It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination:

A. that the organization of the authority hereby created having the purposes, powers, duties, privileges, immunities, rights, liabilities and disabilities provided in this act [72-17-1 through 72-17-103 NMSA 1978] will serve a public use and will promote the health, safety, prosperity, security and general welfare of the inhabitants thereof and of the state of New Mexico;

B. that the acquisition, improvement, maintenance and operation of any project authorized in this act is in the public interest and constitutes a part of the established and permanent policy of the state;

C. that the authority hereby organized shall be a body corporate and politic, a quasi-municipal corporation, and a political subdivision of the state;

D. that the flood control system hereby authorized and directed to be acquired will be of special benefit to the property within the boundaries of the authority hereinafter organized and created;

E. that the notice provided for in this act for each hearing and action to be taken is reasonably calculated to inform any person of interest in any proceedings hereunder which may directly and adversely affect his legally protected interests;

F. that a general law cannot be made applicable to the designated flood control system and the provisions herein appertaining thereto because of a number of typical and special conditions concerning them;

G. that for the accomplishment of these purposes, the provisions of this act shall be broadly construed.

History: 1953 Comp., § 75-38-2, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 156, § 2.