Before any contract as provided in Sections 19-5-7 to 19-5-9 NMSA 1978, shall issue, the applicant shall file with the commissioner a certificate of the state engineer showing a compliance with the laws, and regulations for the appropriation of water, and that applicant has the right to appropriate water for such purposes: provided, that no such contract shall operate to prevent the cancellation, according to law, of any permit to appropriate waters of the state.
History: Laws 1912, ch. 82, § 47; Code 1915, § 5225; C.S. 1929, § 132-148; 1941 Comp., § 8-610; 1953 Comp., § 7-6-10.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Compiler's notes. — Laws 1977, ch. 254, § 92, compiled as 72-2-1 NMSA 1978 made the director of the water resources division of the natural resources department the state engineer.