A metropolitan water board shall not use the power of eminent domain or dominant eminent domain to condemn the private property of the primary privately owned water company serving a municipality in the area in which a metropolitan water board has jurisdiction.

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Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 3-61-3.1

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.