A. A county may establish and maintain, manage and supervise a system of storage, collection and disposal of all refuse. The board of county commissioners may appropriate money for:
(1) the lease, purchase or condemnation of such lands or rights-of-way as are necessary for the storage, collection and disposal of refuse;
(2) the planning, construction, improvement, operation and maintenance of such structures and equipment as may be necessary for the storage, collection and disposal of refuse;
(3) the compensation of the necessary employees;
(4) the payment of the cost of contracting on behalf of the county for the collection and disposal of refuse by any firm, corporation or individual.
History: 1953 Comp., § 15-57-2, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 79, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — This section, as enacted, contained no Subsection B.
Cross references. — 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).