SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL 563

51st legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2013

AN ACT

RELATING TO WATER; REQUIRING THE STATE ENGINEER TO MAKE FINDINGS REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF WATER OUT OF A DECLARED UNDERGROUND WATER BASIN.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. A new section of Chapter 72, Article 12 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] OUT-OF-BASIN TRANSFERS--FINDINGS.--When acting upon an application for a change of place of use of a ground water right having a point of diversion located within an underground water basin, as declared by the state engineer, to a location outside of that basin, the state engineer shall consider and make findings regarding the effect of the proposed transfer on that basin."

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