A. There is created the "rangeland protection advisory committee". The following persons or their designees shall be members: the director of the New Mexico department of agriculture, the chairman of the range improvement task force, college of agriculture of New Mexico state university, the commissioner of public lands, the director of the department of game and fish, the secretary of natural resources, the dean of the college of agriculture at New Mexico state university and the director of the environmental improvement division of the health and environment department [department of environment]. The committee shall coordinate its activities and insofar as possible involve the state director of the United States bureau of land management, the regional forester of the United States forest service, the bureau of Indian affairs and the state conservationist of the United States soil conservation service. The chairman will appoint one additional member for a one-year term to be selected from the ranching industry. The director of the New Mexico department of agriculture shall serve as chairman.

B. The chairman shall call meetings of the committee and prescribe the time and place of each meeting.

C. To facilitate cooperation and coordination, the committee shall:

(1) meet upon the call of the chairman to develop mutually acceptable general guidelines to be followed for all rangeland protection projects conducted by the department under the Rangeland Protection Act; and

(2) be convened at least once annually to discuss rangeland protection projects conducted during the preceding year and to provide updated recommendations and guidance for future projects as necessitated by, but not limited to, changes in available funding, laws or technology.

D. The department shall provide the administrative staff and facilities needed by the rangeland protection advisory committee.

History: Laws 1985, ch. 53, § 5.

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

Laws 1991, ch. 25, § 4 provided that all references to the environmental improvement division of the health and environment department shall be construed to mean the department of environment.