A. A person who desires to become a candidate for election as a member of the conservancy district board of directors shall file a written declaration of candidacy with the proper filing officer in accordance with the provisions of the Local Election Act [Chapter 1, Article 22 NMSA 1978].
B. The declaration of candidacy shall be accompanied by:
(1) if a candidate for a position representing a county in the conservancy district, a petition signed by at least seventy-five qualified electors of the district who reside in that county; or
(2) if a candidate for the position at large in the conservancy district, a petition signed by at least one hundred twenty-five qualified electors.
History: 1953 Comp., § 75-28-11.8, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 262, § 8; 1996, ch. 42, § 9; 1999, ch. 168, § 4; 2018, ch. 79, § 142.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, required any person who desires to become a candidate for election as a member of the conservancy district board of directors to file a written declaration of candidacy, accompanied by a petition with the requisite number of signatures, with the proper filing officer in accordance with the provisions of the Local Election Act; in Subsection A, deleted "Any" and added "A", after "candidacy with the", deleted "election director or with the election officer at least sixty days before the election. The election officer or the election director shall certify the candidates to the board of directors" and added "proper filing officer in accordance with the provisions of the Local Election Act"; and in Subsection B, after "shall", deleted "contain" and added "be accompanied by", deleted former Paragraphs B(1) through B(3) and redesignated former Paragraphs B(4) and B(5) as Paragraphs B(1) and B(2), respectively, and deleted Paragraph B(6).
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