The committee shall document and report on an annual basis the effectiveness and impact of department-sponsored litter control and beautification programs through the following:
A. report on all projects and activities funded by the department through allocations from the litter control and beautification fund. The community appearance index technique shall be a part of this report in communities where appropriate and available; and
B. investigate and report on the feasibility, appropriateness and cost of a statewide community appearance index or other technique for the evaluation of highway litter.
History: 1978 Comp., § 67-16-7, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 10, § 4; 2017, ch. 30, § 4; 2020, ch. 33, § 6.
ANNOTATIONSRepeals and reenactments. — Laws 1989, ch. 10, § 4 repealed former 67-16-7 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1988, ch. 23, § 7, relating to collection and survey of litter, and enacted a new section, effective June 16, 1989.
The 2020 amendment, effective May 20, 2020, revised certain New Mexico clean and beautiful advisory committee reporting requirements; and in Subsection A, deleted "evaluate and", after "report on all", deleted "governmental entities and keep New Mexico beautiful, incorporated", and after "department", added "through allocations from the litter control and beautification fund".
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, revised certain duties of the New Mexico clean and beautiful advisory committee; in the introductory clause, after "The", deleted "department" and added "committee", and after "impact of", deleted "council-sponsored" and added "department-sponsored"; in Subsection A, after "funded by the", deleted "council" and added "department", after "The", deleted "photometric" and added "community appearance"; deleted former Subsection B, which related to litter receptacles placed on state property, and redesignated former Subsection C as Subsection B; and in Subsection B, after "statewide", deleted "photometric" and added "community appearance".