3-27-1. Potable; authority to acquire and operate water facilities.
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A. A municipality, within and without the municipal boundary, may:
(1)acquire water facilities that may include but are not limited to:
(a)wells, cisterns and reservoirs;
(b)distribution pipes and ditches;
(c)pumps;
(d)rights of way;
(e)water treatment plants; and
(f)their necessary appurtenances; and
(2)use and supply water for:
(a)sewer purposes;
(b)private use; and
(c)public use.
B. In acquiring private property pursuant to this section, a municipality may exercise the power of eminent domain pursuant to procedures of the Eminent Domain Code [42A-1-1 to 42A-1-33 NMSA 1978] and subject to any applicable provisions of Section 3-27-2 NMSA 1978.
History: 1953 Comp., § 14-26-1, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 2009, ch. 269, § 1.