The state engineer may authorize the state transportation commission, holding any artesian or underground water right for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance or repair of public roads, streets, highways and airports, to make withdrawals of water in advance of the accrual of such water in such amounts as the state engineer may determine will not be detrimental to the other holders of valid water rights, but in no case shall such advance withdrawals exceed an amount equal to five times the annual amount of the water right actually held by the withdrawing holder.
History: 1953 Comp., § 75-5-33, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 191, § 2; 2003, ch. 142, § 92.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the state engineer, see 72-2-1 NMSA 1978.
The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, added the section heading; and substituted "state transportation commission" for "state highway commission".