There is created the "radioactive waste consultation task force". The task force shall consist of the secretaries of energy, minerals and natural resources; health; environment; public safety; and highway and transportation or their designees. The chairman and vice chairman, or their designees from the committee, shall be advisory members of the task force. The state fire marshal or his designee shall serve as a non-voting member of the task force.
History: Laws 1979, ch. 380, § 5; 1986, ch. 61, § 4; 1987, ch. 234, § 80; 1991, ch. 2, § 3; 2001, ch. 12, § 1; 2001, ch. 103, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the secretary of energy, minerals and natural resources, see 9-5A-5 NMSA 1978.
For the secretary of health, see 9-7-5 NMSA 1978.
For the secretary of environment, see 9-7A-5 NMSA 1978.
2001 amendments. — Identical amendments to this section were enacted by Laws 2001, ch. 12, § 1 approved March 13, 2001, and Laws 2001, ch. 103, § 1, approved April 2, 2001, and both effective June 1, 2001 which removed the taxation and revenue secretary from the radioactive waste consultation task force, deleted "and" between "health" and "environment" and inserted the last sentence, which added the state fire marshal to the task force as a non-voting member. The section is set out as amended by Laws 2001, ch. 103, § 1. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
The 1991 amendment, effective January 30, 1991, in the second sentence, deleted "department" preceding "taxation" and substituted "public safety and highway and transportation or their designees" for "and the chief highway administrator or their designees"; deleted the former third sentence which read "The task force shall terminate on December 31, 1990 unless terminated sooner"; and added the present third sentence.