SENATE BILL 391

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Bernadette M. Sanchez

AN ACT

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT; MAKING ENFORCEMENT OF THE NIGHT SKY PROTECTION ACT MANDATORY.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. Section 74-12-11 NMSA 1978 (being laws 2001, Chapter 151, Section 2) is repealed and a new Section 74-12-11 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] ENFORCEMENT.--In order to promote the purposes of the Night Sky Protection Act and to provide uniform minimum outdoor lighting standards throughout the state, the construction industries division of the regulation and licensing department department and each political subdivision of the state in their construction permitting and inspection processes shall fully enforce the provisions of the Night Sky Protection Act."