N.M. Admin. Code § 19.2.12.8
This rule is intended to assure that the development and use of water and water rights connected with state trust lands occurs in the most beneficial manner to the trust. This rule is further intended to be an interim rule, to be effective while the commissioner is assessing the commissioner's duties with regard to water resources connected with state trust land. A permanent rule will be proposed when those duties have been defined. This rule shall govern in all situations where the law requires the consent of the commissioner, as administrator of the state trust lands, prior to the approval by the state engineer of the appropriation or use of water from state trust lands. 19.2.10 NMAC "Easements and Rights of Way", should be consulted when seeking permission to move water across state trust lands. Rule 8.023 governs when the use of water from state lands involves improvements on grazing or agricultural leases.
N.M. Admin. Code § 19.2.12.8