The water quality control commission is terminated on July 1, 2025 pursuant to the Sunset Act [12-9-11 to 12-9-21 NMSA 1978]. The commission shall continue to operate according to the provisions of Chapter 74, Article 6 NMSA 1978 until July 1, 2026. Effective July 1, 2026, Sections 74-6-3 through 74-6-4 NMSA 1978 are repealed.
History: 1978 Comp., § 74-6-13.1, enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 333, § 15; 1993, ch. 291, § 17; 1999, ch. 21, § 2; 2005, ch. 208, § 26; 2013, ch. 166, § 8; 2019, ch. 168, § 5.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, changed "July 1, 2019", to "July 1, 2025", and changed "July 1, 2020", to "July 1, 2026".
The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, changed the agency termination date from 2013 to 2019, the termination of the operations date from 2014 to 2020, and the repeal dated from 2014 to 2020; and in the last sentence, after "74-6-3", deleted "and" and added "through".
The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, changed the termination, operation and repeal dates.
The 1999 amendment, effective June 18, 1999, substituted "July 1, 2005" for "July 1, 1999" and "July 1, 2006" for "July 1, 2000" in two places and deleted "(being Laws 1967, Chapter 190, Sections 3 and 4, as amended)" following "74-6-4".
The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, substituted "1999" for "1993" in the first sentence, substituted "2000" for "1994" at the end of the second sentence, and rewrote the third sentence which read "Effective July 1, 1994, Article 6, Chapter 74 is repealed."