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NM Stat § 74-13-17 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 13 - Recycling and Illegal Dumping Act|Section 74-13-17 - Grants; eligibility; applications.

A. A municipality, county, Indian nation, pueblo or tribe, land grant community, cooperative association or solid waste authority that meets eligibility requirements established by the board may apply for a grant for providing funds to public landfills to offset the cost of collecting or recycling of tires or submit a competitive bid for a loan or contract for development costs or operating costs to establish a recycling facility, purchase equipment, perform marketing, purchase products produced by a recycling facility, provide educational outreach, develop recycling infrastructure, abate illegal dumpsites or contract with vendors to promote recycling and to abate illegal dumpsites consistent with provisions of the Recycling and Illegal Dumping Act. The first priority for funding shall be abatement of illegal scrap tire dumpsites and the recycling of scrap tires. B. A grant, loan or contract for processing shall not be awarded pursuant to the Recycling and Illegal Dumping Act to a person who receives less than ninety-five percent of recyclable materials from sources in New Mexico. C. Nothing in this section prohibits a municipality, county, Indian nation, pueblo or tribe, land grant community or cooperative association from contracting for services to complete an abatement action. D. At least two-thirds of budgeted grant money in each fiscal year shall be allocated to tire abatement and recycling programs, and one-third of budgeted grant money in each fiscal year shall be allocated to abatement of illegal dumping and recycling of other solid wastes. History: Laws 2005, ch. 171, § 17. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2005, ch. 171 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 17, 2005, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 74-13-18 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 13 - Recycling and Illegal Dumping Act|Section 74-13-18 - Rubberized asphalt program.

The department of transportation may use rubberized asphalt in paving mixtures for state and local highway projects and to pay added expenses that may result from using rubberized asphalt. The department of transportation shall adopt rules for the administration of the rubberized asphalt program, including the development of procedures for disbursement of money to municipalities and counties for the use of rubberized asphalt in paving mixtures and shall develop paving specifications for the use of rubberized asphalt. History: Laws 2005, ch. 171, § 18. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2005, ch. 171 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 17, 2005, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 74-13-19 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 13 - Recycling and Illegal Dumping Act|Section 74-13-19 - Recycling and illegal dumping fund created.

The "recycling and illegal dumping fund" is created in the state treasury. Fees and penalties collected pursuant to the Recycling and Illegal Dumping Act shall be deposited into the fund. Money in the fund is appropriated to the department for abatement of illegal dumpsites, for processing, transportation or recycling of all recyclable materials and scrap tires, for providing funds to public landfills in New Mexico to offset the cost of collecting or recycling of tires and for carrying out the provisions of the Recycling and Illegal Dumping Act. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance or income earned from the money in the recycling and illegal dumping fund remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund. Disbursements from the fund shall be by warrant drawn by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary of environment or the secretary's designee. History: Laws 2005, ch. 171, § 19. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2005, ch. 171 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 17, 2005, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 74-13-20 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement|Article 13 - Recycling and Illegal Dumping Act|Section 74-13-20 - Rubberized asphalt fund created.

The "rubberized asphalt fund" is created in the state treasury. Money in the fund is appropriated to the department of transportation to pay additional expenses that might result from using rubberized asphalt paving mixes, to allocate at least fifty percent of the fund to local governments for that purpose and to carry out the provisions of the rubberized asphalt program, including hiring a term employee to administer the program. Disbursements from the fund shall be by warrant drawn by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary of transportation or the secretary's designee. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining in the rubberized asphalt fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund. History: Laws 2005, ch. 171, § 20. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2005, ch. 171 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 17, 2005, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 75-1-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 75 - Miscellaneous Natural Resource Matters|Article 1 - Rural Infrastructure|Section 75-1-1 - Short title.

Chapter 75, Article 1 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Rural Infrastructure Act". History: 1953 Comp., § 75-41-1, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 333, § 1; 1983, ch. 173, § 1; 1988, ch. 28, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For provisions relating to water supply associations, see 3-28-1 NMSA 1978 et seq. Laws 1988, ch. 28, § 1 changed the name of the Water Supply Construction Act to the Rural Infrastructure Act.
NM Stat § 75-1-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 75 - Miscellaneous Natural Resource Matters|Article 1 - Rural Infrastructure|Section 75-1-2 - Definitions.

As used in the Rural Infrastructure Act: A. "department" means the department of environment; B. "fund" means the rural infrastructure revolving loan fund; C. "local authority" means a mutual domestic association or water and sanitation district that supplies water, wastewater or solid waste services to, or a municipality that has, a population of less than twenty thousand or a county with a population of less than two hundred thousand; D. "operate and maintain" means all necessary activities, including replacement of equipment or appurtenances to assure the dependable and economical function of a facility in accordance with its intended purpose; E. "secretary" means the secretary of environment; F. "solid waste facility" includes transfer and convenience facilities, landfills or other equipment or systems used for the processing, transformation, recycling or disposal of solid waste; G. "wastewater facility" includes collection lines, pumping equipment, treatment works and disposal piping or process units; and H. "water supply facility" includes the source of supply of water, pumping equipment, storage facilities, transmission lines, treatment works and distribution systems. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-41-2, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 333, § 2; 1977, ch. 253, § 75; 1979, ch. 219, § 1; 1983, ch. 173, § 2; 1987, ch. 175, § 1; 1988, ch. 28, § 2; 1991, ch. 208, § 1; 2001, ch. 250, § 1; 2001, ch. 265, § 1; 2007, ch. 342, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 2007 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, eliminates an incorporated city, town or village and county and public water cooperative associations from the definition of "local authority"; defines "local authority" to mean associations or districts that supply water, wastewater or sold waste services to municipalities with a population less than 20,000 or a county with a population less than 200,000; and adds Subsection F. 2001 amendments. — Identical amendments to this section were enacted by Laws 2001, ch 250, § 1 and Laws 2001, ch. 265, § 1, effective June 15, 2001, rewriting Subsection A, which formerly read "'division' means the environmental improvement division of the health and environment department"; deleting Subsection B, which defined "board", adding Subsections F and G, and renumbering the remaining subsections accordingly. The 1991 amendment, effective July 1, 1991, deleted " 'agency' or" at the beginning of Subsection A and inserted "but is not limited to" in Subsection F. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 94 C.J.S. Waters § 241.
NM Stat § 75-1-2.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 75 - Miscellaneous Natural Resource Matters|Article 1 - Rural Infrastructure|Section 75-1-2.1 - Purpose of act.

The purpose of the Rural Infrastructure Act is to provide financial assistance to local authorities for the planning, design and construction or modification of water supply, wastewater and solid waste facilities. History: 1978 Comp., § 75-1-2.1, enacted by Laws 1983, ch. 173, § 3; 1988, ch. 28, § 3; 1991, ch. 208, § 2; 2001, ch. 250, § 2; 2001, ch. 265, § 2; 2007, ch. 342, § 2. ANNOTATIONSThe 2007 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, adds planning and design of facilities, including solid waste facilities. 2001 amendments. — Identical amendments to this section were enacted by Laws 2001, ch 250, § 2 and Laws 2001, ch. 265, § 2, effective June 15, 2001, substituting "water supply and wastewater facilities to" for "water supply facilities that will". This section is set out as amended by Laws 2001, ch. 265, § 2. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978. The 1991 amendment, effective July 1, 1991, inserted "to local authorities" and made a related change and minor stylistic changes. Law reviews. — For article, "Centralized Decisionmaking in the Administration of Groundwater Rights: The Experience of Arizona, California and New Mexico and Suggestions for the Future," see 24 Nat. Resources J. 641 (1984).
NM Stat § 75-1-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 75 - Miscellaneous Natural Resource Matters|Article 1 - Rural Infrastructure|Section 75-1-5 - Emergency loans and grants.

Ten percent of the proceeds of each severance tax bond issuance or other appropriation for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Rural Infrastructure Act shall be reserved for emergencies and shall be allocated by the department only upon approval of the state board of finance. This amount shall not be deposited in the fund and shall be allocated only for emergency loans and grants. Emergency loans and grants shall be made in accordance with the applicable provisions for loans pursuant to the Rural Infrastructure Act; provided that a grant shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000). At the end of the third quarter of each fiscal year, the unexpended balance of the reserved amount may be transferred by the department to the fund for use in accordance with the Rural Infrastructure Act. History: 1978 Comp., § 75-1-5, enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 175, § 4; 1988, ch. 28, § 6; 2001, ch. 250, § 5; 2001, ch. 265, § 5; 2007, ch. 342, § 5. ANNOTATIONSThe 2007 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, increases the maximum amount of a grant from $200,000 to $500,000. 2001 amendments. — Identical amendments to this section were enacted by Laws 2001, ch 250, § 5 and Laws 2001, ch. 265, § 5, effective June 15, 2001, substituting "department" for "division" throughout the section.
NM Stat § 75-1-6 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 75 - Miscellaneous Natural Resource Matters|Article 1 - Rural Infrastructure|Section 75-1-6 - Average residential user cost reduction grants and zero percent loans.

A. No more than twenty-five percent of the proceeds of each severance tax bond issuance or other appropriation for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Rural Infrastructure Act shall be reserved for average residential user cost reduction grants or zero percent loans to reduce average residential user cost to a reasonable level for eligible financially needy loan recipients whose water supply or wastewater facilities serve less than three thousand persons. B. Average residential user cost reduction grants and zero percent loans shall be allocated by the department in accordance with the provisions for grants and loans pursuant to the Rural Infrastructure Act, provided that an average residential user cost reduction grant or zero percent loan shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000). Such grants and loans shall reduce only the principal and interest portion of the average residential user cost to a reasonable cost as determined by the department. C. A zero percent loan or average residential user cost reduction grant shall be approved by the department when, after construction bids have been received, the following conditions have been met by the local authority whose average residential user costs are in need of reduction: (1) the construction project is designed using the most cost-effective and dependable option; (2) the system is designed with adequate built-in expansion capacity; (3) other sources of grant funds have been sought and are not available in a timely manner; (4) the project cannot feasibly be reduced in scope or phased so as to bring it within available loan funds and within reasonable user cost; and (5) the local authority's median household income is less than ninety percent of the statewide non-metropolitan median household income based on the most current federal decennial census. History: 1978 Comp., § 75-1-6, enacted by Laws 1988, ch. 28, § 7; 1991, ch. 208, § 5; 2001, ch. 250, § 6; 2001, ch. 265, § 6; 2007, ch. 342, § 6. ANNOTATIONSThe 2007 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, increases the maximum average residential user cost reduction grant or zero percent loan from $200,000 to $500,000. 2001 amendments. — Identical amendments to this section were enacted by Laws 2001, ch 250, § 6 and Laws 2001, ch. 265, § 6, effective June 15, 2001, substituting "department" for "division" throughout the section; inserting "or wastewater" following "water supply" in Subsection A; and rewriting Paragraph C(5), which formerly read "the local authority's average residential user cost in need of the reduction is at least eighteen dollars ($18.00) per month". The 1991 amendment, effective July 1, 1991, inserted "residential" following "average" throughout the section; substituted "eighteen dollars ($18.00)" for "fifteen dollars ($15.00)" in Paragraph (5) of Subsection C; and made a minor stylistic change in Subsection A.
NM Stat § 75-2-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 75 - Miscellaneous Natural Resource Matters|Article 2 - Water Research, Conservation and Development|Section 75-2-1 - Short title.

This act [75-2-1 to 75-2-5 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Water Research, Conservation and Development Act". History: 1953 Comp., § 75-42-1, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 265, § 1.
NM Stat § 75-2-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 75 - Miscellaneous Natural Resource Matters|Article 2 - Water Research, Conservation and Development|Section 75-2-2 - Purpose.

It is the purpose of the Water Research, Conservation and Development Act to provide means to seek solutions to water shortage, conservation and utilization problems through research, conservation or development projects for the benefit of the citizens of New Mexico. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-42-2, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 265, § 2.
NM Stat § 75-2-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 75 - Miscellaneous Natural Resource Matters|Article 2 - Water Research, Conservation and Development|Section 75-2-3 - Special fund created.

There is created a special fund to be known as the "water research, conservation and development fund". All money appropriated to this fund or accruing to it through gifts, grants or bequests shall not be transferred to another fund or encumbered or disbursed in any manner except as provided in the Water Research, Conservation and Development Act. The fund shall not revert at the end of the fiscal year. Disbursements from the fund shall be made only upon warrant drawn by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary of the interstate stream commission for research, conservation or development projects of merit and potential benefit to the state and approved by the interstate stream commission. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-42-3, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 265, § 3; 1977, ch. 247, § 201; 1989, ch. 324, § 40.
NM Stat § 75-2-4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 75 - Miscellaneous Natural Resource Matters|Article 2 - Water Research, Conservation and Development|Section 75-2-4 - Interstate stream commission; additional powers and duties.

In addition to its other powers and duties, the interstate stream commission shall: A. meet upon the call of its chairman; B. review and approve or deny water research, conservation or development project proposals submitted to the commission by institutions of higher learning, political subdivisions or other appropriate nonprofit research or development entities on the basis of potential merit, benefit to the state and feasibility; C. adopt guidelines for project preparation, review, application and approval; D. upon approval of a project, allocate available funds for such water research, conservation or development project, provided: (1) no single project shall receive more than forty percent of the total available funds; (2) no less than forty percent of the total available funds shall be allocated for conservation or development projects which have the potential of providing immediate solutions to problems facing the people of the state; and (3) no funds appropriated to the water research, conservation and development fund shall be used for water distribution system construction, including, but not limited to, irrigation canals, acequias, reservoirs, dams or domestic or municipal water distribution systems; E. adopt reporting and monitoring procedures for evaluation of research, conservation or development projects being conducted by recipients of disbursements under the Water Research, Conservation and Development Act, and, after making the appropriate evaluation of the project, make arrangements for termination of the project, if so indicated; F. report annually to the governor and the legislature on the status of the various research, conservation or development projects, including a report on total funds expended under this act, including the amounts and sources of outside matching funds; and G. expend no more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) from the water research, conservation and development fund for the administrative purposes of the Water Research, Conservation and Development Act during any fiscal year. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-42-4, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 265, § 4; 1977, ch. 205, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For provisions relating to the interstate stream commission, see 72-14-1 to 72-14-44 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 75-2-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 75 - Miscellaneous Natural Resource Matters|Article 2 - Water Research, Conservation and Development|Section 75-2-5 - Acceptance of funds and donations.

The interstate stream commission may accept for the purposes of the Water Research, Conservation and Development Act any federal matching funds or grants for water research, conservation or development projects and may accept similar donations and bequests from private sources for such projects. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-42-5, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 265, § 5.
NM Stat § 75-3-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 75 - Miscellaneous Natural Resource Matters|Article 3 - Weather Control and Cloud Modification|Section 75-3-1 - Short title.

This act [75-3-1 to 75-3-15 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Weather Control Act". History: 1953 Comp., § 75-37-1, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 235, § 1. ANNOTATIONSLaw reviews. — For article, "Weather Modification: Law and Administration," see 8 Nat. Resources J. 207 (1968).
NM Stat § 75-3-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 75 - Miscellaneous Natural Resource Matters|Article 3 - Weather Control and Cloud Modification|Section 75-3-2 - Definition.

As used in the Weather Control Act, "commission" means the interstate stream commission. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-37-2, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 235, § 2; 2003, ch. 194, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, substituted "Definition" for "Definitions" in the section catchline and substituted "interstate stream" for "weather control and cloud modification" near the end.
NM Stat § 75-3-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 75 - Miscellaneous Natural Resource Matters|Article 3 - Weather Control and Cloud Modification|Section 75-3-3 - Declaration of rights.

It is declared that the state of New Mexico claims the right to all moisture in the atmosphere which would fall so as to become a part of the natural streams or percolated water of New Mexico, for use in accordance with its laws. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-37-3, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 235, § 3.
NM Stat § 75-3-4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 75 - Miscellaneous Natural Resource Matters|Article 3 - Weather Control and Cloud Modification|Section 75-3-4 - License required.

No person or corporation shall, without having first received a license from the commission, conduct any weather control or cloud modification operations or attempt to control precipitation. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-37-4, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 235, § 4.
NM Stat § 75-3-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 75 - Miscellaneous Natural Resource Matters|Article 3 - Weather Control and Cloud Modification|Section 75-3-5 - Application for license.

Any individual or corporation who proposes to operate weather control or cloud modification projects or who attempts to induce precipitation, shall, before engaging in any such operation, make application to the commission for a license to engage in the particular weather control or cloud modification operation contemplated. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-37-5, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 235, § 5.
NM Stat § 75-3-6 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 75 - Miscellaneous Natural Resource Matters|Article 3 - Weather Control and Cloud Modification|Section 75-3-6 - Annual license fee; statement.

At the time of applying for the license, the applicant shall pay to the commission a fee of one hundred dollars ($100), and shall file an application in the form prescribed by the commission which shall be accompanied by a statement showing: A. the name and address of the applicant; B. the names of the operating personnel, and, if unincorporated, all individuals connected with the organization, or, if a corporation, the names of each of the officers and directors thereof, together with the address of each; C. the scientific qualifications of all operating and supervising personnel; D. a statement of all other contracts completed or in process of completion at the time the application is made, giving the names and addresses of the persons to whom the services were furnished and the areas in which such operations have been or are being conducted; E. the objective of the operation, methods of operation the licensee will use, and the description of the aircraft, ground and meteorological services to be used; F. names of the contracting parties within the state; including: (1) the area to be served; (2) the months in which operations will be conducted; (3) the methods to be used in evaluating the operation; and G. any other information the commission deems necessary. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-37-6, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 235, § 6.