N.M. Stat. § 17-2-29
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§ 17-2-29. Hunting and boating while intoxicated or under the influence of narcotic drugs prohibited
Official statutory text
In order to prevent hunting and boating accidents and to promote the public safety, it shall hereafter be unlawful for any person, while clearly intoxicated as a result of drinking alcoholic liquors or under the influence of any narcotic drug, to hunt, kill or attempt to take in any manner any game or nongame mammal or bird, or to carry firearms of any kind or bow and arrows in any hunting area; or to go or to be upon the waters of any lake in a boat or on a raft.
Status: in_force
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