Section 68-2-25 – Forest owner assistance.
Upon the request of any landowner, the state forester shall advise and encourage the use of good management practices through an educational program and by providing technical forestry assistance to any landowner for specific sites prior to and during harvesting activities. History: 1978 Comp., § 68-2-25, enacted by Laws 1979, ch. 395, § 10. ANNOTATIONS […]
Section 68-2-17 – Laws; rules and regulations; violations; penalties.
It is unlawful for any person to violate any provision of the Forest Conservation Act [68-2-1 to 68-2-25 NMSA 1978] or any provision of a rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto. Such violation is a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof such person shall be punished for each violation by a fine of not more than […]
Section 68-2-18 – Repealed.
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1997, ch. 155, § 1 repealed 68-2-18 NMSA 1978, as amended by Laws 1977, ch. 254, § 87, relating to the emergency fire suppression fund, effective June 20, 1997.
Section 68-2-19 – Fire protection cooperative contract receipts; special suspense fund; general forest conservation fund.
Any moneys received by the division from private, state or forest-owner fire protection cooperators prior to July 1 of any year, which moneys are to be applied to cooperative contracts which are to be effective on or after that date, shall not revert to the general fund but shall be placed in a special suspense […]
Section 68-2-20 – Repealed.
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1979, ch. 395, § 11, repealed 68-2-20 NMSA 1978, relating to the reversion of funds in the forest conservation fund or in the emergency fire suppression fund to the state’s general fund.
Section 68-2-21 – Revolving fund created.
There is created in the state treasury a revolving fund to be known as the “conservation planting revolving fund”. The conservation planting revolving fund shall consist of money appropriated to the fund by the legislature, all receipts from the sale of trees for conservation plantings and any other revenues directed to the fund. Expenditures may […]
Section 68-2-22 – Cutting and removing woody material without written consent.
No person shall cut, remove, transport or sell any woody material without written consent of the owner or proof of ownership, whether the land is publicly or privately owned. The written consent shall contain a legal description of the land where the woody material is removed, the name and address of the legal owner, the […]
Section 68-2-22.1 – Repealed.
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1996, ch. 74, § 2 repealed 68-2-22.1 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 143, § 3, relating to a Christmas tree tag fee, effective May 15, 1996. For provisions of former section, see the 1995 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
Section 68-2-23 – Definitions.
As used in Section 68-2-22 NMSA 1978: A. “woody material” includes any live or dead evergreen, coniferous or deciduous tree, branch, bough, bush, sapling or shrub in its national condition, trimmed or untrimmed, and with or without roots; B. “owner” means any public agency, state or federal, person, partnership, firm, corporation and recognized agents thereof […]
Section 68-2-9 – Penalty for obstruction.
Any person obstructing the access of the state forester or his agents to lands, failing to obey any summons to appear and assist in the suppression of a forest fire or refusing to furnish tools and equipment, as provided in Section 68-2-8 NMSA 1978, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction may be sentenced […]