The secretary shall promulgate and adopt rules for each park as circumstances may demand to the end that each state park may be made as nearly self-supporting as possible. The secretary shall also adopt rules to regulate the construction and maintenance of boat docks for a lake that is a part of a state park.
History: Laws 1935, ch. 57, § 7; 1941 Comp., § 4-107; 1953 Comp., § 4-9-7; Laws 1963, ch. 98, § 7; 1977, ch. 254, § 17; 1987, ch. 234, § 15; 1999, ch. 39, § 1.
Cross references. — For watercraft regulatory laws, administration and enforcement, see 66-12-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.
The 1999 amendment, effective June 18, 1999, deleted "and regulations" following "adopt rules", and added the last sentence.
The 1987 amendment, effective July 1, 1987, substituted "the secretary shall promulgate and adopt" for "the division shall issue and publish rules and regulations pertaining to and governing the development, maintenance, upkeep, management and use of state park and recreation areas and may prescribe different" and deleted the former last sentence, which read "Every such rule or regulations shall be filed in accordance with the State Rules Act."
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 16 - Parks, Recreation and Fairs
Article 2 - State Parks Division
Section 16-2-2 - State parks advisory board created; membership; compensation; duties.
Section 16-2-2.1 - State park volunteers.
Section 16-2-3 - Meaning of designations.
Section 16-2-5 - Director of division; qualifications.
Section 16-2-7 - Rules and regulations.
Section 16-2-7.1 - Free state park passes to disabled veterans.
Section 16-2-9 - Concessions in parks; contracts; board of finance approval.
Section 16-2-9.1 - State park passes; vendors.
Section 16-2-10 - Secretary and employees prohibited from having interest in concessions.
Section 16-2-11 - Acquisition of lands for park and recreational purposes; criteria.
Section 16-2-12 - Acquisition of federal land for park and recreational uses.
Section 16-2-13 - Title to park and recreational lands; acceptance.
Section 16-2-14 - Prior donations and grants accepted and confirmed.
Section 16-2-15 - Secretary's power to authorize transfer of park lands.
Section 16-2-15.1 - Elephant Butte lake lease lot lands; release of lease with federal government.
Section 16-2-18 - Acceptance of donations of money, equipment or material.
Section 16-2-19 - State park and recreation revenues; source and disbursement.
Section 16-2-19.1 - Motorboat fuel tax fund; appropriation.
Section 16-2-20 - Short title.
Section 16-2-21 - Purpose of act.
Section 16-2-22 - Bonding authority.
Section 16-2-23 - Form of bonds.
Section 16-2-24 - Sale of bonds.
Section 16-2-25 - Proceeds from sale of bonds.
Section 16-2-26 - Construction.
Section 16-2-27 - Tax exemptions.
Section 16-2-29 - Security; retirement of bonds.