At the time that a proposal to incur debt is first submitted to the qualified electors, the qualified electors of the authority shall elect five qualified directors, two to serve a term ending January 1, 1993, two to serve a term ending January 1, 1995 and one to serve a term ending January 1, 1997. At the first election, the five candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected as directors. The terms of the directors shall be determined by lot at their organizational meeting. At each local election thereafter, the qualified electors of the authority shall elect similarly one or two qualified electors as directors to serve six-year terms as directors. Elections shall be held pursuant to the provisions of the Local Election Act [Chapter 1, Article 22 NMSA 1978]. Nothing in the Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act shall be construed as preventing qualified electors of the authority from being elected or reelected as directors to succeed themselves.

History: Laws 1990, ch. 14, § 9; 2018, ch. 79, § 129.

The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, provided that elections for directors of the southern Sandoval county arroyo flood control district board shall be held pursuant to the provisions of the Local Election Act, and made technical and conforming changes; after "first submitted to the qualified electors", deleted "or at the first general election next following the effective date of the Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act, whichever occurs first", after "six-year terms as directors", deleted "and as successors to the directors whose terms end on the first day of January next following each such election" and added "Elections shall be held pursuant to the provisions of the Local Election Act.", and after "to succeed themselves", deleted the remainder of the section, which related to filling vacancies on the board.

The 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, in the first sentence substituted "qualified electors" for "taxpaying electors".