N.M. Stat. § 75-1-2
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§ 75-1-2. Definitions
Official statutory text
As used in the Rural Infrastructure Act:
A. “ department ” means the department of environment;
B. “ fund ” means the rural infrastructure revolving loan fund;
C. “ local authority ” means a mutual domestic association or water and sanitation district that supplies water, wastewater or solid waste services to, or a municipality that has, a population of less than twenty thousand or a county with a population of less than two hundred thousand;
D. “ operate and maintain ” means all necessary activities, including replacement of equipment or appurtenances to assure the dependable and economical function of a facility in accordance with its intended purpose;
E. “ secretary ” means the secretary of environment;
F. “ solid waste facility ” includes transfer and convenience facilities, landfills or other equipment or systems used for the processing, transformation, recycling or disposal of solid waste;
G. “ wastewater facility ” includes collection lines, pumping equipment, treatment works and disposal piping or process units; and
H. “ water supply facility ” includes the source of supply of water, pumping equipment, storage facilities, transmission lines, treatment works and distribution systems.
A. “ department ” means the department of environment;
B. “ fund ” means the rural infrastructure revolving loan fund;
C. “ local authority ” means a mutual domestic association or water and sanitation district that supplies water, wastewater or solid waste services to, or a municipality that has, a population of less than twenty thousand or a county with a population of less than two hundred thousand;
D. “ operate and maintain ” means all necessary activities, including replacement of equipment or appurtenances to assure the dependable and economical function of a facility in accordance with its intended purpose;
E. “ secretary ” means the secretary of environment;
F. “ solid waste facility ” includes transfer and convenience facilities, landfills or other equipment or systems used for the processing, transformation, recycling or disposal of solid waste;
G. “ wastewater facility ” includes collection lines, pumping equipment, treatment works and disposal piping or process units; and
H. “ water supply facility ” includes the source of supply of water, pumping equipment, storage facilities, transmission lines, treatment works and distribution systems.
Status: in_force
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