44TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 1999

RELATING TO PUBLIC AFFAIRS; ADOPTING THE STATE NICKNAME.

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

Section 1. Section 12-3-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1927, Chapter 102, Section 1, as amended by Laws 1989, Chapter 8, Section 1 and also by Laws 1989, Chapter 154, Section 1) is amended to read:

"12-3-4. STATE FLOWER--STATE BIRD--STATE TREE--STATE FISH--STATE ANIMAL--STATE VEGETABLES--STATE GEM--STATE GRASS--STATE FOSSIL--STATE COOKIE--STATE INSECT--STATE NICKNAME.--

A. The yucca flower is adopted as the official flower of New Mexico.

B. The chapparal bird, commonly called roadrunner, is adopted as the official bird of New Mexico.

C. The nut pine or pinon tree, scientifically known as Pinus edulis, is adopted as the official tree of New Mexico.

D. The native New Mexico cutthroat trout is adopted as the official fish of New Mexico.

E. The native New Mexico black bear is adopted as the official animal of New Mexico.

F. The chile, the Spanish adaptation of the chilli, and the pinto bean, commonly known as the frijol, are adopted as the official vegetables of New Mexico.

G. The turquoise is adopted as the official gem of New Mexico.

H. The blue [gramma] grama grass, scientifically known as Bouteloua gracillis, is adopted as the official grass of New Mexico.

I. The coelophysis is adopted as the official fossil of New Mexico.

J. The bizcochito is adopted as the official cookie of New Mexico.

K. The tarantula hawk wasp, scientifically known as Pepsis formosa, is adopted as the official insect of New Mexico.

L. "The Land of Enchantment" is adopted as the official nickname of New Mexico."