N.M. Stat. § 74-1-14
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§ 74-1-14. County or municipal authority regarding on-site liquid waste system
Official statutory text
Nothing in Chapter 74, Article 1 NMSA 1978 limits or is intended to limit the authority of any county or municipality to adopt and enforce requirements related to on-site liquid waste systems that are at least as stringent as those in that article; provided, however, that the county or municipality has, on staff or under contract, either a registered professional engineer with education or experience in sanitary engineering or a class II wastewater operator certified by the state of New Mexico.
Status: in_force
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