The interstate stream commission shall annually expend from the money appropriated, within the money actually available and within the budget submitted and approved, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6-3-1 through 6-3-22 NMSA 1978, such sum as may be necessary for the improvement of the Rio Grande in this state, and increasing the surface flow of water in the river, and in accordance with the plan submitted by the commission.
History: Laws 1935, ch. 24, § 2; 1941 Comp., § 77-3305; Laws 1947, ch. 131, § 2; 1953 Comp., § 75-34-5; Laws 1973, ch. 201, § 2; 1997, ch. 241, § 2; 1997, ch. 246, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSThe 1997 amendment, effective June 20, 1997, substituted "6-3-1 through 6-3-22 NMSA 1978" for "11-4-1.1 NMSA 1953", deleted "of the channel" following "improvement", inserted "and increasing the surface flow of water in the river", and made stylistic changes throughout the section.
Laws 1997, ch. 241, § 2 and Laws 1997, ch. 246, § 2, both effective June 20, 1997, enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 1997, ch. 246, § 2. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
Power of eminent domain. — Commission is entitled to institute proceedings in the name of the state for condemnation of land for erecting a dam and reservoir to impound and conserve water. State ex rel. Red River Valley Co. v. Dist. Ct., 1935-NMSC-085, 39 N.M. 523, 51 P.2d 239.