New Mexico Statutes

N.M. Stat. § 47-3-2 (2026)

Declaration and findings

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The legislature declares that the state of New Mexico recognizes that economic benefits can be derived for the people of the state from the use of solar energy. Operations, research, experimentation and development in the field of solar energy use shall therefore be encouraged. While recognizing the value of research and development of solar energy use techniques and devices by governmental agencies, the legislature finds and declares that the actual construction and use of solar devices, whether at public or private expense, is properly a commercial activity which the law should encourage to be carried out, whenever practicable, by private enterprise.

History: 1953 Comp., § 70-8-2, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 169, § 2.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2016–2016 · leading case: Daigle v. Eldorado Cmty. (N.M. Ct. App. 2016).

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Daigle v. Eldorado Cmty. (N.M. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “11 {6} Third, with respect to the issue of legislative intent to encourage the use of solar 12 power, Plaintiff argues that the Legislature could not have intended to encourage the 13 use of ground-based solar panels, because Section 47-3-2 was codified in 1977, before 14…”

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