The coal surface mining commission is terminated on July 1, 2025 pursuant to the Sunset Act [12-9-11 to 12-9-21 NMSA 1978]. The commission shall continue to operate according to the provisions of the Surface Mining Act until July 1, 2026. Effective July 1, 2026, Section 69-25A-4 NMSA 1978 is repealed.

History: 1978 Comp., § 69-25A-34.1, enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 333, § 14; 1993, ch. 157, § 2; 2000, ch. 4, § 20; 2005, ch. 208, § 25; 2013, ch. 166, § 7; 2019, ch. 168, § 4.

The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, extended the termination date for the coal surface mining commission; and changed "July 1, 2019", to "July 1, 2025", and changed "July 1, 2020", to "July 1, 2026".

The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, changed the coal surface mining commission termination date from 2013 to 2019, the termination of the operations date from 2014 to 2020, and the repeal date from 2014 to 2020.

The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, changed the termination, operation and repeal dates.

The 2000 amendment, effective February 15, 2000, substituted "2005" for "1999" in the first sentence, and in the second sentence substituted "the Surface Mining Act" for "Chapter 69, Article 25A NMSA 1978" and "2006" for "2000" in two places.

The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, substituted "July 1, 1999" for "July 1, 1993" in the first sentence, "July 1, 2000" for "July 1, 1994" in the second and third sentences, and revised the style of the statutory reference in the third sentence.