Chapter 74, Article 6 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Water Quality Act".
§ 74-6-1 NMSA 1978
Short title
Known as the Solid Waste Act
The act spans §§ 74–74 (460 sections).
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 892 F. Supp. 1333 - Friends of Santa Fe County v. LAC Minerals, Inc. (1995)
Most recently applied in Mark IV Industries, Inc. v. New Mexico Environment Department (In Re Mark IV Industries, Inc.) (September 2011)
1953 Comp., § 75-39-1, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 190, § 1; 1993, ch. 291, § 1.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
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.