As used in Chapter 3, Article 48 NMSA 1978:
A. "refuse" means any garbage, rejected or waste food, offal, swill, carrion, ashes, dirt, slop, waste paper, trash, rubbish, waste or unwholesome material of any kind; and
B. "yard waste" means yard clippings, grass cuttings, yard cleanings, fallen trees, tree limbs, slash and pine needles.
History: 1953 Comp., § 14-49-1, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 2003, ch. 230, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, substituted "yard waste; definitions" for "definition" in the section heading; substituted "Chapter 3, Article 48 NMSA 1978" for "Sections 14-49-1 through 14-49-7 New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1953 Compilation" in the introductory paragraph; added the Subsection A designation; and added Subsection B.
Law reviews. — For article, "The New Mexico Solid Waste Act: A Beginning for Control of Municipal Solid Waste in the Land of Enchantment ", see 21 N.M.L. Rev. 167 (1990).
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 56 Am. Jur. 2d Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions §§ 455 to 465.
Garbage, validity of municipal regulations as to, 15 A.L.R. 289, 72 A.L.R. 520, 135 A.L.R. 1305, 82 A.L.R.2d 899.
62 C.J.S. Municipal Corporations § 265.