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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
Except when otherwise specified, as used in this act:
A. the term “Conservancy Act” means the Conservancy Act of New Mexico, Chapter 45, Session Laws of 1927 (being Chapter 30, New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1929 Compilation), as amended by Chapter 50, Session Laws of 1931, Chapter 80, Session Laws of 1933 and Chapter 37 and Chapter 150, Session Laws of 1935 (being Chapter 30, New Mexico Supplement, 1938), and any subsequent amendment thereof;
B. the term “reclamation law” means the act of congress approved June 17, 1902, 32 Statutes at Large 388, and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto;
C. the term “district” means a conservancy district heretofore organized or existing under the provisions of the Conservancy Act;
D. the term “United States” means the United States of America;
E. the term “reclamation contract” means any contract between a district and the United States under the provisions of the reclamation law for any of the purposes set forth in Section 2 hereof;
F. the term “contracting district” means any district which heretofore or hereafter shall have entered into a reclamation contract;
G. the terms “contract indebtedness” and “contract obligation” mean respectively any indebtedness or obligation undertaken by a district in a reclamation contract;
H. the terms “district lands” or “district real property” mean any real property within the boundaries of a district;
I. the term “board” means the board of directors of a district.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 73. Special Districts § 73-18-1. Definition of terms - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-73-special-districts/nm-st-sect-73-18-1/
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