A. There is created the "acequia commission", which is administratively attached to the local government division of the department of finance and administration.
B. The acequia commission shall be appointed by the governor and shall consist of eleven members who reside in the irrigated areas of the state containing acequias. Members shall own land irrigated from an acequia or community ditch organized pursuant to a ditch or acequia statute. Each member appointed by the governor shall serve a term of four years.
C. The initial appointments to the acequia commission shall include the ten persons serving as members of the governor's acequia commission, organized pursuant to executive order 88-06, and one member of the public who has a background in business. Of the initial appointees, four members shall be appointed by lot for two-year terms, four members shall be appointed by lot for three-year terms and three members shall be appointed by lot for four-year terms.
D. The acequia commission shall meet at the call of the chairman not less than quarterly and not more than once a month. The chairman shall be elected from among the members of the commission.
History: Laws 1993, ch. 293, § 1.
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