3-48-1. Refuse; yard waste; definitions.
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As used in Chapter 3, Article 48 NMSA 1978:
A. "refuse" means any garbage, rejected or waste food, offal, swill, carrion, ashes, dirt, slop, waste paper, trash, rubbish, waste or unwholesome material of any kind; and
B. "yard waste" means yard clippings, grass cuttings, yard cleanings, fallen trees, tree limbs, slash and pine needles.
History: 1953 Comp., § 14-49-1, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 2003, ch. 230, § 1.