NMSA 73-12-22. Revenue laws of state to govern; may refuse service to
AI-assisted research summary: District boards may refuse water service to land with unpaid district taxes, and must handle delinquent-tax property and related interest as directed here.
73-12-22. Revenue laws of state to govern; may refuse service to delinquents. The revenue laws of this state for the assessment, levying and collection of taxes on real estate for county purposes, except as herein modified, shall be applicable for the purposes, of this act [73-12-1 to 73-12-57 NMSA 1978], including the enforcement of penalties and forfeitures for delinquent taxes. All interest that may be collected on delinquent taxes levied and assessed for district purposes under the provisions of Chapter 41, Laws of 1919, and all interest from that source in hands of county treasurers shall be credited to the several district funds in proportion to the amounts thereof as certified by the board of directors of such district. In addition to such penalties and forfeitures the board of directors of each district is hereby authorized to refuse during any current year, to deliver water from the canals and reservoirs of the district, or purchased from any other district, person or corporation, to any land for irrigation thereof or domestic use thereon, so long as any taxes assessed and levied for district purposes against such land, or any interest, cost or penalties accrued thereon, are due, delinquent and unpaid. In case the lists or certificates in this act required to be made as the basis for the tax levy for district purposes shall not be made within the time in this act prescribed, or in case such levy is not made or certified by the board of county commissioners before the tax roll is made up for any year, such lists and certificates shall nevertheless be made and such levy made and extended on the tax roll with the same effect as if made within the time prescribed by law. It shall be the duty of the board of directors to purchase in the name of such district any property which may be sold for delinquent taxes under this act, and said board is authorized to take title to such land in the name of the district, and to sell and convey the same when it has acquired title thereto, at a price not less than the taxes, penalty and interest accrued thereon. History: Laws 1929, ch. 76, § 22; C.S. 1929, § 73-722; 1941 Comp., § 77-2422; 1953 Comp., § 75-25-22.