Any qualified elector who desires to become a candidate for election as a director shall file with the proper filing officer in accordance with the provisions of the Local Election Act [Chapter 1, Article 22 NMSA 1978] a written notice of candidacy, which shall state the candidate's name and residence within the conservancy district. If the candidate is a candidate at large, the candidate's notice of candidacy shall be signed by twenty qualified electors resident within the district. If the candidate is a candidate only from that portion of the district that lies within one county, the candidate's notice of candidacy shall be signed by ten qualified electors who reside within that particular portion of the district and county from which the candidate seeks to be elected.
History: 1941 Comp., § 77-2735, enacted by Laws 1943, ch. 126, § 8; 1953 Comp., § 75-28-40; Laws 1975, ch. 41, § 1; 2018, ch. 79, § 147.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, required any qualified elector who desires to become a candidate for election as a director of the conservancy district board to file a notice of candidacy with the proper filing officer in accordance with the provisions of the Local Election Act; and after "election as a director shall", deleted "at least forty days prior to the election", after "file with the", deleted "secretary of the board of directors then in office his" and added "proper filing officer in accordance with the provisions of the Local Election Act a", after "name and residence", deleted "and the term for which he is a candidate for election", and deleted the last sentence of the section which stated "No person who has not filed his notice of candidacy as and within the time required in this section shall be placed on the ballot."
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