2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 4 - Counties
Article 56 - Refuse; Collection and Disposal
Section 4-56-1 - Definitions.
As used in this act [4-56-1 to 4-56-3 NMSA 1978]:
A. "garbage" includes all waste food, swill, carrion, slops and all waste from the preparation, cooking and consumption of food and from the handling, storage and sale of food products and the carcasses of animals;
B. "rubbish" includes all junked parts or bodies of automobiles, waste paper, paper cartons, tree branches, yard trimmings, discarded furniture, tin cans, dirt, ashes, bottles and all other unwholesome material of every kind not included as garbage; and
C. "refuse" includes garbage and rubbish.
History: 1953 Comp., § 15-57-1, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 79, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the Refuse Disposal Act, see 4-52-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.
For collection and disposal of refuse by municipalities, see 3-48-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.
Counties may provide for refuse collection and disposal under this article without regard for 4-52-1 NMSA 1978 et seq. 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 71-24.
