HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 02

46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2004

INTRODUCED BY

Joe M. Stell

FOR THE WATER AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE

A JOINT MEMORIAL

REQUESTING THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES DIVISION TO ADOPT PROVISIONS IN THE BUILDING CODE AND THE PLUMBING CODE TO PROVIDE FOR THE MOST EFFICIENT WATER-USING APPLIANCES SUCH AS DUAL FLUSH TOILETS.

     WHEREAS, the current drought illustrates the state's critical need to conserve water; and

     WHEREAS, everyone uses water and conservation is everyone's responsibility; and

     WHEREAS, the state's margin of compliance with interstate compacts and the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 is in the range of a few thousand acre-feet, and every conservation effort can contribute to the whole;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the construction industries division of the regulation and licensing department be requested to adopt provisions in the building code and the plumbing code to provide for the most efficient water-using appliances such as dual flush toilets and other water conservation technologies; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to the secretary of regulation and licensing, the construction industries commission and the director of the construction industries division.

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