The board of county commissioners in each county within the state is authorized to issue water revenue bonds of the county for the purpose of paying the cost of property acquired under the provisions of Sections 72-4-2 through 72-4-12 NMSA 1978 and for the construction of a water supply system. Bonds issued by a county under the authority of Sections 72-4-2 through 72-4-12 NMSA 1978 shall not be a general obligation of the county under the meaning of Article 9, Section 13 of the constitution of New Mexico. The bonds shall be payable solely out of the revenues derived from the projects financed by the bonds which are issued. Bond [Bonds] and coupons, if any, issued under the authority of Sections 72-4-2 through 72-4-12 NMSA 1978 shall never constitute an indebtedness of the county within the meaning of any state constitutional provision or statutory limitation and shall never constitute or give rise to a pecuniary liability of the county or a charge against its general credit or taxing powers, and that fact shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond. The bonds may be executed and delivered at any time and from time to time, may be in the form and denominations, may be of the tenor, may be in registered or bearer form either as to principal or principal and interest, may be payable in installments and at the time or times not exceeding thirty years from their date, may be payable at the place or places, may bear interest at the rate or rates payable at the place or places, and evidenced in the manner, and may contain the provisions not inconsistent therewith, all as shall be provided in the resolution and proceedings of the board of county commissioners whereunder the bonds are authorized to be issued. Any bonds issued under the authority of Sections 72-4-2 through 72-4-12 NMSA 1978 may be sold at public or private sale in the manner and from time to time as may be determined by the board of county commissioners to be most advantageous, and the county may pay all expenses, attorneys and engineering fees, premiums and commissions which the board of county commissioners may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance thereof. All bonds issued under the authority of Sections 72-4-2 through 72-4-12 NMSA 1978 and all interest coupons, if any, applicable thereto shall be construed to be negotiable.

History: 1953 Comp., § 75-4-1.3, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 286, § 3; 1983, ch. 265, § 48.

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 25 Am. Jur. 2d Drains and Drainage Districts §§ 19, 36.

20 C.J.S. Counties § 220.