Article XV, New Mexico Constitution

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Article XV of the New Mexico Constitution is entitled Agriculture and Conservation and consists of two sections.

Section 1

	Text of Section 1: Department of Agriculture There shall be a department of agriculture which shall be under the control of the board of regents of the college of agriculture and mechanic arts; and the legislature shall provide lands and funds necessary for experimental farming and demonstrating by said department.

Section 2

	Text of Section 2: Forest Fire Prevention The police power of the state shall extend to such control of private forest lands as shall be necessary for the prevention and suppression of forest fires.

See also

• State constitution
• Constitutional article
• Constitutional amendment
• Constitutional revision
• Constitutional convention
• Amendments
  • Initiated constitutional amendment
  • Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
  • Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
  • Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
  • State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

External links

Suggest a link

• New Mexico SOS, "New Mexico Constitution"
• FindLaw, "New Mexico Constitution (dead link)

Additional reading

• Smith, Charles E. (2011). The New Mexico State Constitution, New York, New York: Oxford University Press