New Mexico § 73-12-27 Compensation of board; members may not be interested

New Mexico Statutes

§ 73-12-27 — Compensation of board; members may not be interested

New Mexico·Ch. 73 Special Districts·Art. 12 Electrical Irrigation Districts

in any contract. The board of directors shall each receive compensation at the rate of two and one- half dollars ($2.50) per day while attending meetings, and their actual and necessary expenses while engaged in official business. The salary of the secretary shall not exceed eight hundred dollars ($800) per annum. No director or any officer named in this act [73-12-1 to 73-12-57 NMSA 1978] shall, in any manner, be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded or to be awarded by the board, or in the profits to be derived therefrom; nor shall such director or officer receive any bonus, gratuity or bribe; and for any violation of this provision any such director or officer shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall forfeit his office, and be punished 

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in any contract. The board of directors shall each receive compensation at the rate of two and one- half dollars ($2.50) per day while attending meetings, and their actual and necessary expenses while engaged in official business. The salary of the secretary shall not exceed eight hundred dollars ($800) per annum. No director or any officer named in this act [73-12-1 to 73-12-57 NMSA 1978] shall, in any manner, be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded or to be awarded by the board, or in the profits to be derived therefrom; nor shall such director or officer receive any bonus, gratuity or bribe; and for any violation of this provision any such director or officer shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall forfeit his office, and be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding five years nor less than one year.

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