In addition to all other powers granted to municipalities and counties, the board of county commissioners of any county and the governing board of any municipality lying totally or partially within the boundaries of that county may, by the passage of identical ordinances that comply with the provisions of Section 3-61-1.1 NMSA 1978, create a metropolitan water board of not more than ten members and grant to that board that portion of the powers of the municipality and the county which pass the identical ordinances necessary to allow the board to:
A. contract for, lease or sublease any supply of water which the municipality and the county in combination with any other entity, public or private, may receive from the United States department of the interior, bureau of reclamation, for municipal, domestic or industrial purposes pursuant to the Reclamation Act of 1902 (32 Stat. 388), the Act of June 13, 1962 (76 Stat. 96) and the Act of April 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 105), all as amended or supplemented;
B. enter into contracts, leases or subleases with other agencies of the United States and the state of New Mexico for purposes related to municipal, industrial and domestic water use, as necessary, pursuant to appropriate federal and state law; and
C. conduct or engage in analysis or studies of the short and long range availability and need of water resources and of ways to accomplish more efficient use of water resources for purposes related to municipal, industrial and domestic water use in order to provide recommendations thereon.
History: 1953 Comp., § 14-63-1, enacted by Laws 1976, ch. 47, § 1; 1977, ch. 304, § 1; 1985, ch. 144, § 1; 1989, ch. 358, § 1.
Compiler's notes. — The federal Act of June 13, 1962, referred to in Subsection A, appeared as 43 U.S.C. § 615ii et seq., before being omitted.
Cross references. — For the federal Reclamation Act of 1902, see 43 U.S.C. § 371 et seq.
For the federal Act of April 11, 1956, see 43 U.S.C. § 620 et seq.
The 1989 amendment, effective June 16, 1989, substituted "ten members" for "seven members" in the introductory paragraph.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 78 Am. Jur. 2d Waterworks and Water Companies §§ 3 to 12, 23 et seq.
93 C.J.S. Waters § 226 et seq.
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