Section 73-2-65 – Acequia commission; created; membership; terms.
A. There is created the “acequia commission”, which is administratively attached to the local government division of the department of finance and administration. B. The acequia commission shall be appointed by the governor and shall consist of eleven members who reside in the irrigated areas of the state containing acequias. Members shall own land irrigated […]
Section 73-2-66 – Powers and duties.
The acequia commission shall: A. provide advice and assist the governor, legislature, office of the state engineer and interstate stream commission and the United States army corps of engineers in establishing acequia and community ditch rehabilitation priorities and other acequia and community ditch matters; B. serve as a facilitator for communication between acequia and community […]
Section 73-2-67 – Legal counsel.
The office of the attorney general shall represent and be the legal advisor to the acequia commission. History: Laws 1993, ch. 293, § 3.
Section 73-2-68 – Per diem.
The members of the acequia commission shall be paid in accordance with the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978] and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance. History: Laws 1993, ch. 293, § 4.
Section 73-2-54 – [Joint spillways or degaguas; use of water without consent; penalty.]
When two or more public ditches drain their excess of waters at the same drainage, the same shall be considered as joint owners of said drainage and no person or persons that may own lands on either side of said drainage shall have the right to use the water of said drainage without the consent […]
Section 73-2-55 – [Joint spillways or degaguas; use of water; authority of majority of mayordomos.]
The majority of the mayordomos of said ditches of the joint drainage, shall be authorized to make arrangements with said owners of land regarding the use of said excess waters, and the result of said arrangements shall be for the benefit of all ditches that may discharge the water upon such drainage. History: Laws 1903, […]
Section 73-2-44 – [Payment for bridges.]
For the purpose of constructing such bridges, the respective mayordomos of acequias shall collect from the owners of said ditches, the amount required for the construction of the same, after the same have been constructed, which amount so taxed against the owners of said ditches shall be in proportion of their interests on the same: […]
Section 73-2-45 – [Persons delinquent for bridges not to use waters.]
Every person failing or refusing to pay his share for such purpose after he has been notified by the mayordomo, shall forfeit his right to use the water of such ditch, or shall be deprived of the use of such water until he pays his share as provided in Section 5773 [73-2-44 NMSA 1978]. History: […]
Section 73-2-46 – [Mayordomo failure to perform duties; penalty.]
Any mayordomo who through negligence or any other cause whatsoever, except sickness, shall fail to comply, with the duties imposed upon him, by the three preceding sections [73-2-43 through 73-2-45], upon conviction before the justice of the peace [magistrate court] of the precinct, shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five [($25.00)] nor […]
Section 73-2-47 – [Several ditches from one stream; joint meeting of commissioners.]
It shall be the duty of all the ditch commissioners of the state of New Mexico, where two or more ditches are constructed from and supply waters from the same source or river and within the limits of a precinct, to have a meeting on the first Monday of April of each year for the […]