Said special assessment shall be known as the "conservation and development fund assessment"; [it] shall be made by resolution of the board and duly extended on the proper district and tax records in like manner and in accordance with the same procedure as the construction fund assessment under the provisions of the Conservancy Act of New Mexico [73-14-3 NMSA 1978]. A complete record in duplicate shall be kept of the conservation and development fund assessment similar to the records and extension thereof required to be made for the construction fund assessment, and said conservation and development fund assessment may, by sufficient columns provided therefor, be recorded on the same books as the construction fund assessment record, or in such manner as shall be most convenient for the proper recording thereof.

Under the terms of a resolution levying and extending said conservation and development fund assessment, principal payments thereon by the property owners shall commence to be paid within five years from the date thereof, and be apportioned over the remainder of the life of the conservancy bonds theretofore issued, but like opportunity shall be given the property owners to pay said assessment in cash as provided for in the case of the construction fund assessment under the Conservancy Act; and nothing herein contained shall impair the right of said districts in the making of annual levies for construction fund and maintenance fund assessments to levy sufficient amounts as may be necessary to service all of the outstanding obligations of said district, including interest and principal as needed to pay and discharge those authorized under the provisions hereof, at the time and in the manner prescribed for annual levies under Section 514 [73-16-15 NMSA 1978] of the Conservancy Act.

History: Laws 1935, ch. 37, § 2; 1941 Comp., § 77-2930; 1953 Comp., § 75-30-30.

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

Compiler's notes. — For the meaning of "Conservancy Act", see compiler's notes following 73-14-1 NMSA 1978.

Cross references. — For construction fund assessment, see 73-16-4, 73-16-6 NMSA 1978.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 45 Am. Jur. 2d Irrigation §§ 70 to 72.

52A C.J.S. Levees and Flood Control §§ 28 to 39; 94 C.J.S. Waters §§ 332 to 337.