A. The "New Mexico clean and beautiful advisory committee" is created, consisting of eleven members appointed by the tourism commission. No two members shall be residents of the same county. The tourism commission shall appoint members to the committee who are knowledgeable in the areas of beautification, blight reduction, litter eradication, waste diversion and modification of human behavior patterns; provided that no member shall be an employee of the state. One member of the committee shall be appointed from each of the six regional tourism districts, and five members shall be appointed from the state at large; provided that at least two of the members shall have experience in tourism, economic development, community beautification or recycling initiatives; provided further that at least two members shall be affiliates in good standing of keep America beautiful.

B. The committee shall select a person from its membership to serve as chair, and the committee shall meet at least quarterly to conduct its business.

C. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978], the members of the committee shall not receive any compensation, perquisite or allowance in connection with their duties.

History: Laws 1985, ch. 23, § 4; 1989, ch. 10, § 3; 1991, ch. 21, § 40; repealed and reenacted by Laws 2017, ch. 30, § 2.

Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 2017, ch. 30, § 2 repealed former 67-16-4 NMSA 1978 and enacted a new section, effective July 1, 2017.

The 1991 amendment, effective March 27, 1991, deleted "economic development and" preceding "tourism" in the first sentence of the final paragraph.

The 1989 amendment, effective June 16, 1989, in the undesignated introductory paragraph added the present first sentence and substituted "the members of the council" for "a thirty-member 'litter control council' " in the second sentence, inserted "incorporated" in Subsection A, inserted "system" in Subsections B and V, made minor stylistic changes in Subsections D and S, substituted "grocers" for "food dealers" in Subsection I, inserted "liquor" in Subsection K , substituted "retail" for "retailers" in Subsection O, inserted "New Mexico" in Subsection P, inserted "association" in Subsection T, added Subsections X and Y, and substituted all of the language of the first sentence of the last undesignated paragraph following "secretaries of" for "natural resources, economic development and tourism and transportation and the chief highway administrator or their designees, shall serve".