In order to establish an artesian conservancy district under this act [73-1-1 to 73-1-13 and 73-1-16 to 73-1-23 NMSA 1978], a petition shall be filed in the district court of the county wherein the greater portion of the lands to be embraced in the district are situated, the same to be signed by the owners of more than one-third (1/3) of the real property in such proposed district, in either acreage or value as shown by the last preceding assessment roll in the county, or counties, wherein such district is proposed to be created. Such petition may be signed by any person, firm, association, corporation or the officers duly authorized of any town, village, city or municipality owning lands within the proposed district. Any city interested in some degree in the improvements or purposes for which a district is to be formed, may, upon proper action of its governing body alone, file the petition required by this section; provided, the population and businesses conducted in such city own at least one-third (1/3) of the lands within said district in either acreage or value as shown by the last preceding assessment roll of the county, or counties, wherein such district is proposed to be created.
The petition shall set forth:
A. the proposed name of the district;
B. a statement of the purpose, or purposes, for which the district is to be formed, and showing wherein the property within the proposed district will be benefited by the accomplishment of some one or more of the purposes enumerated, and giving a general description of the property to be included in the proposed district. Such description need not be given by metes and bounds, or by legal subdivisions, but it shall be sufficient if it enable a property owner to ascertain whether his property is within the territory proposed to be organized as a district, and it need not be necessary that all the property embraced within the district be contiguous;
C. said petition shall pray for the organization of the district by the name proposed.
History: Laws 1931, ch. 97, § 3; 1941 Comp., § 77-1303; 1953 Comp., § 75-13-3.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Formation and organization of conservancy districts, 69 A.L.R. 285.
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