On July 1 of each year, there is due from and shall be paid by either the owner or the operator a fee of one hundred dollars ($100) for each storage tank owned or operated. The fees shall be paid to the department and deposited in the storage tank fund created in Section 74-4-4.8 NMSA 1978.
History: Laws 1990, ch. 124, § 9; 1992, ch. 64, § 7; 2001, ch. 325, § 18.
The 2001 amendment, effective July 1, 2001, deleted "underground" preceding "storage tank" throughout the section; and substituted "Section 74-4-4.8" for Section 74-4-4.6".
The 1992 amendment, effective March 9, 1992, deleted "of an underground storage tank" following "operator" in the first sentence; and substituted "department" for "division" in the second sentence.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement
Article 6B - Ground Water Protection
Section 74-6B-1 - Short title.
Section 74-6B-2 - Findings; purpose of act.
Section 74-6B-3 - Definitions.
Section 74-6B-4 - Storage tank committee; creation; terms; powers and duties.
Section 74-6B-5 - Department's right of entry and inspection.
Section 74-6B-6 - Civil liability for damage to property from leaking storage tank.
Section 74-6B-7 - Corrective action fund created; authorization for expenditures.
Section 74-6B-8 - Liability; cost recovery.
Section 74-6B-9 - Storage tank fee; deposit in storage tank fund.
Section 74-6B-10 - Act does not create insurance company or fund.
Section 74-6B-13 - Payment program.
Section 74-6B-13.1 - Repealed.
Section 74-6B-14 - State liability; insufficient balance in the fund.