2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 72 - Water Law
Section 5 Appropriation and Use of Surface Water
Section 72-5-35 State transportation commission; advance water withdrawal.
72-5-35. State transportation commission; advance water withdrawal.
The state engineer may authorize the state transportation commission, holding any artesian or underground water right for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance or repair of public roads, streets, highways and airports, to make withdrawals of water in advance of the accrual of such water in such amounts as the state engineer may determine will not be detrimental to the other holders of valid water rights, but in no case shall such advance withdrawals exceed an amount equal to five times the annual amount of the water right actually held by the withdrawing holder.
History: 1953 Comp., 75-5-33, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 191, 2; 2003, ch. 142, 92.
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