As used in the Litter Control and Beautification Act:

Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 67-16-3

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

A. “keep America beautiful program” means a comprehensive program to end littering, improve recycling and beautify American communities;

B. “committee” means the New Mexico clean and beautiful advisory committee; C. “department” means the tourism department;

D. “litter” means weeds, graffiti and all waste material, including disposable packages or containers, but not including the waste of the primary processes of mining, logging, sawmilling or farming;

E. “New Mexico clean and beautiful program” means the statewide keep America beautiful program established by the department to carry out the purposes of the Litter Control and Beautification Act;

F. “person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, firm, receiver, guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, fiduciary or representative or group of individuals or entities of any kind;

G. “public place” means an area that is used or held out for use by the public, whether owned or operated by public or private interests;

H. “recycling” means the collection, separation or processing and return to the economic mainstream of raw materials or products that would otherwise become solid waste; and

I. “tourism region” means one of the following:

(1)     the central region consisting of Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance and Valencia counties;

(2)     the north-central region consisting of Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe and Taos counties;

(3)     the northeast region consisting of Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Quay, San Miguel and Union counties;

(4)     the northwest region consisting of Cibola, McKinley and San Juan counties;

(5)     the southeast region consisting of Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Lea, Lincoln, Otero and Roosevelt counties; and

(6)     the southwest region consisting of Catron, Dona Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra and Socorro counties.

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