N.M. Stat. § 72-18-25.1
Exclusion from district; boundary adjustments.
Upon a finding by the secretary of the district that the boundaries of a district
established pursuant to the Flood Control District Act incorporate an area of less than
thirty-five percent of the area of an existing voting precinct lying along such boundaries,
or which minor area appears not to benefit or feasibly expect to benefit from the district,
or which may not be of sufficient valuation to the extent that its exclusion from the
district would materially impair the district, then the secretary shall file his findings with
the board with his recommendation that the minor area be excluded from the district in
order that the voting precincts for the district shall become coterminous with the voting
district for the county.
If the board determines that it is in the best interests of the district that such area be
excluded from the district, the board shall order that the area be excluded and that the
secretary shall notify the county commission, county assessor and county clerk that the
district boundary and the voting precinct boundary shall thenceforth be coterminous.