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NM Stat § 73-14-13 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-13 - Declaration of organization.

A. The court, upon receipt of the certified results of the election that a majority of the persons voting have voted in favor of creating the district, shall declare the district organized. B. Thereupon, the district shall be a political subdivision of the state and a body corporate with all the powers of a public or municipal corporation. The district shall have power to sue and be sued, to incur debts, liabilities and obligations, to exercise the right of eminent domain and of taxation and assessment as provided in the Conservancy Act of New Mexico, to issue negotiable bonds, and to perform all acts necessary and proper for carrying out the purposes for which the district was created and for exercising the powers with which it is invested. C. In its declaration, the court shall designate where the office or principal place of business of the district shall be located, which shall be within the corporate limits of the district, if practicable, and which may be changed by order of the court. The regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held at such office or place of business, but for cause may be adjourned to any other convenient place. The official records and files of the district shall be kept at the office so established. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-28-9, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 76, § 5. ANNOTATIONSRepeals and reenactments. — Laws 1965, ch. 76, § 5, repeals 75-28-9, 1953 Comp., relating to declaration of organization of district, nature of district and contents of decree, and enacts the above section. Compiler's notes. — For the meaning of "Conservancy Act", see compiler's notes to 73-14-1 NMSA 1978. Cross references. — For form of decree, see Form II under 73-17-24 NMSA 1978. Free license plates. — The middle Rio Grande conservancy district is a political subdivision of state and body corporate and is entitled to free license plates for its cars and trucks. 1932 Op. Att'y. Gen. No. 32-483 (rendered under former law). Reports to be filed. — Conservancy districts are public bodies of the state and are required to file reports with the state comptroller (now state auditor). 1937 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 37-1784 (rendered under former law). Granting of easements. — The state tax commission (now property tax division of taxation and revenue department) may grant easements for public purposes over tax deeded lands to the middle Rio Grande conservancy district. 1960 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 60-81 (rendered under former law). Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 94 C.J.S. Waters § 319(2).
NM Stat § 73-14-14 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-14 - Application of election law.

Sections 73-14-9 through 73-14-13 NMSA 1978 shall not be construed as applying to any conservancy district organized for the purpose of providing and maintaining for surface waters: flood protection, river control, drainage, water storage for supplementing irrigation needs, constructing and maintaining distribution systems for irrigation and other improvements for public health and safety. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-28-9.1, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 201, § 1. ANNOTATIONSPowers not to be expanded beyond language. — Formation of a water conservancy district is a statutory proceeding and the powers conferred may not be expanded by inference or construction beyond the language of the statute. Rancho Del Rio Grande Conservancy Dist. v. Tres Rios Ass'n, 1975-NMSC-024, 87 N.M. 482, 535 P.2d 1333.
NM Stat § 73-14-15 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-15 - Hearing; declaration of organization; nature of district; contents of decree.

A. In respect to conservancy districts involving surface waters, upon the hearing of the petitions as provided in Section 73-14-8 NMSA 1978, if it shall appear that a petition for the organization of a district has been signed and presented, as hereinbefore provided, and that the allegations of the petition are true, that the lands described in the petition substantially conform to the requirements of Subsection K of Section 73-14-5 NMSA 1978, and that no protesting petition has been filed, or if filed has been dismissed, the court shall, by order, adjudicate all questions of jurisdiction, declare the district organized and give it a corporate name by which in all proceedings it shall thereafter be known. B. Thereupon the district shall be a political subdivision of the state of New Mexico and a body corporate with all the powers of a public or municipal corporation; shall have power to sue and be sued, to incur debts, liabilities and obligations, to exercise the right of eminent domain and of taxation and assessment as herein provided, to issue negotiable bonds and to do and perform all acts herein expressly authorized, and all acts necessary and proper for carrying out the purposes for which the district was created and for exercising the powers with which it is vested. C. In such decree, the court shall designate the place where the office or principal place of business of the district shall be located, which shall be within the corporate limits of the district, if practicable, and which may be changed by order of the court from time to time. The regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held at such office or place of business, but for cause may be adjourned to any other convenient place. The official records and files of the district shall be kept at the office so established. D. If the court finds against the prayer of petition, it shall dismiss said proceedings and adjudge the costs against the signers of the petition in such proportions as it shall deem just and equitable. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-28-9.2, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 201, § 2. ANNOTATIONSMilitary leave and pay. — Employees of a conservancy district are entitled to 15 days military leave and pay each year. 1959 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 59-54 (rendered under former law).
NM Stat § 73-14-16 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-16 - Filing order of incorporation.

Within thirty days after the district has been declared a corporation by the court, the clerk shall transmit to the secretary of state and to the probate clerk and ex-officio recorder in each of the counties having lands in the district, copies of the findings and the order of the court incorporating the district. The copies of the findings shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state in the same manner as articles of incorporation are now required to be filed under the general laws concerning corporations. Copies shall also be filed in the office of the probate clerk and ex-officio recorder of each county in which a part of the district may be, where they shall become permanent records. The recorder in each county shall receive a fee of one dollar ($1.00) for filing and preserving them, and the secretary of state shall receive a fee of five dollars ($5.00) for filing and preserving them. History: Laws 1927, ch. 45, § 207; C.S. 1929, § 30-207; 1941 Comp., § 77-2710; 1953 Comp., § 75-28-10; 2013, ch. 75, § 47. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — New Mexico Const., art. VI, § 22, provides that, unless otherwise provided by law, a county clerk shall be elected in each county who shall perform the duties now performed by the clerks of the district courts and clerks of the probate courts. However, Laws 1968, ch. 69, § 20, provided that the district court shall appoint a district court clerk for each county of the judicial district, and that the duties and place of employment shall be designated by the court. See 34-6-19 NMSA 1978. The 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, required the clerk of the court to transmit the findings and order of the court incorporating the district to the secretary of state; in the first sentence, after "transmit to the", deleted "state corporation commission" and added "secretary of state"; in the second sentence, after "filed in the office of the", deleted "state corporation commission" and added "secretary of state"; and in the fourth sentence, after "preserving them, and the" deleted "state corporation commission" and added "secretary of state". Filing fees are part of cost of improvement of lands under the El Vado dam, and all lands whether in federal, state or private ownership must bear the proportionate share of the costs. 1930 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 30-56.
NM Stat § 73-14-18 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-18 - Abolition of boards of directors of districts having more than one hundred thousand acres and created prior to 1930.

As the same are now constituted, any conservancy district organized under the provisions of the Conservancy Act of New Mexico and such conservancy district being created prior to 1930, embracing land situate in four or more counties and having an appointed board of directors, shall, after the election and qualification of the board of directors cease to have an appointed board of directors and in lieu thereof shall have an elected board of directors as provided in Sections 73-14-18 through 73-14-32 NMSA 1978, which board of directors shall bear the name "Board of Directors of the ............ Conservancy District" and shall be a body corporate, may sue and be sued, and which shall succeed to, have, exercise, enjoy, assume and perform all of the rights, powers, obligations and duties now by law vested in, conferred upon, imposed upon or required of, the boards hereby abolished. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-28-11.1, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 262, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — For the meaning of "Conservancy Act", see compiler's notes to 73-14-1 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 73-14-19 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-19 - Boards of directors; membership; qualifications.

The boards of directors created by Sections 73-14-18 through 73-14-32 NMSA 1978 shall consist of three directors from and representing that portion of the most populous county within the conservancy district, one director each from and representing those portions of each of the remaining counties within the conservancy district and one director from and representing the district at large; provided that each director: A. is a qualified elector of the conservancy district; and B. resides within the conservancy district and the county from which he is elected or, if representing the district at large, resides within one of the four counties of the conservancy district. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-28-11.2, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 262, § 2; 1996, ch. 42, § 5. ANNOTATIONSThe 1996 amendment, effective March 4, 1996, substituted "created by Sections 73-14-18 through 73-14-32 NMSA 1978" for "hereby created" in the introductory language, and added the language beginning "or, if representing" at the end of Subsection B. Ownership of real property within district. — A member of the middle Rio Grande conservancy district board of directors who does not own real property within the district may not continue to serve on the board. 1987 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 87-03. Residency requirement for election. — A person cannot stand for election for the board of directors of the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District if that person resides in a county in which part of the district is located but outside the district itself. 1988 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 88-34.
NM Stat § 73-14-20 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-20 - Definitions.

As used in Sections 73-14-18 through 73-14-32 NMSA 1978: A. "absent voter" means a qualified elector who has requested an absentee ballot forty days prior to an election; B. "absentee-early voter" means a qualified elector who has voted early, prior to election day, on an electronic voting machine at a designated absentee-early voter precinct; C. "benefited area" means that area described by a property appraisal that receives a benefit as a result of the creation of a district for any of the purposes specified in Section 73-14-4 NMSA 1978; D. "election director" means the person whom the board of directors may request to provide election services by a contract approved by the secretary of state; E. "election officer" means a person appointed by the board of directors to conduct the election in the absence of an election director and who performs all election services required by statute; F. "list compiler" means a contractor approved by the board of directors to compile and produce a qualified elector list for a conservancy district; G. "qualified elector" means an individual who owns real property within the benefited area of the conservancy district and who has provided proof of an ownership interest to one of the sources specified in Subsection B of Section 73-14-20.1 NMSA 1978 within the required time period, or who resides on and owns legal or equitable title in tribal lands and who is over the age of majority; H. "qualified elector's list" means the list compiled before each election that contains the individual names of all qualified electors; and I. "residence" means a dwelling that lies partially or completely within the benefited area. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-28-11.3, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 262, § 3; 1996, ch. 42, § 6; 1999, ch. 168, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For age of majority, see 12-2A-3 and 28-6-1 NMSA 1978. The 1999 amendment, effective June 18, 1999, added Subsections A and B, redesignated the remaining subsections accordingly, and deleted "of a conservancy district" at the end of Subsection I. The 1996 amendment, effective March 4, 1996, substituted "Definitions" for "Definition of 'qualified elector'" in the section heading, added Subsections A through D and F and G, and designated the existing language as Subsection E and rewrote that subsection.
NM Stat § 73-14-20 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-20 - Definitions. (Effective July 1, 2022.)

As used in Sections 73-14-18 through 73-14-30 NMSA 1978: A. "benefited area" means that area described by a property appraisal that receives a benefit as a result of the creation of a district for any of the purposes specified in Section 73-14-4 NMSA 1978; B. "list compiler" means a contractor approved by the board of directors to compile and produce a qualified elector list for a conservancy district; C. "qualified elector" means an individual who owns real property within the benefited area of the conservancy district and who has provided proof of an ownership interest to one of the sources specified in Subsection B of Section 73-14-20.1 NMSA 1978 within the required time period, or who resides on and owns legal or equitable title in tribal lands and who is over the age of majority; D. "qualified elector's list" means the list compiled before each election that contains the individual names of all qualified electors; and E. "residence" means a dwelling that lies partially or completely within the benefited area. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-28-11.3, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 262, § 3; 1996, ch. 42, § 6; 1999, ch. 168, § 1; 2018, ch. 79, § 139. ANNOTATIONSThe 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, deleted the definitions of certain terms, and revised statutory references; in the introductory clause, after "73-14-18 through", deleted "73-14-32" and added "73-14-30"; deleted former Subsections A and B, which defined "absentee voter" and "absentee-early voter", respectively, and redesignated former Subsection C as Subsection A; and deleted former Subsections D and E, which defined "election director" and "election officer", respectively, and redesignated former Subsections F through I as Subsections B through E, respectively.
NM Stat § 73-14-21 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-21 - Board of directors; election; terms.

A. Each member of the board of directors shall be elected for a term of four years and, unless removed from office, shall serve until his successor is duly elected and has qualified; provided that in the first election immediately following the effective date of the provisions of this act [73-14-18 to 73-14-32 NMSA 1978], candidates for positions 1, 2 and 5 shall be elected for two-year terms each, and candidates for positions 3, 4, 6 and 7 shall be elected for four-year terms each. B. Vacancies on the board of directors shall be filled by the remaining members of the board of directors for the unexpired term of the director whose office becomes vacant. The person appointed to fill the vacancy shall have the same qualifications as the member whose unexpired term he is completing. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-28-11.4, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 262, § 4. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 1975, ch. 262, contained no effective date provision, but was enacted at a session which adjourned on March 22, 1975. See N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23.
NM Stat § 73-14-22 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-22 - Board of directors; apportionment.

The representation on the board of directors of the conservancy district shall be apportioned as follows: A. three members shall be elected from and by the qualified electors of the most populous county within the conservancy district; B. one member each shall be elected from and by the qualified electors of those portions of each of the remaining counties in the conservancy district; and C. one member shall be elected from and by the qualified electors of the conservancy district at large. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-28-11.5, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 262, § 5.
NM Stat § 73-14-23 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-23 - Suspension or removal.

A member of the conservancy district board may be suspended or removed in the same manner and for the same reasons that a county officer may be suspended or removed. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-28-11.6, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 262, § 6. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For removal of local officers, see 10-4-1 to 10-4-29, 10-5-1 to 10-5-9, 10-6-1 to 10-6-6 NMSA 1978. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 94 C.J.S. Waters § 320.
NM Stat § 73-14-24 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-24 - Time and procedure for election. (Effective July 1, 2022.)

A. The members of the boards of directors created pursuant to the provisions of Sections 73-14-18 through 73-14-30 NMSA 1978 shall be elected pursuant to the Local Election Act [Chapter 1, Article 22 NMSA 1978]. B. The elections for the members of the board of directors of the conservancy district shall be conducted, counted and canvassed as provided in the Local Election Act. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-28-11.7, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 262, § 7; 1990, ch. 48, § 2; 1991, ch. 136, § 2; 1991, ch. 248, § 2; 1996, ch. 42, § 8; 1999, ch. 168, § 3; 2018, ch. 79, § 141. ANNOTATIONSThe 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, provided that the elections for the members of the board of directors of the conservancy district shall be conducted, counted and canvassed as provided in the Local Election Act; deleted Subsection A, which related to the election proclamation for a conservancy district election, and redesignated former Subsections B and C as Subsections A and B, respectively; in Subsection A, after "73-14-18 through", deleted "73-14-32" and added "73-14-30", after "shall be elected", deleted "at an election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in 2001 and in each odd-numbered year thereafter" and added "pursuant to the Local Election Act"; in Subsection B, after "as provided in", deleted "Sections 73-14-18 through 73-14-32 and 73-14-84 through 73-14-86 NMSA 1978. The polls may be opened and closed in the same manner as provided for the general election under the Election Code" and added "the Local Election Act"; and deleted former Subsection D, which related to the procedure when only one candidate has filed a declaration of candidacy for a position and there are no bond issues on the ballot.
NM Stat § 73-14-25 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management|Section 73-14-25 - Declaration of candidacy; signatures of electors.

A. Any person who desires to become a candidate for election as a member of the conservancy district board of directors shall file his written declaration of candidacy with the election director or with the election officer at least sixty days before the election. The election officer or the election director shall certify the candidates to the board of directors. B. The declaration of candidacy shall contain: (1) a statement that the candidate is a qualified elector of the district and meets the qualifications of a director as required by law; (2) the candidate's name, address, county of residence and date of declaration of candidacy; (3) the numerical designation of the position on the board of directors for which he desires to be a candidate; (4) if a candidate for a position representing a county in the conservancy district, a petition signed by at least seventy-five qualified electors of the district who reside in that county; (5) if a candidate for the position at large in the conservancy district, a petition signed by at least one hundred twenty-five qualified electors; and (6) a statement that the candidate resides within the conservancy district and in the county for which he desires to be a candidate on the board of directors. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-28-11.8, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 262, § 8; 1996, ch. 42, § 9; 1999, ch. 168, § 4. ANNOTATIONSThe 1999 amendment, effective June 18, 1999, inserted "of directors" and substituted "sixty days" for "thirty days" in Subsection A, deleted "date and" preceding "county of residence", and inserted "and date of declaration of candidacy" in Subsection B(2). The 1996 amendment, effective March 4, 1996, substituted "Declaration" for "Notice" in the section heading; rewrote Subsection A; in Subsection B, substituted "declaration" for "notice", inserted "date" in Paragraph (2), substituted "who reside" for "resident" in Paragraph (4), deleted "resident in the conservancy district" following "qualified electors" in Paragraph (5), added Paragraph (6), and made a minor stylistic change. Residency requirement for election. — A person cannot stand for election for the board of directors of the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District if that person resides in a county in which part of the district is located but outside the district itself. 1988 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 88-34.