Section 47-3-3 - Definitions. - New Mexico Statutes

47-3-3. Definitions.

As used in the Solar Rights Act:

A.     "solar collector" means a device, substance or element, or a combination of devices, substances or elements, that relies upon sunshine as an energy source and that is capable of collecting not less than twenty-five thousand British thermal units on a clear winter solstice day or that is used for the conveyance of light to the interior of a building.  The term also includes any device, substance or element that collects solar energy for use in:

(1)     the heating or cooling of a structure or building;

(2)     the heating or pumping of water; 

(3)     industrial, commercial or agricultural processes; or

(4)     the generation of electricity. A solar collector may be used for purposes in addition to the collection of solar energy.  These uses include, but are not limited to, serving as a structural member or part of a roof of a building or structure and serving as a window or wall; and 

B.     "solar right" means a right to an unobstructed line-of-sight path from a solar collector to the sun, which permits radiation from the sun to impinge directly on the solar collector.