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2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 75: Miscellaneous Natural Resource Matters
Article 5: Natural Lands Protection, 75-5-1 through 75-5-6
Section 75-5-3: Definitions.

Universal Citation:
NM Stat § 75-5-3 (1996 through 1st Sess 50th Legis)
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75-5-3. Definitions.

As used in the Natural Lands Protection Act [75-5-1 NMSA 1978]:

A. "committee" means the natural lands protection committee;

B. "unique and ecologically significant lands" are lands which:

(1) afford habitat for species listed as rare, threatened or endangered by the state or federal government; and

(2) are identified by the natural resources department as constituting the best remaining examples of native ecological communities that are otherwise unprotected; and

C. "corporation" means a New Mexico not-for-profit corporation whose primary purpose is the preservation and conservation of lands.

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