Section 73-2A-1 – Short title.

This act [73-2A-1 to 73-2A-3 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the “Acequia and Community Ditch Fund Act”. History: Laws 1988, ch. 157, § 1.

Section 73-2A-2 – Purpose of act.

The purpose of the Acequia and Community Ditch Fund Act is to provide financial assistance to acequias and community ditch systems to develop hydrological studies, acquire technical and legal research and other information and services necessary to conserve and protect water for New Mexico’s future through the adjudication of water rights. History: Laws 1988, ch. […]

Section 73-2A-3 – Fund created.

A. An “acequia and community ditch fund” is created in the state treasury, to be expended upon order of the director of the New Mexico department of agriculture to carry out the purposes of contracting with acequia and ditch associations constituting a majority of acequias or ditches within an adjudication suit or a separately administered […]