New Mexico Statutes Chapter 72. Water Law § 72-18-48. Issuance of bonds and incurrence of debt

A district is authorized to borrow money in anticipation of taxes or other revenues and to issue bonds to evidence the amount so borrowed. No bonded indebtedness nor any other indebtedness not payable in full within one year, except for interim debentures as provided in Sections 72-18-49 and 72-18-63 through 72-18-65 NMSA 1978, shall be created by the district without first submitting the proposition of issuing the bonds to the qualified electors of the district, which proposition shall be approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting at an election held for that purpose in accordance with Sections 72-18-35 and 72-18-35.1 NMSA 1978. Bonds so authorized may be issued in one series or more and may mature at such time, not exceeding forty years from their issuance, as the board may determine. The total of all outstanding indebtedness at any one time shall not exceed four percent of the value of the taxable property in the district as shown by the last preceding assessment for county taxes for each county in which the district is located.