New Mexico § 67-16-3 - Definitions

§ 67-16-3. Definitions

As used in the Litter Control and Beautification Act: A. “ keep America beautiful program ” means a comprehensive program to end littering, improve recycling and beautify American

communities; B. “ committee ” means the New Mexico clean and beautiful advisory committee; C. “ department ” means the tourism department; D. “ litter ” means weeds, graffiti and all waste material, including disposable packages or containers,

but not including the waste of the primary processes of mining, logging, sawmilling

or farming; E. “ New Mexico clean and beautiful program ” means the statewide keep America beautiful program established by the department

to carry out the purposes of the Litter Control and Beautification Act; F. “ person ” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, firm, receiver, guardian,

trustee, executor, administrator, fiduciary or representative or group of individuals

or entities of any kind; G. “ public place ” means an area that is used or held out for use by the public, whether owned or operated

by public or private interests; H. “ recycling ” means the collection, separation or processing and return to the economic mainstream

of raw materials or products that would otherwise become solid waste; and I. “ tourism region ” means one of the following: (1) the central region consisting of Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance and Valencia counties; (2) the north-central region consisting of Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe and Taos

counties; (3) the northeast region consisting of Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Quay, San

Miguel and Union counties; (4) the northwest region consisting of Cibola, McKinley and San Juan counties; (5) the southeast region consisting of Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Lea, Lincoln,

Otero and Roosevelt counties; and (6) the southwest region consisting of Catron, Dona Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra

and Socorro counties.