2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 72 - Water Law
Article 4 - Surveys, Investigations and Adjudication of Rights
Section 72-4-3 - [Authority to establish county water supply system; purpose.]

Universal Citation: NM Stat § 72-4-3 (2019)

The board of county commissioners of any county may under the provisions of this 1959 act [72-4-2 through 72-4-12 NMSA 1978], establish a county water supply system, which shall be located within this state and within the county, for the purpose of supplying water to the inhabitants of unincorporated communities of the county for domestic and sanitary purposes.

History: 1953 Comp., § 75-4-1.2, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 286, § 2.

ANNOTATIONS

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 25 Am. Jur. 2d Drains and Drainage Districts § 7.

94 C.J.S. Waters § 234.

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