STATE STATUTES & CODES

NEW MEXICO STATUTES AND CODES

Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management, 73-10-1 through 73-10-50.

• Section 73-10-1 - Cooperation with United States under reclamation laws; districts organized; powers.
• Section 73-10-2 - Water users under community ditches; voting power unaffected.
• Section 73-10-3 - Petition for irrigation district; contents; bond; publication of petition and notice of presentation time.
• Section 73-10-4 - Publications to be in English and Spanish.
• Section 73-10-5 - Boundaries set by petition; divisions; election call; officers.
• Section 73-10-6 - Notice of election; qualified electors; general election laws applicable; mailing ballots; preparation and care of ballots.
• Section 73-10-7 - Districts 25,000 acres or less; qualified electors.
• Section 73-10-8 - Canvass of votes; order declaring district organized; organization complete upon recording of order.
• Section 73-10-9 - First election of directors; biennial elections thereafter.
• Section 73-10-10 - Election of officers; oath; bonds of directors.
• Section 73-10-11 - Office of directors; notice of election; judges; time and place.
• Section 73-10-12 - Oaths of judges; opening and closing of polls; returns.
• Section 73-10-13 - Absent voting permitted.
• Section 73-10-14 - Canvass of votes when all returns received; procedure; declaration of result of election.
• Section 73-10-15 - Statement of results; certificates of election; vacancy in office of director.
• Section 73-10-16 - Board of directors; organization; powers and duties; cooperation with United States; rules and regulations.
• Section 73-10-17 - Regular and special meetings; records; right of entry on lands; right to acquire lands and property.
• Section 73-10-18 - Compensation of board members; president; interest in contracts prohibited; penalty.
• Section 73-10-19 - Property acquired by district; title; tax exemption; conveyance to United States.
• Section 73-10-20 - Legal status of irrigation district; conveyances; court proceedings.
• Section 73-10-21 - Plan for construction; advertising for bids; contractors bonds.
• Section 73-10-22 - Rights-of-way over private property; eminent domain; state lands.
• Section 73-10-23 - Joint works; union with districts of adjoining states; proportionate ownership; bond issues; management.
• Section 73-10-24 - Water supply inadequate; distribution on alternate days.
• Section 73-10-25 - Preservation of prior rights.
• Section 73-10-26 - Change of boundaries; effect; assent of secretary of the interior.
• Section 73-10-27 - Petition for inclusion of additional lands.
• Section 73-10-28 - Publication of notice of petition for including lands; objections; payment of estimated cost of proceedings.
• Section 73-10-29 - Hearing on petition for including lands.
• Section 73-10-30 - Payment of assessments as condition precedent to granting petition for including lands.
• Section 73-10-31 - Order granting or rejecting petition for including lands; description of boundaries; protest of electors.
• Section 73-10-32 - Filing of order and new plat when land is added; status of district; liability of lands.
• Section 73-10-33 - Petition for including land to be recorded in minutes of board; evidential value.
• Section 73-10-34 - Authorization to sign petition or protest.
• Section 73-10-35 - Redivision of district after addition of lands; election of directors.
• Section 73-10-36 - Exclusion of lands; status of district unaffected.
• Section 73-10-37 - Petition to exclude lands; description of lands; acknowledgment.
• Section 73-10-38 - Notice of petition to exclude lands; publication; estimated costs of proceedings.
• Section 73-10-39 - Hearing on petition for excluding lands; objections.
• Section 73-10-40 - Order granting or denying petition for excluding land; protest of electors.
• Section 73-10-41 - Petition for exclusion of land approved; filing order and new plat.
• Section 73-10-42 - Redivision of district after exclusion of lands; election of directors.
• Section 73-10-43 - Petition for dissolution of district; notice of election; ballots.
• Section 73-10-44 - Canvass of votes on dissolution; certificate of election; recording; assent of secretary of interior.
• Section 73-10-45 - Succession of irrigation districts to rights and duties of water users' associations.
• Section 73-10-46 - Irrigation district organized to cooperate with United States; civil service board; employees.
• Section 73-10-47 - Employees' pensions; group insurance; employers' liability insurance.
• Section 73-10-48 - Special water users' associations; lease of allotments of irrigation district water; change of place and purpose of use of leased water rights; change of point of diversion of water
• Section 73-10-49 - Special water users' association; certificate of organization.
• Section 73-10-50 - Special water users' association; organizational status; officers.

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