The Senate vote, which took place late Monday night, revolved around removing a paragraph requiring those rights.
That provision was one of the keynote components of a lengthy and complicated quest to legalize the production, sale and use of recreational cannabis for adults over 21 during last year’s legislative session.
“It’s unnecessary red tape,” Pirtle said during the Sunday committee hearing.
That is unfair to rural operators who may have to hire water rights lawyers to research land and water deeds that go back more than 100 years, Sen.
“Other communities have concerns about the availability of water,” Lopez said.
As New Mexico lawmakers began laying out rules for legalizing recreational cannabis this year, many brought up the issue of water rights.