This act shall be construed as applying to districts organized for the purpose of providing and maintaining flood protection, river control, drainage, water storage for supplementing irrigation needs, constructing and maintaining distribution systems for irrigation; and other improvements for public health, safety, convenience and welfare either in cooperation with the United States government or any department thereof under federal laws, or to districts organized for the purpose of making such improvements under the powers in this act contained; but the provisions hereof shall not apply to or affect irrigation or drainage districts heretofore organized under any other laws of this state.
History: Laws 1927, ch. 45, § 102; C.S. 1929, § 30-102; 1941 Comp., § 77-2702; 1953 Comp., § 75-28-2.
ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — For meaning of "this act", see compiler's notes to 73-14-1 NMSA 1978 and 73-14-3 NMSA 1978..
Reorganization of prior existing conservancy district unnecessary. — A conservancy district organized under Laws 1923, ch. 140 (repealed), with incidental power to promote irrigation did not require reorganization after enactment of Laws 1972, ch. 45 (Sections 73-14-1 to 73-14-8, 73-14-16, 73-14-17, 73-14-33 to 73-14-48, 73-15-1 to 73-15-15, 73-16-1 to 73-16-4, 73-16-6 to 73-16-29 and 73-17-1 to 73-17-24 NMSA 1978), conferring upon it power to pursue irrigation as a primary object. Gutierrez v. Middle Rio Grande Conservancy Dist., 1929-NMSC-071, 34 N.M. 346, 282 P. 1, cert. denied, 280 U.S. 610, 50 S. Ct. 158, 74 L. Ed. 653 (1930).
Conservancy district may be organized for irrigation of lands, though they are not menaced by floods. Cater v. Sunshine Valley Conservancy Dist., 1928-NMSC-061, 33 N.M. 583, 274 P. 52.