Section 73-12-48 – District shall pay tax on gross revenue derived from sales of surplus power.
Any district organized under the provisions of this act [73-12-1 to 73-12-57 NMSA 1978] shall be taxed in the sum of four percent (4%) of the gross revenue derived from the sale of surplus power, which amount shall be paid into the county treasury of the county in which such district is organized to the […]
Section 73-12-49 – Petition for dissolution of district; election thereon.
Whenever a majority of the resident freeholders, representing a majority of the number of acres of the land included in any irrigation district organized or hereafter to be organized under this act [73-12-1 to 73-12-57 NMSA 1978], shall petition the board of directors to call a special election for the purpose of submitting to the […]
Section 73-12-50 – Vote on dissolution to be canvassed.
The board of directors shall name a day for canvassing the vote, and if it shall appear that a majority of said ballots contain the words, “For Dissolution – Yes,” then it shall be the duty of said board of directors to make and cause to be entered upon their records an order declaring said […]
Section 73-12-51 – Confirmation proceedings may be brought.
The board of directors of any irrigation district purporting to be organized under this act [73-12-1 to 73-12-57 NMSA 1978], may commence special proceeding [proceedings] in and by which the proceedings of said board and of the county commissioners for the organization of said district and for the authorizing of the issuance and sale of […]
Section 73-12-52 – Petition to be filed in district court.
The board of directors of the irrigation district shall file in the district court of the county in which the lands of the district, or some portion thereof, are situated, a petition stating briefly the facts concerning the organization of the district, a description of the boundaries of the district, the amount of the bond […]
Section 73-12-53 – Court to fix time for hearing and publish notice thereof.
The court shall fix the time for the hearing of said petition and shall order the clerk of the court to give and publish a notice of the filing of such petition. The notice shall be published for three successive weeks in a newspaper published in the county where the office of the district is […]
Section 73-12-54 – Provisions of Civil Code shall apply; effect of findings of court.
The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure respecting the demurrer and answer to a verified complaint shall be applicable to a demurrer and answer to said petition. The person so demurring and answering said petition shall be the defendant to the special proceedings, and the board of directors shall be the plaintiff. Every material […]
Section 73-12-55 – The court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law; judgment res judicata.
Upon the hearing of such special proceedings the court shall find and determine whether the notice of the filing of the petition has been duly published for the time and in the manner in this act [73-12-1 to 73-12-57 NMSA 1978] prescribed, and shall have power and jurisdiction to examine and determine the legality and […]
Section 73-12-40 – Land may be excluded from district.
Any tract of land included within the boundaries of any such district, at or after its organization under the provisions of this act [73-12-1 to 73-12-57 NMSA 1978], may be excluded therefrom, in the manner herein prescribed, but such exclusion of land from the district shall not impair or affect its organization, or its rights […]
Section 73-12-56 – [“Electrical district” defined.]
Whenever the words “. . . . . . . . Electrical District” are used in this act [73-12-1 to 73-12-57 NMSA 1978] it shall be held to mean and include only the lands described in the official order establishing said district and the official order including additional lands therein, if any, on record in […]