2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Article 20 - Soil and Water and Watershed Conservation Districts
Section 73-20-40 - Selection of supervisor chairman; quorum; compensation.

Within a reasonable time after each district election and after newly elected supervisors have completed the oath of office, the supervisors of a district shall organize and shall designate a chairman who shall be a supervisor and who shall serve at the pleasure of the supervisors. In the performance of district functions, a majority of supervisors shall constitute a quorum; the concurrence of the quorum majority shall be required to carry or to determine any matter of district business. Supervisors shall not receive compensation for their services but shall be entitled to be reimbursed in accordance with the provisions of the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978]. Supervisors may purchase group health insurance benefits for themselves and their dependents pursuant to the Group Benefits Act [Chapter 10, Article 7B NMSA 1978] and pursuant to the rules and procedures set forth by that act and the risk management division of the general services department.

History: 1953 Comp., § 45-5-55, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 137, § 14; 1973, ch. 324, § 9; 2003, ch. 88, § 13; 2006, ch. 88, § 4.

The 2006 amendment, effective July 1, 2006, added the last sentence of the section to provide that supervisors may purchase group health insurance for themselves and their dependents.

The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, deleted "district" from the section heading; substituted "district" for "annual" near the beginning of the section, inserted "and after newly elected supervisors have completed the oath of office" following "election" near the beginning of the section and deleted "for actual expenses incurred" following "reimbursed" near the end of the section.