New Mexico Statutes 73-8-20. [Meetings of directors; records; inspection by elector or federal agent; entry on lands; eminent domain.]
The directors shall hold quarterly meetings on the first Tuesday in January, April, July and October, and such special meetings as may be required for the proper transaction of the business. Calls for special meetings shall be made by the president or a majority of the directors. Meetings of the board shall be public and a majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All records of the board shall be open to inspection by any qualified elector during business hours. Such boards [board] of directors or the secretary thereof shall at any time allow any officer or agent of the United States, when acting under the order of the secretary of the interior, to have access to all books, records and vouchers of the district which are in the possession or under the control of the secretary or of the board.
Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 73-8-20
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
The board, its agents and employees, shall have the right to enter upon any land in the district and make surveys and to locate any canals or open or close drainage conduits. The board shall also have the right to acquire by purchase or condemnation all lands, rights-of-way, franchises, canals, ditches and other water conduits or other property necessary for the use of the district or for the construction, use, maintenance, repair or improvement of its canals, ditches or other conduits or drainage works or for the enlargement or extension thereof.