2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management
Section 73-14-69 - Application of provisions of act.

73-14-69. Application of provisions of act.

A. The provisions of this act [73-14-54 to 73-14-69 NMSA 1978] shall not apply to nor be construed as affecting any conservancy districts organized to conserve, protect or develop the waters of underground streams, channels, artesian basins, reservoirs or lakes having reasonably ascertainable boundaries where such waters have been placed to beneficial use. The provisions of this act shall not apply to nor be construed as affecting conservancy districts having more than 100,000 acres, formed prior to July 1, 1952, whether agricultural or otherwise, included within said conservancy district, subject to conservancy assessment. The provisions of this act do not apply to conservancy districts to which the provisions of Sections 73-14-70 through 73-14-88 NMSA 1978 apply.

B. This act shall not take effect as to any conservancy district in which the irrigation system is under construction, and no election of directors shall be held therein, until the main canals in such district are in such condition that water can be delivered therefrom for irrigation upon lands in said district; and the first election of directors in any such district shall be held on the first Tuesday of October after the water can be delivered for irrigation from said canals upon the lands in said conservancy district.

History: 1941 Comp., 77-2743, enacted by Laws 1943, ch. 126, 16; 1953 Comp., 75-28-48; Laws 1959, ch. 313, 2; 1961, ch. 67, 1.