2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 72 - Water Law
Article 14 - Interstate Stream Commission; Protection of Interstate Streams
Section 72-14-4 - Budget and plan submitted to governor annually.
The interstate stream commission shall annually prepare and submit a budget together with a complete and detailed plan looking toward the improvement of the Rio Grande in this state, and increasing the surface flow of water in the river, during the ensuing fiscal year. The plan and budget shall be submitted annually in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6-3-1 through 6-3-22 NMSA 1978.
History: Laws 1935, ch. 24, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 77-3304; Laws 1947, ch. 131, § 1; 1953 Comp., § 75-34-4; Laws 1973, ch. 201, § 1; 1997, ch. 241, § 1; 1997, ch. 246, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSThe 1997 amendment, effective June 20, 1997, in the first sentence, deleted "of the channel" following "improvement" and inserted "and increasing the surface flow of water in the river", in the second sentence substituted "6-3-1 through 6-3-22 NMSA 1978" for "11-4-1.1 through 11-4-7.8 NMSA 1953", and made a minor stylistic change.
Laws 1997, ch. 241, § 1 and Laws 1997, ch. 246, § 1, both effective June 20, 1997, enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 1997, ch. 246, § 1. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
Law reviews. — For article, " 'Whisky's for Drinkin', Water's for Fighten'! ' Is it? Resolving a Collective Action Dilemma in New Mexico," see 45 Nat. Resources J. 185 (2003).
