Section 75-5-3 - Definitions. - New Mexico Statutes

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.