AN ACT
RELATING TO STATE SYMBOLS; PROVIDING
FOR AN OFFICIAL STATE BUTTERFLY, AN OFFICIAL STATE REPTILE AND AN OFFICIAL
STATE AMPHIBIAN; RECONCILING MULTIPLE AMENDMENTS TO THE SAME SECTION OF LAW IN
LAWS 1999.
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 1999, Chapter 266, Section 1 and
also by Laws 1999, Chapter 271, 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 QUESTION--STATE NICKNAME--STATE BUTTERFLY--STATE
REPTILE--STATE AMPHIBIAN.--
A. The yucca flower is adopted as the official
flower of New Mexico.
B. The chaparral 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 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. "Red or green?" is adopted as the
official question of New Mexico.
M. "The Land of Enchantment" is
adopted as the official nickname of New Mexico.
N. The Sandia hairstreak is adopted as the
official butterfly of New Mexico.
O. The New Mexico whiptail lizard,
scientifically known as Cnemidophorus neomexicanus, is adopted as the official
reptile of New Mexico.
P. The New Mexico spadefoot toad, scientifically
known as Spea multiplicata, is adopted as the official amphibian of New
Mexico."
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