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2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Article 21 - Water and Sanitation Districts
Section 73-21-26 - Bonds; interest; form.

Universal Citation: NM Stat § 73-21-26 (2020)
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To carry out the purposes of the Water and Sanitation District Act, the board may issue bonds of the district upon approval of the majority of the qualified electors of the district voting on the question pursuant to the provisions of the Local Election Act [Chapter 1, Article 22 NMSA 1978]. Bonds shall bear interest payable semiannually and shall be due and payable serially, either annually or semiannually, commencing not later than three years and extending not more than twenty years from date. The form and terms of the bonds, including provisions for their payment and redemption, shall be determined by the board. If the board so determines, the bonds may be redeemable prior to maturity upon payment of a premium, not exceeding three percent of the principal thereof. The bonds, except for bonds issued in book entry or similar form without the delivery of physical securities, shall be executed in the name of and on behalf of the district and signed by the chair of the board, with the seal of the district affixed thereto, and attested to by the secretary of the board. The bonds shall be sold and shall be in such denominations as the board determines, and the bonds and the attached coupons, if any, shall be payable to the bearer or registered as to principal or as to principal and interest. Interest coupons, if any, shall bear the original or facsimile signature of the chair of the board.

History: 1941 Comp., § 77-3424, enacted by Laws 1943, ch. 80, § 24; 1953 Comp., § 75-18-24; Laws 1963, ch. 261, § 7; 1977, ch. 345, § 8; 1983, ch. 265, § 61; 2019, ch. 212, § 265.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2019 amendment, effective April 3, 2019, provided that a bond election to raise funds for a water and sanitation district to carry out the purposes of the Water and Sanitation District Act shall be conducted pursuant to the Local Election Act; and after "majority of the", deleted "taxpaying" and added "qualified", and after "district voting on the question", added "pursuant to the provisions of the Local Election Act".

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 94 C.J.S. Waters §§ 241, 243.

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