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HOUSE BILL 270
57
TH LEGISLATURE
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STATE
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NEW
MEXICO
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FIRST SESSION
,
2025
INTRODUCED BY
Gail Armstrong and Alan T. Martinez
AN ACT
RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT; PROHIBITING THE ADOPTION OF
CERTAIN RULES RELATING TO THE PRODUCTION AND DELIVERY FOR SALE
OF ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. A new section of the Air Quality Control Act
is enacted to read:
"[NEW MATERIAL] RESTRICTING PROVISIONS OF LAW RELATING TO
THE PRODUCTION AND DELIVERY FOR SALE OF ZERO-EMISSION
VEHICLES.--A provision of the Air Quality Control Act shall not
be interpreted to provide a state agency, the department, the
environmental improvement board, a local board, a local agency
or a county or municipality that has assumed jurisdiction for
local administration and enforcement of the Air Quality Control
Act pursuant to Section 74-2-4 NMSA 1978 with the authority to
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adopt or continue in effect a rule that:
A. restricts, limits or prohibits the delivery,
use, lease, sale or purchase of a vehicle by a business,
corporation or person based on the energy source used to power
the vehicle, including the energy source used for propulsion or
use of powering other functions of the vehicle;
B. restricts, limits or prohibits the delivery,
use, lease, sale or purchase of a new vehicle with an internal
combustion engine by a business, corporation or person; or
C. establishes a percentage or proportion of
vehicles that must be delivered, used, leased, sold or
purchased by a business, corporation or person based on the
energy source used to power the vehicle."
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