Any person, firm, association or corporation violating any of the provisions of Section 68-1-2 NMSA 1978 shall be required by the secretary of natural resources to pay a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200). The secretary of natural resources may cause suit to be filed for the collection of this penalty upon the failure of the violator to remit the penalty assessed against him. Each violation shall be a separate offense.
History: 1978 Comp., § 68-1-3, enacted by Laws 1981, ch. 298, § 1.
Compiler's notes. — Laws 1979, ch. 395, § 11, repealed former 68-1-3 NMSA 1978, relating to violations of timber laws.
Law reviews. — For note, "Forest Fire Protection on Public and Private Lands in New Mexico," see 4 Nat. Resources J. 374 (1964).
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 35 Am. Jur. 2d Fires §§ 5, 6.
98 C.J.S. Woods and Forests § 8.
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