Section 73-14-51 - Rules and regulations. - New Mexico Statutes

73-14-51. Rules and regulations.

The method of distribution and allocation of available irrigation waters shall be set forth in rules and regulations to be adopted by the board of directors of conservancy districts, in consultation with the chief engineer thereof, which said rules and regulations, before becoming effective, shall be published in English only in two issues, one week apart, of one legal newspaper in each county embraced within such conservancy district, and by posting one copy in English only of such rules and regulations at the courthouse of each county within such conservancy district. If there be no newspaper published in any such county, then copies of such rules and regulations shall be posted in English only at three public places within such county, in addition to posting at the county courthouse; the said notices to be posted at least seven days before the effective date of such rules and regulations.