The secretary shall promulgate and adopt rules for each park as circumstances may demand to the end that each state park may be made as nearly self-supporting as possible. The secretary shall also adopt rules to regulate the construction and maintenance of boat docks for a lake that is a part of a state park.
History: Laws 1935, ch. 57, § 7; 1941 Comp., § 4-107; 1953 Comp., § 4-9-7; Laws 1963, ch. 98, § 7; 1977, ch. 254, § 17; 1987, ch. 234, § 15; 1999, ch. 39, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For watercraft regulatory laws, administration and enforcement, see 66-12-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.
The 1999 amendment, effective June 18, 1999, deleted "and regulations" following "adopt rules", and added the last sentence.
The 1987 amendment, effective July 1, 1987, substituted "the secretary shall promulgate and adopt" for "the division shall issue and publish rules and regulations pertaining to and governing the development, maintenance, upkeep, management and use of state park and recreation areas and may prescribe different" and deleted the former last sentence, which read "Every such rule or regulations shall be filed in accordance with the State Rules Act."