New Mexico § 67-15-3 - State highway department; enforcement and administration duties
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§ 67-15-3. State highway department; enforcement and administration duties
The state highway department shall: A. establish within the department an office of highway litter control. Such office shall be charged with the administration and enforcement of the Clean
Highways Act and shall supervise designated personnel within each of the highway district
offices who shall implement litter control programs within that district; and B. institute through the office of highway litter control a continuous and aggressive
litter control program on the roads and highways of this state which shall include: (1) the hiring of special litter removal crews composed of unemployed, underemployed
and young persons to regularly police litter from the roads and highways of this state
and the rights-of-way of such roads and highways; provided, that in employing such
persons the department shall give strong consideration to the unemployed and underemployed
levels in each highway district; (2) initiate and supervise litter removal and collection programs by civic groups,
youth organizations and summer vacation students and to provide a method of reimbursement
to such groups and persons based on the number of pounds of such litter removed from
the roads and highways, and to assist such removal whenever possible by the use of
available highway department vehicles; (3) the design and installation of appropriate signs along the roads and highways
urging the traveling public to observe proper litter control; (4) the design and furnishing of litter control bags for the traveling public bearing
a statewide litter symbol and a statement of the penalties provided by law for littering;
such bags to be distributed at rest stops, ports of entry and other suitable places
where the traveling public has access; and (5) the providing of additional litter control receptacles at appropriate places along
the roads and highways of this state and for the regular and periodic removal and
collection of litter from such receptacles.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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