New Mexico § 72-14-24 Purpose of act

New Mexico Statutes

§ 72-14-24 — Purpose of act

New Mexico § 72-14-24

Ch. 72Water Law

Art. 14Interstate Stream Commission; Protection of

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 72-14-24 (2026).

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This amendatory act [72-14-23, 72-14-24 NMSA 1978] is passed by the legislature knowing that the powers its [it] confers on the interstate stream commission are broad. It is therefore in order that the legislature declare that its policy is not that the state interstate stream commission should construct or repair irrigation works now owned or which will revert to private individuals or corporations, under the powers granted by this amendment, unless the individuals or stockholders of such corporations are also all owners of land under the irrigation works and users of water supplied by it for agricultural or domestic uses, and the works will result in a substantial conservation of water.

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This amendatory act [72-14-23, 72-14-24 NMSA 1978] is passed by the legislature knowing that the powers its [it] confers on the interstate stream commission are broad. It is therefore in order that the legislature declare that its policy is not that the state interstate stream commission should construct or repair irrigation works now owned or which will revert to private individuals or corporations, under the powers granted by this amendment, unless the individuals or stockholders of such corporations are also all owners of land under the irrigation works and users of water supplied by it for agricultural or domestic uses, and the works will result in a substantial conservation of water.