As used in the provisions of Sections 73-14-70 through 73-14-88 NMSA 1978, "qualified elector" means a natural person who has reached the age of majority and who, for at least six months prior to the election, has owned, either in community or separately, real property located within the district and subject to conservancy district appraisals, assessments, levies and taxes.

History: 1953 Comp., § 75-28-50, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 67, § 3; 1973, ch. 138, § 34; 2018, ch. 79, § 149; 2025, ch. 21, § 11.

ANNOTATIONS

Cross references. — For age of majority, see 12-2A-3 and 28-6-1 NMSA 1978.

The 2025 amendment, effective March 21, 2025, removed the requirement that the conservancy district compile and deliver a qualified elector list to the appropriate county clerk from the provision defining "qualified elector"; deleted former subsection designation "A"; and deleted former Subsection B, which provided "The conservancy district shall compile and deliver a qualified elector list to the appropriate county clerk no later than one hundred eighty days before an election, and update the list every thirty days until ninety days before the election, which list the county clerk shall use for that election.".

The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, required the conservancy district to compile and deliver a qualified elector list to the county clerk for use in conservancy district elections; in the section heading, added "qualified elector list"; added subsection designation "A."; and added Subsection B.