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Article 1 - Outdoor Recreation Resources
Section 16-1-1 - Short title. - This act [16-1-1 to 16-1-3 NMSA 1978] may be cited...
Section 16-1-2 - State supplemental fund. - There is hereby established the "state supplemental land and water...
Section 16-1-3 - Administration; state-federal-local cost sharing formula; limitations. - A. The energy, minerals and natural resources department shall administer...
Section 16-1-4 - Outdoor recreation plan. - The energy, minerals and natural resources department shall prepare, maintain...
Article 2 - State Parks Division
Section 16-2-1 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1987, ch. 234, § 84 repealed 16-2-1...
Section 16-2-2 - State parks advisory board created; membership; compensation; duties. - A. The "advisory board" to the state parks division of...
Section 16-2-2.1 - State park volunteers. - A. The state parks division of the energy, minerals and...
Section 16-2-3 - Meaning of designations. - Wherever in the laws of New Mexico, whether or not...
Section 16-2-4 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1987, ch. 234, § 84 repealeds 16-2-4...
Section 16-2-5 - Director of division; qualifications. - The director of the state park and recreation division [state...
Section 16-2-6 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1987, ch. 234, § 84 repealed 16-2-6...
Section 16-2-7 - Rules and regulations. - The secretary shall promulgate and adopt rules for each park...
Section 16-2-7.1 - Free state park passes to disabled veterans. - A. The state parks division of the energy, minerals and...
Section 16-2-8 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1987, ch. 234, § 84 repealed 16-2-8...
Section 16-2-9 - Concessions in parks; contracts; board of finance approval. - The secretary has the power to grant concessions in [the]...
Section 16-2-9.1 - State park passes; vendors. - The director of the state parks division of the energy,...
Section 16-2-10 - Secretary and employees prohibited from having interest in concessions. - Neither the secretary nor any member of the energy, minerals...
Section 16-2-11 - Acquisition of lands for park and recreational purposes; criteria. - A. The state is authorized to acquire lands or interests...
Section 16-2-12 - Acquisition of federal land for park and recreational uses. - The legislature of New Mexico, taking cognizance that the federal...
Section 16-2-13 - Title to park and recreational lands; acceptance. - Title to or right in property to be used for...
Section 16-2-14 - Prior donations and grants accepted and confirmed. - Lands heretofore donated or granted to the state or its...
Section 16-2-15 - Secretary's power to authorize transfer of park lands. - The secretary has the right to authorize the commissioner of...
Section 16-2-15.1 - Elephant Butte lake lease lot lands; release of lease with federal government. - The director of the state park and recreation division [state...
Section 16-2-16 - Procedure for transfer of park lands or recreational areas to state agencies, institutions or public bodies. - Upon receipt of written notification from the secretary containing a...
Section 16-2-17 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1987, ch. 234, § 84 repealed 16-2-17...
Section 16-2-18 - Acceptance of donations of money, equipment or material. - A. The state is authorized to receive and accept gifts,...
Section 16-2-19 - State park and recreation revenues; source and disbursement. - All money derived from the operation of state parks or...
Section 16-2-19.1 - Motorboat fuel tax fund; appropriation. - There is created in the state treasury the "motorboat fuel...
Section 16-2-20 - Short title. - This act [16-2-20 to 16-2-29 NMSA 1978] may be cited...
Section 16-2-21 - Purpose of act. - The purpose of the State Park and Recreation Bond Act...
Section 16-2-22 - Bonding authority. - Whenever the secretary determines by written order that it is...
Section 16-2-23 - Form of bonds. - The state park and recreation division [state parks division], except...
Section 16-2-24 - Sale of bonds. - Bonds issued under this State Park and Recreation Bond Act...
Section 16-2-25 - Proceeds from sale of bonds. - Proceeds from the sale of bonds issued under this State...
Section 16-2-26 - Construction. - This State Park and Recreation Bond Act [16-2-20 to 16-2-29...
Section 16-2-27 - Tax exemptions. - The principal and income of bonds issued under the State...
Section 16-2-28 - Refunding. - Any bonds issued under the State Park and Recreation Bond...
Section 16-2-29 - Security; retirement of bonds. - The state park and recreation division [state parks division] of...
Section 16-2-30 - Police powers vested in director and state parks employees designated by the secretary. - A. The director of the state parks division and state...
Section 16-2-31 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1987, ch. 234, § 84 repealed 16-2-31...
Section 16-2-32 - Criminal offenses; penalty. - A person who commits any of the following acts is...
Section 16-2-33 - State parks division penalty assessment misdemeanors; definition; schedule of assessments. - A. As used in Chapter 16, Article 2 NMSA 1978,...
Article 3 - State Trails System
Section 16-3-1 - Short title. - This act [16-3-1 to 16-3-9 NMSA 1978] may be cited...
Section 16-3-2 - Definitions. - As used in the State Trails System Act: A. "local...
Section 16-3-3 - Purpose. - The purpose of the State Trails System Act is to...
Section 16-3-4 - State trails system created; types of trails; planning. - A. There is created a "state trails system" composed of:...
Section 16-3-5 - Secretary to supervise planning, construction, operation and maintenance of trails system; powers and duties. - A. The secretary shall: (1) adopt and regularly review and...
Section 16-3-6 - Trails on federal lands; coordination with national trails system. - A. The secretary may establish and designate state recreational, scenic,...
Section 16-3-7 - Violations; penalties. - Each person is guilty of a misdemeanor who shall: A....
Section 16-3-8 - Additional means of enforcement. - As an additional means of enforcing the provisions of the...
Section 16-3-9 - Limitation of liability of owners of land used for recreational purposes. - No person or corporation, or their successors in interest, who...
Article 4 - El Rio Chama Scenic and Pastoral River and Rio Grande Valley State Park
Section 16-4-1 - Short title. - This act [16-4-1 to 16-4-8 NMSA 1978] may be cited...
Section 16-4-2 - Declaration of policy. - The preservation, protection and maintenance of the natural and scenic...
Section 16-4-3 - Definitions. - As used in El Rio Chama Scenic and Pastoral Act...
Section 16-4-4 - Designation. - The Chama river and its immediate corridor, from the boundary...
Section 16-4-5 - Management. - A. The secretary shall administer the state-administered segment of El...
Section 16-4-6 - Land use and acquisition. - A. The secretary shall not condemn any land or interests...
Section 16-4-7 - Inclusion in national system. - Nothing in El Rio Chama Scenic and Pastoral Act [16-4-1...
Section 16-4-8 - Violations; injunctions. - Any person may be restrained and enjoined from engaging or...
Section 16-4-9 - Short title. - This act [16-4-9 to 16-4-17 NMSA 1978] may be cited...
Section 16-4-10 - Declaration of policy and funding intent. - A. The preservation, protection and maintenance of the natural and...
Section 16-4-11 - Definitions. - As used in the Rio Grande Valley State Park Act...
Section 16-4-12 - Designation of boundaries. - The Rio Grande valley state park shall include lands owned...
Section 16-4-13 - Management. - A. The provisions of the Rio Grande Valley State Park...
Section 16-4-14 - Land use and acquisition. - A. The secretary shall not condemn any land or interests...
Section 16-4-15 - Violations; injunctions. - Any person may be restrained and enjoined from engaging or...
Section 16-4-16 - Joint powers. - The operating party, subsequent to satisfying the provisions of Subsection...
Section 16-4-17 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1983, ch. 18, § 9; repealed by Laws...
Article 5 - Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad
Section 16-5-1 - Execution of compact. - The legislature hereby approves and the governor is authorized to...
Section 16-5-1.1 - Short title. - Sections 16-5-1 through 16-5-7 NMSA 1978 and Sections 1 through...
Section 16-5-2 - Ratification of compact. - The legislature hereby ratifies the "Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad...
Section 16-5-3 - Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad commission created. - There is created the "Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad commission,"...
Section 16-5-4 - Appointment of members. - The two New Mexico members of the Cumbres and Toltec...
Section 16-5-5 - Payment of the expenses of commission. - The New Mexico share of the expenses of the commission...
Section 16-5-6 - Exemptions. - The Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad commission is exempt from...
Section 16-5-7 - Commission powers. - The Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad commission shall have all...
Section 16-5-8 - Definitions. - As used in the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad Act...
Section 16-5-9 - Authority of commission to incur indebtedness. - A. The commission has authority to incur indebtedness for the...
Section 16-5-10 - Railroad loan retirement fund. - A. There is created the "railroad loan retirement fund". Railroad...
Section 16-5-11 - Authorization to set and collect user fees. - The commission may establish user fees to be charged to...
Section 16-5-12 - Tax exemption of interest charged on loan. - Any interest charged and collected by a financial institution for...
Section 16-5-13 - Liberal interpretation. - The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad Act [16-5-1 to 16-5-13...
Article 6 - State and County Fairs
Section 16-6-1 - State fair commission; members; appointment; number; qualification; terms; oath; bond. - A. The governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent...
Section 16-6-2 - [Payment of premiums on bonds.] - The premiums on all bonds required to be furnished by...
Section 16-6-3 - Disqualification of commissioners; organization of commission; secretary and treasurer. - A. If any state fair commissioner changes his residence to...
Section 16-6-3.1 - Budget review requirements. - Beginning with the eighty-third fiscal year, the state fair commission...
Section 16-6-4 - Powers and duties of commission; annual fair; exhibits; premiums. - A. The state fair commission shall have power and authority...
Section 16-6-5 - State fair commission administratively attached to tourism department. - The state fair commission is administratively attached, as defined in...
Section 16-6-6 - [Annual meeting; election of officers; financial report to governor.] - The commission shall hold annual meetings on the first Monday...
Section 16-6-7 - [Annual appropriation; Albuquerque contribution.] - For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this...
Section 16-6-8 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1913, ch. 46, § 7; Code 1915, §...
Section 16-6-9 - Appropriation; how paid to the commission. - The secretary of finance and administration, on the request in...
Section 16-6-10 - Fair commission; expenses. - Members of the state fair commission shall receive no salary,...
Section 16-6-11 - [Corporate powers of fair commission.] - The members of the New Mexico state fair commission and...
Section 16-6-12 - [Contracts; financial interest by commissioner; effect; penalty.] - No commissioner shall either directly or indirectly be financially interested...
Section 16-6-13 - [Additional powers of fair commission; definitions.] - The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this...
Section 16-6-14 - [Creating New Mexico state fair, a separate and independent legal entity.] - The New Mexico state fair, is hereby constituted and confirmed...
Section 16-6-15 - Additional powers. - In addition to the powers that it may now have,...
Section 16-6-16 - Issuance of negotiable bonds; terms. - The New Mexico state fair, with the prior approval of...
Section 16-6-17 - Powers to secure bonds. - New Mexico state fair in connection with the issuance of...
Section 16-6-18 - Moneys of New Mexico state fair. - No moneys derived from the sale of the bonds or...
Section 16-6-19 - Validity of bonds. - The bonds bearing the signatures of officers in office on...
Section 16-6-20 - Prohibitions against obligating state of New Mexico. - Nothing in this act [16-6-13 to 16-6-22 NMSA 1978] contained...
Section 16-6-21 - Bonds obligations of New Mexico state fair. - All bonds issued pursuant to this act [16-6-13 to 16-6-22...
Section 16-6-22 - Supplemental nature of act, construction and purpose. - The powers conferred by this act [16-6-13 to 16-6-22 NMSA...
Section 16-6-23 - [Eastern New Mexico state fair; purposes; exhibits.] - An annual eastern New Mexico state fair may be held...
Section 16-6-24 - [Reorganization of Chaves county cotton carnival.] - The directors of the Chaves county cotton carnival, a nonprofit...
Section 16-6-25 - [Authorization for holding of an annual bi-state fair in Curry county.] - That an annual bi-state fair may be held in Curry...
Section 16-6-26 - [Bi-state fair association.] - The directors of the Curry county fair association, a nonprofit...
Section 16-6-27 - [Bond issue election; ballot; notice; voters; sale of bonds.] - The board of county commissioners of Curry county, New Mexico,...
Section 16-6-28 - [Declaration that bi-state fair association buildings are necessary public buildings.] - That the legislature of the state of New Mexico hereby...
Section 16-6-29 - [Contesting validity of proceedings; limitation.] - Any person or corporation may institute in the district court...
Section 16-6-30 - [Tax levy; redemption fund; procedure for redeeming bonds.] - Upon the issuance of bi-state fair association bonds the board...
Section 16-6-31 - [Ownership and maintenance of real and personal property.] - It shall hereafter be lawful for counties of this state...
Section 16-6-32 - Advisory committee created; appointments; staggered terms of members; duties. - A. The "African American performing arts center advisory committee" is...