2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles
Article 12 - Boating
Section 66-12-1 - Short title.
Chapter 66, Article 12 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Boat Act".
History: 1953 Comp., § 75-35-1, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 338, § 1; 1987, ch. 247, § 4.
ANNOTATIONSThe 1987 amendment, effective July 1, 1987, substituted "Chapter 66, Article 12 NMSA 1978" for "this act".
Act does not affect charging of lake use fee. — The state park commission (now state parks division) may continue to charge a lake use fee on a state park lake under Section 16-2-7 NMSA 1978 in addition to any requirements set up in the Boat Act (Sections 66-12-1 to 66-12-5, 66-12-7 to 66-12-22 NMSA 1978). 1960 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 60-78.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 12 Am. Jur. 2d Boats and Boating §§ 1, 4 to 22.
Liability of owner or operator of motorboat for injury or damage, 63 A.L.R.2d 343, 71 A.L.R.3d 1018, 98 A.L.R.3d 1127.
Public rights of recreational boating, fishing, wading, or the like in the inland stream the bed of which is privately owned, 6 A.L.R.4th 1030.
