2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Section 12 Electrical Irrigation Districts
Section 73-12-44 Board shall act on petition for exclusion.
73-12-44. Board shall act on petition for exclusion.
The board of directors, if they deem it not for the best interest of the district that the lands mentioned in the petition or any portion thereof should be excluded from said district shall order that said petition be denied; but if they deem it for the best interest of the district that the lands mentioned in the petition, or some portion thereof, be excluded from the district, and if there are no outstanding bonds of the district, then the board may order the lands mentioned in the petition, or some defined portion thereof, to be excluded from the district; provided, if within thirty days from the making of such order a majority of the qualified electors of the district protest in writing to said board against the exclusion of such lands from said district, said order shall be held for naught and such lands shall not be excluded therefrom.
History: Laws 1929, ch. 76, 44; C.S. 1929, 73-744; 1941 Comp., 77-2444; 1953 Comp., 75-25-44.
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