The "litter control and beautification fund" is created in the state treasury. The beautification fee of fifty cents ($.50) per registration year imposed pursuant to Section 66-6-6.2 NMSA 1978, collected from the registration fee of vehicles registered pursuant to Section 66-3-1 NMSA 1978 or the Motor Transportation Act [Chapter 65, Articles 1, 3 and 5 NMSA 1978], shall be deposited in the fund. All income earned on the fund shall be credited to the fund. The fund is appropriated to the department for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Litter Control and Beautification Act. The money in the fund shall not revert at the end of any fiscal year.
History: Laws 1985, ch. 23, § 14; 1993, ch. 275, § 3; 2002, ch. 16, § 2.
The 2002 amendment, effective March 4, 2002, rewrote the section heading, which read: "Beautification Fees"; deleted the former first sentence of the section, all of whose provisions, except the creation of the litter control and beautification fun, now appear in 66-6-6.2 NMSA 1978; and added the present first sentence of the section.
The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, substituted "fifty cents ($.50)" for "thirty cents ($.30)" near the end of the first sentence.
Severability clauses. — Laws 1985, ch. 23, § 16 provides for the severability of the act if any part or application thereof is held invalid.
Compiler's notes. — Laws 1985, ch. 23, § 17, which had provided for the repeal of Chapter 67, Article 16 NMSA 1978 effective July 1, 1989, was repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 10, § 7, effective June 16, 1989.
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