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HOUSE BILL 161
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TH LEGISLATURE
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STATE
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NEW
MEXICO
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FIRST SESSION
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2025
INTRODUCED BY
Rebecca Dow and Jay C. Block and Alan T. Martinez
and Tara L. Lujan and Debra M. Sariñana
AN ACT
RELATING TO STATE PARKS; PROVIDING TO VETERANS RESIDING IN THE
STATE ONE DAY-USE PASS FOR UNLIMITED ENTRY INTO STATE PARKS OR
RECREATION AREAS AND ONE CAMPING PASS FOR UNLIMITED USE OF
CAMPING AREAS OPERATED BY THE STATE PARKS DIVISION OF THE
ENERGY, MINERALS AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 16-2-7.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1999,
Chapter 174, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:
"16-2-7.1. FREE STATE PARK PASSES TO [DISABLED ]
VETERANS.--
A. The state parks division of the energy, minerals
and natural resources department shall provide to a [fifty
percent or more disabled ] veteran residing in the state:
(1) one day-use pass for unlimited entry into
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state parks or recreation areas operated by the division; and
(2) one [three-day] camping pass [per year for
the] for unlimited use of camping areas operated by the
division [whether for consecutive or nonconsecutive days ].
B. [Proof of disability satisfactory to the
division is required to obtain the free passes ] As used in this
section, "veteran" means a New Mexico resident who:
(1) was regularly enlisted, drafted, inducted
or commissioned in the:
(a) armed forces of the United States
and was accepted for and assigned to active duty in the armed
forces of the United States;
(b) army reserve, navy reserve, marine
corps reserve, air force reserve, coast guard reserve, space
force reserve, army national guard or air national guard and
was accepted for and assigned to duty for a minimum of six
continuous years; or
(c) United States public health service
commissioned corps or the national oceanic and atmospheric
administration commissioned officer corps and served in the
capacity of a commissioned officer while on active duty in
defense of the United States; and
(2) was not separated from such service under
circumstances amounting to dishonorable discharge. "
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