The state game commission, the state highway department [department of transportation], the state park and recreation commission [state parks division of the natural resources department] and the environmental improvement agency [department of environment] are encouraged to institute public education programs through the news media in order to inform the public of the litter problem in New Mexico and of individual efforts that can be made to assist in the abatement of the problem. In addition, these agencies are authorized to work with industry organizations in a joint antilitter [anti-litter] campaign so that additional effect may be given to the antilitter [anti-litter] effort in New Mexico.
History: 1953 Comp., § 40A-8-4.3, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 199, § 4.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed was was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Laws 1977, ch. 254, § 4, abolished the parks and recreation commission. Section 3 of that act established the natural resources department, consisting of several divisions, including the state park and recreation division, which was created by § 11 of the act. Laws 1987, ch. 234 repealed the provisions relating to the natural resources department and created the energy, minerals, and natural resources department, including the state parks division. See 9-5A-3 and 9-5A-6.1 NMSA 1978.