There is created the "radioactive waste consultation task force". The task force shall consist of the secretaries of energy, minerals and natural resources; health; environment; public safety; transportation; homeland security and emergency management; and Indian affairs or their designees and the commissioner of public lands or the commissioner's designee. The chair and vice chair of the committee, or their designees from the committee, shall be advisory members of the task force. The state fire marshal or the state fire marshal's designee shall serve as a nonvoting member of the task force. History: Laws 1979, ch. 380, § 5; 1986, ch. 61, § 4; 1987, ch. 234, § 80; 1991, ch. 2, § 3; 2001, ch. 12, § 1; 2001, ch. 103, § 1; 2023, ch. 25, § 1. Cross references. — For the secretary of energy, minerals and natural resources, see 9-5A-5 NMSA 1978. For the secretary of health, see 9-7-5 NMSA 1978. For the secretary of environment, see 9-7A-5 NMSA 1978. Compiler's notes. — Pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, Laws 2023, ch. 25 did not pass with the required two-thirds vote of each house. Therefore, the effective date of Laws 2023, ch. 25, §§ 1 to 3 was June 16, 2023. The 2023 amendment, effective June 16, 2023, revised the composition of the radioactive waste consultation task force; and after "public safety", deleted "and highway and", after "transportation", added "homeland security and emergency management; and Indian affairs", and after "or their designees", added "and the commissioner of public lands or the commissioner's designee". The 2001 amendments, effective June 1, 2001, removed the taxation and revenue secretary from the radioactive waste consultation task force, deleted "and" between "health" and "environment" and inserted the last sentence, which added the state fire marshal to the task force as a non-voting member. The 1991 amendment, effective January 30, 1991, in the second sentence, deleted "department" preceding "taxation" and substituted "public safety and highway and transportation or their designees" for "and the chief highway administrator or their designees"; deleted the former third sentence which read "The task force shall terminate on December 31, 1990 unless terminated sooner"; and added the present third sentence.
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