N.M. Stat. § 3-29-3
Purpose of act.
The purpose of the Sanitary Projects Act is to improve the public health of rural
communities in New Mexico by providing for the establishment and maintenance of a
political subdivision of the state that is empowered by the state to receive public funds
for acquisition, construction and improvement of water supply, reuse, storm drainage
and wastewater facilities in communities, and to operate and maintain such facilities for
the public good.