2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 19: Public Lands
Article 5: Classification, Care and Protection of State Lands, 19-5-1 through 19-5-10
Section 19-5-1: Data on nature, character, quality and value of public lands; classification; duties of land commissioner.
19-5-10. [Water appropriation application.]
Before any contract as provided in Sections 19-5-7 to 19-5-9 NMSA 1978, shall issue, the applicant shall file with the commissioner a certificate of the state engineer showing a compliance with the laws, and regulations for the appropriation of water, and that applicant has the right to appropriate water for such purposes: provided, that no such contract shall operate to prevent the cancellation, according to law, of any permit to appropriate waters of the state.
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