N.M. Stat. § 62-2-19
Current through 2024, ch. 69
Corporations formed under this article for the purpose of furnishing or supplying water for any of the purposes mentioned in Section 62-2-1 NMSA 1978, shall have the right to use any timber, stone or other materials upon lands belonging to the state, and along the line of their canals or ditches, or in the vicinity of such reservoirs as may be necessary in the construction thereof.
NMS § 62-2-19