73-2-66: Powers and duties.

The acequia commission shall:

A. provide advice and assist the governor, legislature, office of the state engineer and interstate stream commission and the United States army corps of engineers in establishing acequia and community ditch rehabilitation priorities and other acequia and community ditch matters;

B. serve as a facilitator for communication between acequia and community ditch associations and state and federal agencies; and

C. review and comment on any plan or legislation affecting acequias or community ditches to the governor, the legislature, the secretary of agriculture and the interstate stream commission.