; and (B) with respect to a qualified land-grant merced, an heir as defined by N.M. Stat. § 49–1–1.1. (2) Governing body The term governing body — (A) with respect to a qualified acequia, means the board composed of private land owners (known as commissioners) for such qualified acequia, as provided in N.M. Stat. § 73–2–12 and recognized as a political subdivision of the State under N.M. Stat. § 73–2–28; and (B) with respect to a qualified land grant-merced, means the board of trustees charged under State law with the control, care, and management of the qualified land grant-merced. (3) Historical-traditional use boundary The term historical-traditional use boundary , with respect to a land grant-merced, means the boundary recognized under the process described in section 10. (4) Patent boundary The term patent boundary , with respect to a land grant-merced, means the boundary in the official survey that accompanied the land patent issued by the United States for a land grant-merced claim at the conclusion of the adjudication process required by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. (5) Qualified acequia The term qualified acequia means a waterway in the State recognized as an acequia or a community ditch under State or Federal law, including the diversions, storage facilities, and easements of such waterway. (6) Qualified land grant-merced The term qualified land grant-merced — (A) means a community land grant issued under the laws or customs of Spain or Mexico that received a patent from the United States or has been recognized under State law; and (B) includes land— (i) with respect to a land grant-merced that has not completed the process under section 10, within the patent boundary of such land grant-merced