The department of transportation may use rubberized asphalt in paving mixtures for state and local highway projects and to pay added expenses that may result from using rubberized asphalt. The department of transportation shall adopt rules for the administration of the rubberized asphalt program, including the development of procedures for disbursement of money to municipalities and counties for the use of rubberized asphalt in paving mixtures and shall develop paving specifications for the use of rubberized asphalt.
History: Laws 2005, ch. 171, § 18.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2005, ch. 171 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 17, 2005, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.