The purpose of the Hazardous Waste Act is to help ensure the maintenance of the quality of the state's environment; to confer optimum health, safety, comfort and economic and social well-being on its inhabitants; and to protect the proper utilization of its lands.
§ 74-4-2 NMSA 1978
Purpose
Known as the Solid Waste Act
The act spans §§ 74–74 (460 sections).
1953 Comp., § 12-9B-2, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 313, § 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.