The board may assess an annual fee not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150) on the owner or operator of a public swimming pool, public spa or other public water recreation facility to defray the cost of administering and enforcing rules adopted in accordance with the Environmental Improvement Act pertaining to public water recreation facilities. The fee shall be based on the size of the public water recreation facility. Fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the environmental health fund.
History: Laws 2003, ch. 335, § 1; 2020, ch. 32, § 5.
The 2020 amendment, effective May 20, 2020, removed provisions creating the water recreation facilities fund, and provided that fees collected from public water recreation facilities pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the environmental health fund; and deleted former Subsection A and subsection designation "B."; before "board", deleted "environmental improvement", and added the last sentence.
Temporary provisions. — Laws 2020, ch. 32, § 7 provided that on May 20, 2020, unexpended and unencumbered balances in the food service sanitation fund, the liquid waste fund and the water recreation facilities fund shall be transferred to the environmental health fund.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement
Article 1 - General Provisions
Section 74-1-2 - Purpose of Environmental Improvement Act.
Section 74-1-4 - Environmental improvement board; creation; organization.
Section 74-1-5 - Environmental improvement board; duties.
Section 74-1-6 - Department; powers.
Section 74-1-7 - Department; duties.
Section 74-1-7.1 - Green zia program; business sensitive information confidential.
Section 74-1-8 - Board; duties.
Section 74-1-8.1 - Legal advice.
Section 74-1-8.2 - Recompiled.
Section 74-1-9 - Adoption of regulations; notice and hearing; appeal.
Section 74-1-10.1 - False statements to the department; penalties.
Section 74-1-12 - Compliance with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act; purpose.
Section 74-1-13 - Water conservation fee; imposition; definitions.
Section 74-1-14 - County or municipal authority regarding on-site liquid waste system.
Section 74-1-15.1 - Liquid waste disposal system assistance fund; created; purpose.
Section 74-1-15.2 - Environmental health fund; created.
Section 74-1-16 - Water recreation facilities; fee imposition.