At the time that a proposal to incur debt is first submitted to the qualified electors, the qualified electors of the authority shall elect five qualified directors, two to serve a term ending January 1, 1969, two to serve a term ending January 1, 1971 and one to serve a term ending January 1, 1973. At the first election, the five candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected as directors. The terms of the directors shall be determined by lot at their organizational meeting. At each election thereafter, 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 in this section may be construed as preventing qualified electors of the authority from being elected or reelected as directors to succeed themselves.

History: 1953 Comp., § 75-38-10, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 156, § 10; 2018, ch. 79, § 113.

The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, removed outdated language, replaced "taxpaying" with "qualified" preceding "electors" throughout the section, and made technical changes; and deleted "or at the first general election next following the effective date of the Las Cruces Arroyo Flood Control Act, whichever occurs first", after "At each", deleted "general", after "directors whose terms end", deleted "on the first day of January next", after "reelected as directors to succeed", deleted "himself" and added "themselves", and deleted the remainder of the section, which related to elections for directors when there is a vacancy on the board.

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