New Mexico Statutes

N.M. Stat. § 75-2-1 (2026)

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This act [75-2-1 to 75-2-5 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Water Research, Conservation and Development Act".

History: 1953 Comp., § 75-42-1, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 265, § 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1956–1967 · leading case: City of Albuquerque v. Reynolds, 379 P.2d 73 (N.M. 1962).

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City of Albuquerque v. Reynolds, 379 P.2d 73 (N.M. 1962). “He has merely undertaken thereby to perform the duties which devolve upon him under §§ 75-2-1, 75-11-1, and 75-11-3, N.M.S.A.”

Worley v. United States Borax & Chem. Corp., 428 P.2d 651 (N.M. 1967). “We are not required to decide whether the demand must be made upon the State Engineer (see §§ 75-2-1 and 75-2-9, N.M. S.A.1953), the water master (see §§ 75-3-1 and 75-3-2, N.”

Plummer v. Johnson, 301 P.2d 529 (N.M. 1956). “The engineer has general supervision of public waters, the measurement, appropriation, and use thereof, § 75-2-1, 1953 Comp., and any decision entered by the district court is binding upon him, § 75-6-3, 1953 Comp.”

State v. Myers, 326 P.2d 1075 (N.M. 1958). · cites it 2× “" The state engineer, whose statutory qualifications are found in § 75-2-1, N.M.S.A. 1953 Comp., and are as follows: "There shall be a state engineer, who shall be a technically qualified and registered professional engineer * *" did, as shown by the exhibit in the record, on…”

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