Section 73-5-4 - Water users associations; bodies corporate; powers.
73-5-4. [Water users associations; bodies corporate; powers.]
Upon the filing of such certificate and copy thereof as provided in the preceding section [73-5-3 NMSA 1978] the persons so associating, their successors and those who may thereafter become members of said association, shall constitute a body corporate by the name set forth in such certificate and by such name may sue and be sued, and shall have capacity to make contracts, acquire, hold, enjoy, dispose of and convey property real and personal and to do any other act or thing necessary or proper for carrying out the purposes of their organization.