting parties in the discretion of the trial court. Review of the judgment of the court may be had as in other similar cases, except that such review shall be applied for within thirty days after the time of the rendition of such judgment or within such additional time as may be allowed by the court within thirty days. The rules of civil procedure shall govern in matters of pleading and practice where not otherwise specified in the Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act. The court shall disregard any error, irregularity or omission which does not affect the substantial rights of the parties. History: Laws 1990, ch. 14, § 95.
NM Stat § 72-19-96 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 72 - Water Law|Article 19 - Southern Sandoval County Flood Control|Section 72-19-96 - Purpose of tax exemptions.

The effectuation of the powers authorized in the Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act shall and will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, including but not necessarily limited to those residing in the authority exercising any power under that act, for the improvement of their health and living conditions and for the increase of their commerce and prosperity. History: Laws 1990, ch. 14, § 96.
NM Stat § 72-19-97 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 72 - Water Law|Article 19 - Southern Sandoval County Flood Control|Section 72-19-97 - Property exempt from general taxes.

The authority shall not be required to pay any general (ad valorem) taxes upon any property appertaining to any project authorized in the Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act and acquired within the state nor the authority's interest therein. History: Laws 1990, ch. 14, § 97.
NM Stat § 72-19-98 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 72 - Water Law|Article 19 - Southern Sandoval County Flood Control|Section 72-19-98 - Securities and income therefrom exempt.

Securities issued under the Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act and the income therefrom shall forever be and remain free and exempt from taxation by the state, the authority and any other public body, except transfer, inheritance and estate taxes. History: Laws 1990, ch. 14, § 98.
NM Stat § 72-19-99 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 72 - Water Law|Article 19 - Southern Sandoval County Flood Control|Section 72-19-99 - Freedom from judicial process.

Execution or other judicial process shall not issue against any property of the authority authorized in the Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act, nor shall any judgment against the authority be a charge or lien upon its property. History: Laws 1990, ch. 14, § 99.
NM Stat § 72-19-100 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 72 - Water Law|Article 19 - Southern Sandoval County Flood Control|Section 72-19-100 - Resort to judicial process.

Section 99 [72-19-99 NMSA 1978] of the Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act does not apply to or limit the right of the holder of any security, his trustee or any assignee of all or part of his interest, the federal government when it is a party to any contract with the authority, and any other obligee under that act to foreclose, otherwise to enforce, and to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by the authority on the proceeds of taxes, service charges or other revenues. History: Laws 1990, ch. 14, § 100.
NM Stat § 72-19-101 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 72 - Water Law|Article 19 - Southern Sandoval County Flood Control|Section 72-19-101 - Legal investments in securities.

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 loan association, investment company and any other person carrying on a banking or investment business, any insurance company, insurance association or any other person carrying on an insurance business and any executor, administrator, curator, trustee or any other fiduciary to invest funds or money in their custody in any of the securities authorized to be issued pursuant to the provisions of the Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act. Such securities shall be authorized security for all public deposits. Nothing contained in this section with regard to legal investments shall be construed as relieving any public body or other person of any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities. History: Laws 1990, ch. 14, § 101.
NM Stat § 72-19-102 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 72 - Water Law|Article 19 - Southern Sandoval County Flood Control|Section 72-19-102 - Civil rights.

The authority damaged by any such act may also bring a civil action for damages sustained by any such act, and in such proceeding the prevailing party shall also be entitled to reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of court. History: Laws 1990, ch. 14, § 102.
NM Stat § 72-19-103 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 72 - Water Law|Article 19 - Southern Sandoval County Flood Control|Section 72-19-103 - Liberal construction.

The Southern 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 objects for which that act is intended. History: Laws 1990, ch. 14, § 103.
NM Stat § 72-20-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 72 - Water Law|Article 20 - Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act|Section 72-20-1 - Short title.

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. ANNOTATIONSThe 2011 amendment, effective April 6, 2011, changed the statutory reference to the act.
NM Stat § 72-20-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 72 - Water Law|Article 20 - Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act|Section 72-20-2 - Legislative declaration.

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 will serve a public use and will promote the health, safety, prosperity, security and general welfare of the inhabitants thereof and of the state; B. the acquisition, improvement, maintenance and operation of any project authorized in the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act is in the public interest and constitutes a part of the established and permanent policy of the state; C. the authority hereby organized shall be a body corporate and politic, a quasi-municipal corporation and a political subdivision of the state; D. the flood control system hereby authorized and directed to be acquired will be of special benefit to the property within the boundaries of the authority organized and created in the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act; E. the notice provided for in the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act for each hearing and action to be taken is reasonably calculated to inform any person of interest in any proceedings under that act that may directly and adversely affect that person's legally protected interests; F. a general law cannot be made applicable to the designated flood control system and the provisions appertaining thereto in the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act because of a number of atypical and special conditions concerning them; and G. for the accomplishment of these purposes, the provisions of the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act shall be broadly construed. History: Laws 2007, ch. 99, § 2. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 2007, ch. 99, § 104 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 30, 2007.
NM Stat § 72-20-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 72 - Water Law|Article 20 - Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act|Section 72-20-3 - Decision of board or governing body final.

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 are arbitrary, capricious or fraudulent. History: Laws 2007, ch. 99, § 3. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 2007, ch. 99, § 104 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 30, 2007.
NM Stat § 72-20-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 72 - Water Law|Article 20 - Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act|Section 72-20-5 - Creation of authority.

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. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 2007, ch. 99, § 104 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 30, 2007.
NM Stat § 72-20-6 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 72 - Water Law|Article 20 - Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act|Section 72-20-6 - Boundaries of authority.

A. Except as provided in Subsections B and C of this section, the authority consists of all land within the following boundaries: a portion of southern Sandoval county bounded on the east by a line following the eastern boundary of range 5 east of the New Mexico principal meridian, on the south by the Pueblo of Sandia and the Cibola national forest, on the west by the Rio Grande and on the north by a line following the northern boundary of township 13 north of the New Mexico principal meridian. The boundary is more particularly described as follows: beginning at the southeast corner of projected section 1, township 12 north, range 5 east of the New Mexico principal meridian, that point also being the southeast corner of herein described boundary; thence proceeding in a westerly direction along a line coincident with the northern boundary of the Cibola national forest and of the Pueblo of Sandia to a point along the west bank of the Rio Grande within projected section 1, township 12 north, range 3 east of the New Mexico principal meridian; thence in a northeasterly direction along the west bank of the Rio Grande to a point in the northwest corner of section 1, township 13 north, range 4 east of the New Mexico principal meridian; thence east along a line following the northern boundary of township 13 north of the New Mexico principal meridian for approximately seven miles to a point in the northeast corner of section 1, township 13 north, range 5 east of the New Mexico principal meridian; thence in a southerly direction approximately seven miles to the southeast corner of projected section 1, township 12 north, range 5 east of the New Mexico principal meridian, which point is the southeast corner and point of beginning of the district. B. All lands held in trust or ownership by the federal government or an Indian pueblo located within the boundaries identified in Subsection A of this section shall be excluded from the authority. C. On the first day of the first month immediately following the effective date of this 2011 act, all land within Sandoval county precincts 5, 28, 55 and 56 and precinct 6 east of interstate 25, as those precinct designations and boundaries were revised and approved by the secretary of state as of August 31, 2001 pursuant to the Precinct Boundary Adjustment Act, shall be excluded from the authority. History: Laws 2007, ch. 99, § 6; 2011, ch. 100, § 2. ANNOTATIONSThe 2011 amendment, effective April 6, 2011, changed the statutory reference to the act.
NM Stat § 72-20-7 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 72 - Water Law|Article 20 - Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act|Section 72-20-7 - Petition for exclusion.

Within one hundred eighty days from the effective date of the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act, a written, signed and acknowledged petition against the acquiring of the flood control system provided for in Section 19 [72-20-19 NMSA 1978] of that act may be filed with the board by the owners of property of at least thirty percent of the value of the property provided to be taxed in that act, based upon the assessed valuation of that property for general taxes for the year preceding the year of making the petition. If there is real estate in the authority that has not been separately assessed by the taxing authorities, the board shall value such real estate for the purpose of such petition on the same basis of valuation as other real estate similarly situated that has been separately assessed. The board shall, as soon as possible, examine such petition, if made, and canvass and pass upon and determine its sufficiency, and its action shall be final. If the petition is found to contain the names of the owners of property of thirty percent of the total valuation of the property to be taxed under the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act and is found to be sufficient, then the flood control system shall not be acquired; provided that no action under the terms of that act shall be delayed during the period of one hundred eighty days, except that no bonds shall be issued during that time. History: Laws 2007, ch. 99, § 7. ANNOTATIONS
NM Stat § 72-20-8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 72 - Water Law|Article 20 - Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act|Section 72-20-8 - Board of directors.

A. The governing body of the authority is a board of directors consisting of three qualified electors of the authority; provided that, after single-member districts are created pursuant to Subsection B of Section 72-20-10 NMSA 1978 and after the expiration of the terms of any directors-at-large who are serving at the time that single-member districts are created:(1) each director shall reside within and represent a specified district; and(2) if a director no longer resides within the district that the director represents, the director's position shall be deemed vacant and a successor shall be appointed to serve the unexpired term pursuant to Section 72-20-12 NMSA 1978.B. All powers, rights, privileges and duties vested in or imposed upon the authority are exercised and performed by and through the board of directors; provided that the exercise of any executive, administrative and ministerial powers may be, by the board, delegated and redelegated to officers and employees of the authority or to any officer or employee contracted by agreement to manage and administer the operations of the authority. Except for the first directors appointed as provided for in Section 72-20-9 NMSA 1978 or elected as provided in Section 72-20-10 NMSA 1978 and except for any director chosen to fill an unexpired term, and except for the first directors serving after the authority is divided into single-member districts, the term of each director runs for six years. Each director, subject to such exceptions, shall serve a six-year term, and each director shall serve until a successor has been duly chosen and qualified. History: Laws 2007, ch. 99, § 8; 2011, ch. 100, § 3; 2018, ch. 79, § 134; 2019, ch. 212, § 250. ANNOTATIONSThe 2019 amendment, effective April 3, 2019; in Subsection A, deleted "registered" preceding "qualified electors".The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, removed language related to the commencing and ending dates of the terms of the board of directors of the eastern Sandoval county arroyo flood control authority, and made technical changes; in Subsection A, after "consisting of three", added "registered"; in Subsection B, after "the term of each director", deleted "commences on the first day of January next following a general election in the state and", and after "six-year term", deleted "ending on the first day of January next following a general election". The 2011 amendment, effective April 6, 2011, lowered the number of directors and provided for the composition of the board of directors after single-member districts are created and the terms of directors-at-large expire.
NM Stat § 72-20-9 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 72 - Water Law|Article 20 - Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act|Section 72-20-9 - Appointment of first board; initial management.

A. When the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act goes into effect, the governor shall forthwith appoint five qualified electors of the authority as the directors comprising the first board. They shall serve until their successors have been elected and qualified. Immediately upon their appointment, the five directors shall meet, qualify and choose officers, as provided for organizational meetings in Section 13 [72-20-13 NMSA 1978] of the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act. B. Immediately following the appointment of the first board of directors, the management and administration of the authority may be performed by the southern Sandoval county arroyo flood control authority, for a reasonable fee, until the first board election for the authority is held. Subsequent to the election of the first board of the authority, the authority may enter into an agreement with the southern Sandoval county arroyo flood control authority for the continued management and administration of the authority. History: Laws 2007, ch. 99, § 9. ANNOTATIONS