A. On the federally designated legal holiday known as "Veterans' Day", any New Mexico resident, who provides satisfactory proof that the resident is currently serving or has served in the armed forces of the United States, and the resident's spouse and dependent children, shall be entitled to:

(1) free use of any state park or recreation area operated by the state parks division of the energy, minerals and natural resources department, including the waiving of all admittance, camping, permit or other user fees or charges; and

(2) free general admission to any state museum or historic site.

B. The governing boards of state museums and historic sites shall waive general museum and historic site admission fees for fifty percent or more disabled veterans residing in the state. Proof of disability satisfactory to the governing boards of the state museums and historic sites is required to obtain the privileges pursuant to this subsection.

History: Laws 1991, ch. 93, § 1; 2007, ch. 13, § 2; 2013, ch. 67, § 6.

Cross references. — For the Veterans' Services Department Act, see 9-22-1 NMSA 1978.

For source and disbursement of state park and recreation revenues, see 16-2-19 NMSA 1978.

For the establishment, location, and property of the museum of New Mexico, see 18-3-1 NMSA 1978.

For the museum of space history division, see 18-7-1 NMSA 1978.

For the Natural History and Science Museum Act, see 18-3A-1 NMSA 1978.

The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, renamed state monuments as historic sites; and in Paragraph (2) of Subsection A and in Subsection B, deleted "monument" and added "historic sites" and after "museums and" added "historic sites".

The 2007 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, in Subsection B, provided for the waiver of admission fees for fifty percent or more disabled veterans residing in New Mexico upon proof of disability and generally reorganized the contents of the section.