New Mexico § 73-8-2 [Petition; filing; contents; publication of notice.]

New Mexico Statutes

§ 73-8-2 — [Petition; filing; contents; publication of notice.]

New Mexico § 73-8-2

Ch. 73Special Districts

Art. 8Drainage Districts Within Federal Reclamation

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 73-8-2 (2026).

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For the purpose of establishing a drainage district under this act [73-8-1 to 73-8-60 NMSA 1978] a petition shall be filed with the board of county commissioners of the county wherein is embraced the largest acreage of the proposed district; such petition shall state the purposes of the proposed organization, shall contain a general description of the boundaries of the proposed drainage district, the name proposed for such district, and shall designate a committee composed of three of the petitioners to present such petition to such board of county commissioners, shall contain a prayer that said board shall define and establish the boundaries of the proposed drainage district and submit the question of the organization of same to a vote of the qualified electors resident within the propose

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For the purpose of establishing a drainage district under this act [73-8-1 to 73-8-60 NMSA 1978] a petition shall be filed with the board of county commissioners of the county wherein is embraced the largest acreage of the proposed district; such petition shall state the purposes of the proposed organization, shall contain a general description of the boundaries of the proposed drainage district, the name proposed for such district, and shall designate a committee composed of three of the petitioners to present such petition to such board of county commissioners, shall contain a prayer that said board shall define and establish the boundaries of the proposed drainage district and submit the question of the organization of same to a vote of the qualified electors resident within the proposed district; such petition shall be signed by a majority of the resident freeholders within the proposed district, who shall be the owners in the aggregate of one-third of the total area of lands within the proposed district belonging to the resident freeholders within such district. Notice of the filing of such petition with the board of county commissioners shall be published once each week for four successive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation printed and published in each county wherein shall be situate any lands proposed to be embraced in any such district, which notice shall set forth the substance of such petition and the time and place when the same will be acted upon by said board of county commissioners, which time may be at any regular meeting or at any special meeting of such board called for such purpose.