The commissioner of public lands is authorized to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with the division for the protection and conservation of forest and denuded forest areas under his jurisdiction and control and is authorized to pay the assessments thereunder from the state land office maintenance fund, provided that such contracts and agreements do not commit the use of the lands in a manner and do not entail expenditures of the maintenance fund contrary to the provisions of the act of congress dated June 20, 1910, entitled Enabling Act for New Mexico.
History: 1953 Comp., § 62-3-7, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 122, § 7; 1977, ch. 254, § 80.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the Enabling Act, see the New Mexico Territorial Laws and Treaties on NMOneSource.com.
Law reviews. — For note, "Forest Fire Protection on Public and Private Lands in New Mexico," see 4 Nat. Resources J. 374 (1964).