As used in the Night Sky Protection Act:
A. "outdoor lighting fixture" means an outdoor artificial illuminating device, whether permanent or portable, used for illumination or advertisement, including searchlights, spotlights and floodlights, whether for architectural lighting, parking lot lighting, landscape lighting, billboards or street lighting; and
B. "shielded" means a fixture that is shielded in such a manner that light rays emitted by the fixture, either directly from the lamp or indirectly from the fixture, are projected below a horizontal plane running through the lowest point on the fixture where light is emitted.
History: Laws 1999, ch. 197, § 3.
Effective dates. — Laws 1999, ch. 197 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective on June 18, 1999, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement
Article 12 - Night Sky Protection
Section 74-12-1 - Short title.
Section 74-12-3 - Definitions.
Section 74-12-4 - Shielding of outdoor light fixtures.
Section 74-12-5 - Nonconforming light fixtures.
Section 74-12-6 - Use of mercury vapor lighting fixtures.
Section 74-12-8 - Construction industries division; duties.
Section 74-12-9 - Costs of replacement; recovery.