The purpose of the Environmental Improvement Act is to create a department that will be responsible for environmental management and consumer protection in this state in order to ensure an environment that in the greatest possible measure will confer optimum health, safety, comfort and economic and social well-being on its inhabitants; will protect this generation as well as those yet unborn from health threats posed by the environment; and will maximize the economic and cultural benefits of a healthy people.
§ 74-1-2 NMSA 1978
Purpose of Environmental Improvement Act
Known as the Solid Waste Act
The act spans §§ 74–74 (460 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 322 F. Supp. 2d 1237 - New Mexico v. General Electric Co. (2004)
Most recently applied in 322 F. Supp. 2d 1237 - New Mexico v. General Electric Co. (June 2004)
1953 Comp., § 12-19-2, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 277, § 2; recompiled as 1953 Comp., § 12-12-2 by Laws 1972, ch. 51, § 9; 1997, ch. 139, § 2.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.