New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico Senate Bill SB264 Compare Versions

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28	28	SENATE BILL 264
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46	46	INTRODUCED BY
47	47	George K. Muñoz
48	48	AN ACT
49	49	RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE FEES; AMENDING CERTAIN GAME AND FISH
50	50	LICENSING FEES AND ALLOWING THE STATE GAME COMMISSION TO
51	51	INCREASE THE FEES BASED ON INFLATION; PROVIDING A DISCOUNT ON
52	52	THE FEES FOR RESIDENTS WHO RECEIVE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION
53	53	ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS; INCREASING FEES TO FUND THE
54	54	WORKERS' COMPENSATION ADMINISTRATION; CHANGING THE BASIS OF
55	55	CERTAIN FEES COLLECTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT FROM A
56	56	DOLLAR AMOUNT TO REASONABLE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS; CHANGING THE
57	57	BASIS OF A FEE COLLECTED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT BOARD
58	58	TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST OF THE PROGRAM; EXTENDING THE SUNSET
59	59	DATE OF THE SPAY AND NEUTER PROGRAM FEE; REPEALING CERTAIN
60	60	LAWS; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS.
61	61	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
62	62	SECTION 1. Section 17-3-13 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1964
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90	90	(1st S.S.), Chapter 17, Section 5, as amended) is amended to
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92	92	"17-3-13. LICENSE FEES.--
93	93	A. The director of the department of game and fish
94	94	shall keep a record of all money received and licenses and
95	95	permits issued by the department, numbering each class
96	96	separately. Upon satisfactory proof that a license or permit
97	97	has been lost before its expiration, the director may issue a
98	98	duplicate and collect a just and reasonable fee for it as
99	99	determined by regulation of the state game commission.
100	100	B. The director of the department of game and fish
101	101	shall collect the following fees for each license of the class
102	102	indicated:
103	103	Resident, fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . [$25.00 ] $35.00
104	104	Resident, game hunting . . . . . . . . . . . [15.00 ] 25.00
105	105	Resident, deer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [31.00 ] 50.00
106	106	Resident, junior-senior, deer . . . . . . . [19.00 ] 25.00
107	107	Resident, senior, handicapped,
108	108	game hunting and fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
109	109	Resident, fishing and game hunting
110	110	combination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [30.00 ] 42.00
111	111	Resident, junior, fishing and game
112	112	hunting combination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00
113	113	Resident, disabled veteran, fishing and game hunting
114	114	combination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
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143	143	Resident, antelope . . . . . . . . . . . . . [50.00 ] 60.00
144	144	Resident, elk cow . . . . . . . . . . . . . [50.00 ] 60.00
145	145	Resident, elk bull or either sex . . . . . . [80.00 ] 90.00
146	146	Resident, junior-senior, elk . . . . . . . . [48.00 ] 60.00
147	147	Resident, bighorn sheep, ram . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00
148	148	Resident, bighorn sheep, ewe . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00
149	149	Resident, Barbary sheep . . . . . . . . . [100.00 ] 120.00
150	150	Resident, bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [44.00 ] 55.00
151	151	Resident, turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [25.00 ] 35.00
152	152	Resident, cougar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [40.00 ] 55.00
153	153	Resident, oryx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [150.00 ] 175.00
154	154	Resident, ibex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [100.00 ] 110.00
155	155	Resident, javelina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.00
156	156	Resident, fur dealer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00
157	157	Resident, trapper . . . . . . . . . . . . . [20.00 ] 40.00
158	158	Resident, junior trapper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.00
159	159	Nonresident, fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . [56.00 ] 90.00
160	160	Nonresident, junior fishing . . . . . . . . [15.00 ] 20.00
161	161	Nonresident, junior, game hunting . . . . . [15.00 ] 20.00
162	162	Nonresident, game hunting . . . . . . . . . [65.00 ] 85.00
163	163	Nonresident, deer . . . . . . . . . . . . [260.00 ] 375.00
164	164	Nonresident, quality deer . . . . . . . . [345.00 ] 600.00
165	165	Nonresident, bear . . . . . . . . . . . . [250.00 ] 350.00
166	166	Nonresident, cougar . . . . . . . . . . . [280.00 ] 350.00
167	167	Nonresident, turkey . . . . . . . . . . . [100.00 ] 125.00
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196	196	Nonresident, antelope . . . . . . . . . . [260.00 ] 400.00
197	197	Nonresident, elk cow . . . . . . . . . . . [315.00 ] 550.00
198	198	Nonresident, elk bull or either sex . . . [525.00 ] 750.00
199	199	Nonresident, quality elk . . . . . . . . . [750.00 ] 975.00
200	200	Nonresident, bighorn sheep . . . . . . . . . . . 3,150.00
201	201	Nonresident, Barbary sheep . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.00
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206	206	Nonresident, trapper . . . . . . . . . . . [345.00 ] 500.00
207	207	Nonresident, nongame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.00
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209	209	fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.00
210	210	Resident, junior fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00
211	211	Temporary fishing, one day . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.00
212	212	Temporary fishing, five days . . . . . . . . [24.00 ] 30.00
213	213	Resident, senior, handicapped,
214	214	game hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00
215	215	Resident, junior, game hunting . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
216	216	Temporary game hunting, four days . . . . . [33.00 ] 40.00
217	217	Second rod validation . . . . . . . . . . [4.00 ] 10.00.
218	218	C. On April 1, 2027 and each April 1 until April 1,
219	219	2036, the state game commission may adjust the fees provided by
220	220	Subsection B of this section by multiplying the fee as of April
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249	249	1, 2026 by a fraction, the numerator of which is the consumer
250	250	price index ending in September of the previous year and the
251	251	denominator of which is the consumer price index ending in
252	252	September 2026; provided that the fees shall not be adjusted
253	253	below the amounts provided in Subsection B of this section.
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255	255	nearest one dollar ($1.00), except that if the result would be
256	256	less than the amounts set out in Subsection B of this section,
257	257	then no adjustment shall be made.
258	258	D. Residents who participate in the supplemental
259	259	nutrition assistance program are eligible to receive a twenty-
260	260	five percent discount on all license fees after qualifying with
261	261	the department of game and fish. "
262	262	SECTION 2. Section 25-1-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1977,
263	263	Chapter 309, Section 5, as amended) is amended to read:
264	264	"25-1-5. OPTIONAL POWERS.--
265	265	A. The board may establish a system of grading food
266	266	service establishments for the purpose of certifying compliance
267	267	with the Food Service Sanitation Act and regulations requiring
268	268	food service establishments to display in a designated manner a
269	269	grade as notice of compliance to the public. Such regulations
270	270	shall include provisions for the revocation and reinstatement
271	271	of the permit that are consistent with due process of law.
272	272	B. The board shall establish a schedule of fees for
273	273	the issuance and renewal of permits issued by the division
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302	302	under the Food Service Sanitation Act. The board shall set the
303	303	schedule of fees [so that no fee established by such schedule
304	304	shall be less than one hundred dollars ($100) or more than two
305	305	hundred dollars ($200) annually for a food service
306	306	establishment with not more than a twenty-five-dollar ($25.00)
307	307	incremental increase per fiscal year. The board shall
308	308	establish a separate schedule of fees not to exceed twenty-five
309	309	dollars ($25.00) per single event or celebration per temporary
310	310	food service establishment. Fees shall be waived for all
311	311	temporary non-potentially hazardous food service operations,
312	312	for any temporary food service establishment operating no more
313	313	than two calendar days in any calendar month and for any food
314	314	service establishment that provides food to the general public
315	315	at no charge] necessary to carry out the provisions of the Food
316	316	Service Sanitation Act and for other operational expenses of
317	317	the department of environment . Fees collected for the issuance
318	318	and renewal of permits pursuant to the Food Service Sanitation
319	319	Act shall be deposited in the environmental health fund."
320	320	SECTION 3. Section 52-5-19 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1987,
321	321	Chapter 235, Section 52, as amended) is amended to read:
322	322	"52-5-19. FEE FOR FUNDING ADMINISTRATION--WORKERS'
323	323	COMPENSATION ADMINISTRATION FUND CREATED.--
324	324	A. Beginning with the calendar quarter ending
325	325	September 30, 2004 and for each calendar quarter thereafter,
326	326	there is assessed against each employer who is required or
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355	355	elects to be covered by the Workers' Compensation Act a fee
356	356	equal to [two dollars thirty cents ($2.30) ] the following
357	357	amounts, multiplied by the number of employees covered by the
358	358	Workers' Compensation Act that the employer has on the last
359	359	working day of each quarter:
360	360	(1) prior to July 1, 2025, two dollars thirty
361	361	cents ($2.30);
362	362	(2) beginning July 1, 2025 and prior to July
363	363	1, 2028, two dollars fifty-five cents ($2.55);
364	364	(3) beginning July 1, 2028 and prior to July
365	365	1, 2033, two dollars sixty-eight cents ($2.68); and
366	366	(4) beginning July 1, 2033, two dollars eighty
367	367	cents ($2.80).
368	368	B. At the same time the fee pursuant to Subsection
369	369	A of this section is assessed , there is assessed against each
370	370	employee covered by the Workers' Compensation Act on the last
371	371	working day of each quarter a fee [of two dollars ($2.00) ] in
372	372	the following amounts , which shall be deducted from the wages
373	373	of the employee by the employer and remitted along with the fee
374	374	assessed on the employer:
375	375	(1) prior to July 1, 2025, two dollars
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377	377	(2) beginning July 1, 2025 and prior to July
378	378	1, 2028, two dollars twenty-five cents ($2.25);
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408	408	1, 2033, two dollars thirty-eight cents ($2.38); and
409	409	(4) beginning July 1, 2033, two dollars fifty
410	410	cents ($2.50).
411	411	C. The fees shall be remitted by the last day of
412	412	the month following the end of the quarter for which they are
413	413	due.
414	414	[B.] D. The taxation and revenue department may
415	415	deduct from the gross fees collected an amount not to exceed
416	416	five percent of the gross fees collected to reimburse the
417	417	department for costs of administration.
418	418	[C.] E. The taxation and revenue department shall
419	419	pay over the net fees collected to the state treasurer to be
420	420	deposited by [him] the treasurer in a fund hereby created and
421	421	to be known as the "workers' compensation administration fund".
422	422	Expenditures shall be made from this fund on vouchers signed by
423	423	the director for the necessary expenses of the workers'
424	424	compensation administration; provided that an amount equal to
425	425	thirty cents ($.30) per employee of the fee assessed against an
426	426	employer shall be distributed from the workers' compensation
427	427	administration fund to the uninsured employers' fund.
428	428	[D.] F. The workers' compensation fee authorized in
429	429	this section shall be administered and enforced by the taxation
430	430	and revenue department under the provisions of the Tax
431	431	Administration Act."
432	432	SECTION 4. Section 61-14E-9 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1983,
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461	461	Chapter 317, Section 9, as amended) is amended to read:
462	462	"61-14E-9. FEES FOR LICENSURE.--After the promulgation of
463	463	rules, [and regulations ] except as provided in Section 61-1-34
464	464	NMSA 1978, the department shall charge and collect [the
465	465	following] fees to cover the reasonable costs to operate and
466	466	administer the program .
467	467	[A. an application fee not to exceed ten dollars
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469	469	B. an examination fee not to exceed one hundred
470	470	fifty dollars ($150) to cover the costs the department incurs
471	471	in administering the initial examination required for limited
472	472	certification;
473	473	C. a biennial licensure fee not to exceed one
474	474	hundred dollars ($100);
475	475	D. a temporary licensure fee not to exceed fifty
476	476	dollars ($50.00) to cover a period no longer than twelve months
477	477	when new graduates of an approved program are in the process of
478	478	taking required licensure examinations; and
479	479	E. miscellaneous fees, such as for requests for
480	480	duplicate or replacement licenses, legal name change and
481	481	written verification, not to exceed twenty-five dollars
482	482	($25.00).]"
483	483	SECTION 5. Section 61-33-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1973,
484	484	Chapter 394, Section 5, as amended) is amended to read:
485	485	"61-33-5. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS--FEES--FUND CREATED--
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514	514	ENDORSEMENT.--
515	515	A. An applicant for certification as a certified
516	516	operator shall:
517	517	(1) make application on forms furnished by the
518	518	department;
519	519	(2) submit evidence satisfactory to the
520	520	department that the applicant has reached the age of majority;
521	521	and
522	522	(3) except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA
523	523	1978, pay in advance to the department fees set by rule [not to
524	524	exceed:
525	525	(a) for examination for certification in
526	526	each classification $100;
527	527	(b) for renewal of a certificate after a
528	528	period set by rule $40.00; and
529	529	(c) for issuance of a certificate by
530	530	endorsement $100 ]
531	531	to cover the reasonable costs of issuing the certificates .
532	532	B. Fees collected pursuant to Subsection A of this
533	533	section shall be deposited with the state treasurer in the
534	534	"public water supply system operator and public wastewater
535	535	facility operator fund", hereby created. The fund shall be
536	536	used solely for the purpose of administering and enforcing the
537	537	Utility Operators Certification Act. The fund shall be
538	538	administered by the department. Money in the fund shall be
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567	567	retained by the department for use, subject to appropriation by
568	568	the legislature. Balances in the fund at the end of any fiscal
569	569	year shall not revert to the general fund, but shall accrue to
570	570	the credit of the fund. Earnings on the fund shall be credited
571	571	to the fund.
572	572	C. The department may, in its discretion, endorse
573	573	for certification without examination an operator who submits
574	574	evidence satisfactory to the department that the applicant has
575	575	reached the age of majority and holds a valid license or
576	576	certification in any state, territory or foreign jurisdiction
577	577	having standards equal to or exceeding those of New Mexico.
578	578	D. Fees shall not be increased more than once per
579	579	calendar year. [The first increase of the fees shall not
580	580	result in any fee greater than thirty dollars ($30.00). Any
581	581	subsequent increase of the fees shall not be more than five
582	582	percent of the existing fee. ]"
583	583	SECTION 6. Section 74-1-16 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003,
584	584	Chapter 335, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
585	585	"74-1-16. WATER RECREATION FACILITIES--FEE IMPOSITION.--
586	586	The board may assess an annual fee [not to exceed one hundred
587	587	fifty dollars ($150)] on the owner or operator of a public
588	588	swimming pool, public spa or other public water recreation
589	589	facility to [defray] cover the cost of administering and
590	590	enforcing rules adopted in accordance with the Environmental
591	591	Improvement Act pertaining to public water recreation
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620	620	facilities. [The fee shall be based on the size of the public
621	621	water recreation facility .] Fees collected pursuant to this
622	622	section shall be deposited in the environmental health fund."
623	623	SECTION 7. Section 74-6B-9 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1990,
624	624	Chapter 124, Section 9, as amended) is amended to read:
625	625	"74-6B-9. STORAGE TANK FEE--DEPOSIT IN STORAGE TANK
626	626	FUND.--
627	627	A. On July 1 of each year, there is due from and
628	628	shall be paid by either the owner or the operator a fee [of one
629	629	hundred dollars ($100) ] for each storage tank owned or
630	630	operated.
631	631	B. By rule, the board shall provide a schedule of
632	632	fees sufficient to defray the reasonable and necessary costs
633	633	of:
634	634	(1) reviewing and acting upon applications for
635	635	the registration of storage tanks;
636	636	(2) reviewing and acting upon applications for
637	637	the certification of tank installers and certification of tank
638	638	testers; and
639	639	(3) implementing and enforcing provisions of
640	640	the Hazardous Waste Act applicable to storage tanks, tank
641	641	installers and tank testers, including standards for the
642	642	installation, operation and maintenance of storage tanks and
643	643	the certification of tank installers and tank testers.
644	644	C. The fees shall be paid to the department and
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673	673	deposited in the storage tank fund created in Section 74-4-4.8
674	674	NMSA 1978."
675	675	SECTION 8. Section 74-9-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1990,
676	676	Chapter 99, Section 8, as amended by Laws 1991, Chapter 185,
677	677	Section 2 and also by Laws 1991, Chapter 194, Section 3) is
678	678	amended to read:
679	679	"74-9-8. BOARD ADOPTION OF INITIAL [REGULATIONS ] RULES.--
680	680	[No later than December 31, 1991 ] The board shall adopt
681	681	[regulations] rules under the authority of this section to:
682	682	A. implement, administer and enforce a program for
683	683	the cost-effective and environmentally safe siting,
684	684	construction, operation, maintenance, closure and post-closure
685	685	care of solid waste facilities, including financial
686	686	responsibility requirements for solid waste facility owners and
687	687	operators and also including requirements that assure that the
688	688	relative interests of the applicant, other owners of property
689	689	likely to be affected and the general public will be considered
690	690	prior to the issuance of a permit for a solid waste facility;
691	691	B. define the solid wastes that are considered
692	692	special wastes;
693	693	C. establish specific requirements for the
694	694	detoxification and disposal of special wastes;
695	695	D. establish classifications of solid waste
696	696	facilities and define what types of solid waste may be
697	697	processed or disposed of in each classification;
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726	726	E. establish performance standards for the
727	727	construction and operation of solid waste facilities that will
728	728	assure protection of ground water quality from degradation by
729	729	contaminants from solid waste facilities consistent with the
730	730	provisions of the Water Quality Act and the [regulations ] rules
731	731	and standards established under that act by the water quality
732	732	control commission, provided such [regulations ] rules shall not
733	733	allow permitting of any active solid waste facility larger than
734	734	five hundred acres;
735	735	F. establish performance standards for
736	736	transformation facilities that will assure protection of the
737	737	state's environment;
738	738	G. establish requirements and procedures for the
739	739	granting or denial of an application to modify a solid waste
740	740	facility permit under Section 74-9-25 NMSA 1978;
741	741	H. establish requirements and procedures for
742	742	commercial haulers to minimize littering and otherwise prevent
743	743	degradation of the environment;
744	744	I. establish an applicant fee schedule for
745	745	processing permit applications that is based on costs of
746	746	application review incurred by the division, [ and also] costs
747	747	incurred for investigations of applicants by state departments
748	748	and agencies other than the division, which [regulation ] rule
749	749	shall provide for the reimbursement of these costs to the
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779	779	[and shall also limit the fee to be not greater than ten
780	780	thousand dollars ($10,000) ];
781	781	J. establish requirements and procedures for a
782	782	person to obtain a variance from the application of a
783	783	substantive [regulation ] rule to the person if the person files
784	784	a written application for a variance with the director and
785	785	demonstrates to the director's satisfaction that:
786	786	(1) application of the [regulation ] rule would
787	787	result in an arbitrary and unreasonable taking of the
788	788	applicant's property or would impose an undue economic burden
789	789	upon any lawful business, occupation or activity; and
790	790	(2) granting the variance will not result in
791	791	any condition injurious to human health, safety or welfare or
792	792	the environment;
793	793	K. assure that no variance will be granted under
794	794	the provisions of Subsection J of this section until the
795	795	director has considered the relative interests of the
796	796	applicant, other owners of property likely to be affected and
797	797	the general public and that any variance or renewal of a
798	798	variance shall be granted for time periods and under conditions
799	799	consistent with reasons for the [various ] variance but within
800	800	the following limitations:
801	801	(1) if the variance is granted on the grounds
802	802	that there are no practicable means known or available for the
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832	832	risk to the public health, safety or welfare, it shall continue
833	833	only until the necessary means for the prevention of the
834	834	degradation or risk become known and available; or
835	835	(2) if the variance is granted on the grounds
836	836	that it is justified to relieve or prevent hardship of a kind
837	837	other than that provided for in Paragraph (1) of this
838	838	subsection, it shall not be granted for more than one year;
839	839	L. establish a list of solid wastes that shall not
840	840	be transferred, disposed of or transformed in a solid waste
841	841	facility and prohibit the disposal or transformation of those
842	842	solid wastes in solid waste facilities;
843	843	M. establish recordkeeping procedures for solid
844	844	waste transfer, landfill disposal and transformation facilities
845	845	that shall include requirements for recording the type, amount
846	846	and origin of solid waste transferred, disposed of or
847	847	transformed at the facility and that require operators of
848	848	landfill disposal, solid waste transfer and transformation
849	849	facilities within the state to:
850	850	(1) maintain records in a form required by the
851	851	division and file them with the division indicating the type,
852	852	amount, origin and location in a landfill disposal facility of
853	853	solid waste accepted by the facility;
854	854	(2) maintain copies of the records required
855	855	under Paragraph (1) of this subsection after closure in a
856	856	manner and for the length of time prescribed by the division;
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885	885	and
886	886	(3) make all required records available for
887	887	inspection by the division and the general public during normal
888	888	business hours; and
889	889	N. require the division to establish a solid waste
890	890	facility operator certification program."
891	891	SECTION 9. Section 74-13-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2005,
892	892	Chapter 171, Section 8) is amended to read:
893	893	"74-13-8. RULES--AUTHORITY AND CONTENT.--The board shall
894	894	adopt rules to implement the provisions of the Recycling and
895	895	Illegal Dumping Act. The rules shall be adopted pursuant to
896	896	the provisions of the Environmental Improvement Act and shall
897	897	include:
898	898	A. requirements and procedures for the issuance of
899	899	permits and registrations to tire recycling facilities, civil
900	900	engineering applications, scrap tire generators and scrap tire
901	901	haulers;
902	902	B. standards and requirements for tire recycling
903	903	and scrap tire storage and processing;
904	904	C. record-keeping requirements for tire recycling
905	905	facilities, scrap tire haulers and scrap tire generators;
906	906	D. financial assurance criteria for tire recycling
907	907	facilities;
908	908	E. fire rules for storage of scrap tires and
909	909	tire-derived products that are consistent with the rules or
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938	938	recommendations adopted by the state fire marshal;
939	939	F. criteria and procedures for making disbursements
940	940	pursuant to grant and loan programs authorized from the
941	941	recycling and illegal dumping fund;
942	942	G. requirements and procedures for contracting with
943	943	counties, municipalities, Indian nations, pueblos and tribes,
944	944	land grant communities and cooperative associations for the
945	945	abatement of illegal dumpsites and recycling;
946	946	H. requirements and procedures for a scrap tire
947	947	manifest system; and
948	948	I. a fee schedule applicable to:
949	949	(1) scrap tire haulers and tire recycling
950	950	facilities not exceeding the estimated cost of investigating
951	951	and issuing permits and registrations and conducting regulatory
952	952	oversight of permitted and registered activities; [and
953	953	J. a fee schedule applicable to ] (2) scrap
954	954	tire generators not exceeding the estimated cost of conducting
955	955	regulatory oversight of scrap tire generators; and
956	956	(3) scrap tire haulers, tire recycling
957	957	facilities and scrap tire generators ."
958	958	SECTION 10. Section 76-19A-10.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws
959	959	2020, Chapter 69, Section 5) is amended to read:
960	960	"76-19A-10.1. SPAY AND NEUTER PROGRAM FEE.--
961	961	A. Prior to July 1, 2031 and except as provided in
962	962	Subsection B of this section, in addition to the commercial
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991	991	feed registration fee required pursuant to Section 76-19A-10
992	992	NMSA 1978, the department shall collect an annual fee on each
993	993	pet food registered with the department as follows:
994	994	(1) beginning January 1, 2021, fifty dollars
995	995	($50.00);
996	996	(2) beginning January 1, 2022, seventy-five
997	997	dollars ($75.00); and
998	998	(3) on and after January 1, 2023, one hundred
999	999	dollars ($100).
1000	1000	B. The provisions of Subsection A of this section
1001	1001	do not apply in cases of:
1002	1002	(1) [prescription diet ] pet food prescribed by
1003	1003	a veterinarian; or
1004	1004	(2) pet food manufactured by a person who
1005	1005	demonstrates to the board, in a manner prescribed by the board,
1006	1006	that the person's tax-year annual gross revenue from the
1007	1007	distribution of pet food is no more than three million dollars
1008	1008	($3,000,000).
1009	1009	C. The fee collected pursuant to Subsection A of
1010	1010	this section shall be distributed as follows:
1011	1011	(1) ninety-six percent of the fee shall be
1012	1012	deposited with the state treasurer and credited to the
1013	1013	statewide spay and neuter subaccount of the animal care and
1014	1014	facility fund; and
1015	1015	(2) four percent of the fee shall be
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1044	1044	distributed to the department to administer the New Mexico
1045	1045	Commercial Feed Act."
1046	1046	SECTION 11. Section 76-24-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2019,
1047	1047	Chapter 116, Section 6, as amended) is amended to read:
1048	1048	"76-24-8. HEMP MANUFACTURERS--PERMITS--RULES--
1049	1049	REQUIREMENTS.--
1050	1050	A. The department of environment shall issue
1051	1051	permits pursuant to rules issued under Subsection C of this
1052	1052	section to extract, process or engage in other manufacturing
1053	1053	activities regarding hemp, including manufacturing intermediate
1054	1054	hemp-derived products and hemp finished products.
1055	1055	B. A person shall not extract, process or engage in
1056	1056	other manufacturing activities regarding hemp, including
1057	1057	manufacturing intermediate hemp-derived products and hemp
1058	1058	finished products without a permit issued by the department of
1059	1059	environment or a license issued pursuant to Subsection C of
1060	1060	Section 76-24-10 NMSA 1978.
1061	1061	C. The department of environment shall adopt rules
1062	1062	that include:
1063	1063	(1) procedures for the issuance, denial,
1064	1064	renewal, suspension and revocation of a permit issued by the
1065	1065	department of environment to manufacture hemp products,
1066	1066	including permit terms and procedures for appeal of a denial,
1067	1067	suspension or revocation that include notice and opportunity
1068	1068	for a hearing;
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1097	1097	(2) qualifications for permitting that include
1098	1098	health, sanitation, safety and security;
1099	1099	(3) proficiency standards and requirements for
1100	1100	storage, recordkeeping and inspections;
1101	1101	(4) requiring, and providing a process for,
1102	1102	the use or disposal of hemp-derived material containing THC
1103	1103	levels of more than three-tenths percent; and
1104	1104	(5) fees [not to exceed the lesser of one
1105	1105	thousand dollars ($1,000) or the cost ] to cover the reasonable
1106	1106	costs necessary to carry out the of administration of a permit
1107	1107	issued pursuant to this section.
1108	1108	D. A hemp manufacturer that produces intermediate
1109	1109	hemp-derived products or hemp finished products intended for
1110	1110	human consumption by eating or drinking are subject to the
1111	1111	provisions of the Food Service Sanitation Act and the New
1112	1112	Mexico Food Act.
1113	1113	E. Hemp finished products produced by a hemp
1114	1114	manufacturer holding a permit issued pursuant to this section
1115	1115	shall not be deemed adulterated as that term is used in the
1116	1116	Food Service Sanitation Act and the New Mexico Food Act.
1117	1117	F. Fees collected pursuant to this section shall be
1118	1118	deposited in the environmental health fund.
1119	1119	G. A permit issued pursuant to this section does
1120	1120	not relieve the holder of the permit of the responsibility to
1121	1121	obtain other licenses or permits as required by law."
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1150	1150	SECTION 12. REPEAL.--
1151	1151	A. Laws 1991, Chapter 185, Section 2 is repealed.
1152	1152	B. Laws 2020, Chapter 69, Section 6 is repealed.
1153	1153	C. Section 74-3-10.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2000,
1154	1154	Chapter 86, Section 5) is repealed.
1155	1155	SECTION 13. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
1156	1156	provisions of this act is July 1, 2025.
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