As an additional means of enforcing the provisions of the State Trails System Act and rules and regulations adopted by the secretary pursuant to that act, the secretary may seek injunctive relief, in the district court of the county where the violation occurs, against any violation or threatened violation of the act or any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, and such relief shall be subject to the continuing jurisdiction and supervision of the district court and the court's powers of contempt. Any party aggrieved by any final judgment of the district court under this section may appeal to the court of appeals as in other civil actions.
History: 1953 Comp., § 4-9A-9, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 372, § 9; 1977, ch. 254, § 38; 1987, ch. 234, § 32.
The 1987 amendment, effective July 1, 1987, in the first sentence substituted "secretary" for "division" both places it appears, deleted the former second sentence, which read "The attorney general shall represent the division," and made minor language changes in the first sentence.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 16 - Parks, Recreation and Fairs
Article 3 - State Trails System
Section 16-3-4 - State trails system created; types of trails; planning.
Section 16-3-6 - Trails on federal lands; coordination with national trails system.
Section 16-3-7 - Violations; penalties.
Section 16-3-8 - Additional means of enforcement.
Section 16-3-9 - Limitation of liability of owners of land used for recreational purposes.