A. Elections shall be held pursuant to the provisions of the Local Election Act [Chapter 1, Article 22 NMSA 1978]. Directors shall be elected from single-member districts in which they reside. The board shall ensure that the districts remain contiguous, compact and as equal in population as is practicable, assessing the existing districts following each federal decennial census to accomplish that objective. A redistricting shall be effective at the following regular board election. Incumbent board members whose residences are redistricted out of their districts may serve out their term of office.

B. The qualified electors of the authority shall elect similarly one or two qualified electors as directors to serve six-year terms as directors and as successors to the directors whose terms end following each election. Nothing may be construed as preventing qualified electors of the authority from single-member districts from being elected or reelected as directors to succeed themselves.

History: 1953 Comp., § 75-36-10, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 311, § 10; 2001, ch. 19, § 1; 2018, ch. 79, § 104.

The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, provided that the election of directors shall be held pursuant to the Local Election Act, and made technical and conforming changes; in Subsection A, deleted "At each general election" and added "Elections shall be held pursuant to the provisions of the Local Election Act"; and in Subsection B, after "directors whose terms end", deleted "on the first day of January next".

The 2001 amendment, effective June 15, 2001, deleted the first three sentences of the section, which were outdated provisions for electing board members; inserted a new Subsection A and redesignated the remaining material as Subsection B; in Subsection B, inserted "any single-member district from" and deleted the former last two sentences of the Subsection, which explained how to choose a director in the event that there were one or two or more vacancies on the board.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 52A C.J.S. Levees and Flood Control § 22.