N.M. Stat. § 73-16-31
[Conservation and development fund assessment; levy;
records; payment.]
Said special assessment shall be known as the "conservation and development fund
assessment"; [it] shall be made by resolution of the board and duly extended on the
proper district and tax records in like manner and in accordance with the same
procedure as the construction fund assessment under the provisions of the
Conservancy Act of New Mexico [73-14-3 NMSA 1978]. A complete record in duplicate
shall be kept of the conservation and development fund assessment similar to the
records and extension thereof required to be made for the construction fund
assessment, and said conservation and development fund assessment may, by
sufficient columns provided therefor, be recorded on the same books as the
construction fund assessment record, or in such manner as shall be most convenient for
the proper recording thereof.
Under the terms of a resolution levying and extending said conservation and
development fund assessment, principal payments thereon by the property owners shall
commence to be paid within five years from the date thereof, and be apportioned over
the remainder of the life of the conservancy bonds theretofore issued, but like
opportunity shall be given the property owners to pay said assessment in cash as
provided for in the case of the construction fund assessment under the Conservancy
Act; and nothing herein contained shall impair the right of said districts in the making of
annual levies for construction fund and maintenance fund assessments to levy sufficient
amounts as may be necessary to service all of the outstanding obligations of said
district, including interest and principal as needed to pay and discharge those
authorized under the provisions hereof, at the time and in the manner prescribed for
annual levies under Section 514 [73-16-15 NMSA 1978] of the Conservancy Act.