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§ 72-6-2 NMSA 1978

Definitions

Known as the Water-Use Leasing Act

The act spans §§ 72–72 (7 sections).

1953 Comp., § 75-40-2, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 100, § 2.

As used in the Water-Use Leasing Act:

A. "owner" means a person who owns a valid water right;

B. "lessee" means a person who leases the use of water from an owner;

C. "person" means the state or any agency, institution or political subdivision thereof, any public or private corporation, individual, partnership, association or other entity, and includes any officer or governing or managing body of any political subdivision or public or private corporation; and

D. "engineer" means the state engineer as appointed in Section 72-2-1 NMSA 1978.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.