As used in the Water Project Finance Act:

A. "authority" means the New Mexico finance authority;

B. "board" means the water trust board;

C. "political subdivision" means a municipality, county, land grant-merced controlled and governed pursuant to Sections 49-1-1 through 49-1-18 or 49-4-1 through 49-4-21 NMSA 1978, regional or local public water utility authority created by statute, irrigation district, conservancy district, special district, acequia, soil and water conservation district, water and sanitation district or an association organized and existing pursuant to the Sanitary Projects Act [Chapter 3, Article 29 NMSA 1978];

D. "qualifying water project" means a water project recommended by the board for funding by the legislature; and

E. "qualifying entity" means a state agency, a political subdivision of the state, an intercommunity water or natural gas supply association or corporation organized under Chapter 3, Article 28 NMSA 1978, a recognized Indian nation, tribe or pueblo, the boundaries of which are located wholly or partially in New Mexico or an association of such entities created pursuant to the Joint Powers Agreements Act [11-1-1 through 11-1-7 NMSA 1978] or other authorizing legislation for the exercise of their common powers.

History: Laws 2001, ch. 164, § 3; 2003, ch. 139, § 2; 2011, ch. 64, § 2.

The 2011 amendment, effective June 17, 2011, broadened the scope of the act by designating land grant-merceds and regional and local water utility authorities as political subdivisions, and by designating intercommunity water and gas supply associations and corporations and associations created pursuant to the Joint Powers Act as qualified entities.

The 2003 amendment, effective April 3, 2003, added "water and sanitation district or an association organized and existing pursuant to the Sanitary Projects Act" at the end of Subsection C; and added Subsection E.