2015 SB 677 Private Right of Action

CVNM Position:

Support

Priority:

CVNM Priority Vote

Year:

2015

Sponsors:

Cisco McSorley

Topics:

Environmental Justice

Legislative Info:

SB 677 on nmlegis.gov »

Description

SB 677 afforded landowners or other affected parties a private right of action to pursue enforcement of environmental laws against violators or agencies who are failing to enforce existing law. An example might be the case of a rural landowner whose groundwater is at risk of contamination by a polluting company; if the state refuses to require the company to stop polluting groundwater; the landowner would have recourse in court.

Outcome

SB 677 died in the Senate Conservation Committee.