2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Article 2 - Ditches or Acequias
Section 73-2-28 - Acequia and community ditch associations.
Acequia and community ditch associations are political subdivisions of this state. As political subdivisions of the state, acequia and community ditch associations are authorized to receive loans from the interstate stream commission from the New Mexico irrigation works construction fund.
History: 1953 Comp., § 75-14-25.1, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 145, § 1; 2001, ch. 221, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2001 amendment, effective June 15, 2001, added the second sentence.
Community ditches may condemn land. — Since community ditches are political subdivisions of the state, under power of eminent domain they may condemn land for the construction of ditches. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-96.
Law reviews. — For article, "Water Rights Problems in the Upper Rio Grande Watershed and Adjoining Areas," see 11 Nat. Resources J. 48 (1971).
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 28 C.J.S. Drains §§ 6, 79.
