Section 72-4-19 – [Adjudication of rights; decree filed with state engineer; contents of decree.]
Upon the adjudication of the rights to the use of the waters of a stream system, a certified copy of the decree shall be prepared and filed in the office of the state engineer by the clerk of the court, at the cost of the parties. Such decree shall in every case declare, as to […]
Section 72-4-20 – [Water rights on interstate streams in litigation; duty of state engineer; exception.]
In all cases where the rights of owners of land in this state to which water rights on interstate streams are appurtenant have been the subject of litigation in the state or federal courts of an adjoining state, it shall be the duty of the state engineer to assume control of all or any part […]
Section 72-4-11 – [Election by voters prior to issuance of bonds not required.]
This 1959 act [72-4-2 to 72-4-12 NMSA 1978] shall not be construed as requiring an election by the voters of a county prior to the issuance of water revenue bonds hereunder by such county. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-4-1.10, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 286, § 10. ANNOTATIONS Effect of county-called referendum absent proper authority. […]
Section 72-4-12 – [Notice, consent or approval by governmental body or public officer not required prior to issuance of bonds.]
No notice, consent or approval by any governmental body or public officer shall be required as a prerequisite to the sale or issuance of any water revenue bonds or the making of a mortgage under the authority of this 1959 act [72-4-2 to 72-4-12 NMSA 1978], except as provided in this 1959 act. History: 1953 […]
Section 72-4-13 – Hydrographic survey of state stream systems; duty of state engineer; dam and reservoir sites; cooperation with United States.
The state engineer shall make hydrographic surveys and investigations of each stream system and source of water supply in the state, beginning with those most used for irrigation, and obtaining and recording all available data for the determination, development and adjudication of water supply of the state including the location and survey of suitable sites […]
Section 72-4-14 – [Cooperation with federal reclamation service; federal projects.]
The state engineer is hereby authorized and empowered to cooperate with the federal reclamation service or any other federal agency, in the making of hydrographic surveys upon any stream system which includes a federal irrigation or drainage project. History: Laws 1919, ch. 131, § 4; C.S. 1929, § 151-123; 1941 Comp., § 77-403; 1953 Comp., […]
Section 72-4-15 – [Determination of water rights; copies of hydrographic surveys; suits to determine right of appropriation.]
Upon the completion of the hydrographic survey of any stream system, the state engineer shall deliver a copy of so much thereof as may be necessary for the determination of all rights to the use of the waters of such system together with all other data in his possession necessary for such determination, to the […]
Section 72-4-16 – [Reports of hydrographic surveys; filing with state engineer; copies as evidence.]
All reports of hydrographic surveys of the waters of any stream system, or parts thereof, and other surveys heretofore or hereafter made by the state engineer, or under his authority, or by any engineer of the United States, or any other engineer, in the opinion of the state engineer qualified to make the same, may, […]
Section 72-4-17 – Suits for determination of water rights; parties; hydrographic survey; jurisdiction; unknown claimants.
In any suit for the determination of a right to use the waters of any stream system, all those whose claim to the use of such waters are of record and all other claimants, so far as they can be ascertained, with reasonable diligence, shall be made parties. When any such suit has been filed […]
Section 72-4-18 – [Suits concerning water rights; submission of facts to jury or referee.]
In any suit concerning water rights, or in any suit or appeal provided for in this article, the court may in its discretion submit any question of fact arising therein to a jury, or may appoint a referee or referees to take testimony and report upon the rights of the parties. History: Laws 1907, ch. […]