It shall be the duty of the county commissioners of the county in which is located the office of any irrigation district, immediately upon receipt of the said certified list of the lands in said district subject to tax hereunder, and upon the receipt of the certificate of the said board of directors certifying the total amount of money required to be raised as herein provided to fix the rate per acre of levy necessary to provide said amount of money, and to fix the rate per acre necessary to provide the amount of money required to pay the interest and principal of the bonds of said district as the same shall become due; also to fix the rate per acre necessary to provide the amount of money required for any other purposes as in this act [73-12-1 to 73-12-57 NMSA 1978] provided, and which are to be raised by the levy of taxes upon the lands of said district; and to certify said respective levies to the county commissioners of each other county embracing any portion of said district. The rate of levy necessary to raise the required amount of money for said district shall be increased fifteen percent to cover delinquencies. For the purpose of said district, it shall be the duty of the county commissioners of each county in which any irrigation district is located in whole or in part, at the time of making levy for county purposes, to make a levy, as above provided, upon all lands in said district within their respective counties subject to taxation under this act and to deliver a notice to the county assessor thereof.
History: Laws 1929, ch. 76, § 20; C.S. 1929, § 73-720; 1941 Comp., § 77-2420; 1953 Comp., § 75-25-20.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 45 Am. Jur. 2d Irrigation §§ 70 to 72.
94 C.J.S. Waters §§ 332 to 334.
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