Written nominations of any candidate as director may be filed in accordance with the provisions of the Local Election Act [Chapter 1, Article 22 NMSA 1978]. Each nomination of any candidate shall be signed by not less than fifty qualified electors who reside within the district for which the candidate has been nominated, shall designate the name of the candidate nominated and shall recite that the subscribers are qualified electors of the district for which the candidate is nominated and that the candidate designated is a qualified elector of the authority and resides within the district for which the candidate is nominated. No qualified elector may nominate more than one candidate for any vacancy.

History: 1953 Comp., § 75-36-11, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 311, § 11; 1985, ch. 190, § 2; 2001, ch. 19, § 2; 2018, ch. 79, § 105.

The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, provided that nominations of candidates for director of the Arroyo Flood Control Authority may be filed in accordance with the provisions of the Local Election Act, removed outdated language, and made technical and conforming changes; and deleted "Not later than forty-five days before a proposal to incur debt is first submitted to the taxpaying electors or at the first general election next following the effective date of the Arroyo Flood Control Act, whichever occurs first", after "may be filed", deleted "with the secretary of the board" and added "in accordance with the provisions of the Local Election Act", deleted "taxpaying" and added "qualified" preceding "elector" throughout the section, and deleted "If a candidate does not withdraw his name before the time established by the county for purposes of absentee ballots or as set forth in the Election Code, whichever is earlier, his name shall be placed on the ballot. For any election held after November 6, 1984, nominations shall be made by qualified electors in accordance with the procedures and limitations of this section, except that such nominations shall be filed with the secretary of the board not later than the fourth Tuesday in June preceding the general election.".

The 2001 amendment, effective June 15, 2001, in the second sentence, substituted "who reside within the district for which the candidate has been nominated" for "regardless of whether or not nominated therein", inserted "of the district for which the candidate is nominated" following "are taxpaying electors", and inserted "and reside within the district for which they are nominated"; deleted the former third sentence, which read "No written nomination may designate more qualified electors as candidates than there are vacancies"; and changed the deadline for candidates to withdraw his or her name from the ballot from "first publication of the notice of election".

The 1985 amendment,effective June 14, 1985, substituted "is first submitted to" for "shall be first submitted to" near the beginning of the section and added the last sentence.