There is created as a nonreverting fund in the state treasury the "water quality management fund" to be administered by the department. The fund consists of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and money received by the department. All fees collected pursuant to Section 74-6-4 NMSA 1978 and for the operation and maintenance of a permitted facility pursuant to Subsection I of Section 74-6-5 NMSA 1978 shall be deposited in the fund. Money in the fund is appropriated to the department for the purpose of administering the rules adopted by the commission pursuant to Sections 74-6-4 and 74-6-5 NMSA 1978. Disbursements from the fund shall be made upon warrants drawn by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary of environment.

History: Laws 1993, ch. 100, § 4; 2025, ch. 112, § 4.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2025 amendment, effective June 20, 2025, specified that the water quality management fund is a nonreverting fund, and provided that the fund consists of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and money received by the department of environment; after "created" added "as a nonreverting fund", after "administered by the department" added "The fund consists of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and money received by the department", and after the first occurrence of "pursuant to" deleted "the regulations adopted by the commission under Subsection H of Section 74-6-5 NMSA 1978" and added "Section 74-6-4 NMSA 1978 and for the operation and maintenance of a permitted facility pursuant to Subsection I of section 74-6-5 NMSA 1978", and after "pursuant to Sections" added " 74-6-4 and".