2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Article 17 - Conservancy Districts; General Provisions
Section 73-17-23 - Saving clause and repeals.

A. The purposes and powers herein contained and provided for are hereby granted to and conferred upon conservancy districts heretofore organized under the provisions of Chapter 140 of the Laws of New Mexico of 1923 and all the provisions hereof shall be held applicable in the manner herein prescribed, to such conservancy districts heretofore organized under said Chapter 140 of the Laws of New Mexico of 1923 and all acts and proceedings done or had, and obligations incurred by any such conservancy district or its directors or officers under and pursuant to the provisions of the aforesaid act are hereby ratified and confirmed.

B. Chapter 140 of the Laws of New Mexico of 1923, entitled "An act to provide for the organization of conservancy districts for the purpose of cooperating with the government of the United States under the terms of the federal reclamation law and other federal laws, and to define the purposes and powers thereof," is hereby repealed; but such repeal shall not invalidate any act or proceeding theretofore done under said act; provided, however, that the continuity and status of any district organized under the provisions of said Chapter 140 of the Laws of New Mexico of 1923, shall be unaffected by the repeal of said Chapter 140, and such district shall, after this act is in full force and effect, continue to exist under and be governed by the provisions of this act.

C. All other acts or parts of acts conflicting in any way with any of the provisions of this act, in regard to improvements of the character contemplated by this act, or regulating or limiting the power of taxation or assessment or otherwise interfering with the execution of this act according to its terms, are hereby declared inoperative and ineffective as to this act, as completely as if they did not exist, but all such acts and parts of acts shall not in any way be otherwise affected by this act.

History: Laws 1927, ch. 45, § 910; C.S. 1929, § 30-910; 1941 Comp., § 77-3023; 1953 Comp., § 75-31-23.

Compiler's notes. — For the meaning of "this act", see the compiler's notes to 73-17-1 NMSA 1978.

For the federal reclamation law, referred to in this section, see 43 U.S.C. § 371 et seq.