N.M. Admin. Code § 19.5.2.32 - FEES AND CHARGES

A. Upon entering a park, visitors shall pay fees and charges in accordance with 19.5.6 NMAC. The visitor shall display applicable permits in accordance with instructions provided with the permit. If a visitor fails to obtain a permit, state park officials may field collect fees.

B. Fees, charges and permit display requirements do not apply to:

(1) government agencies or government officials or employees, including law enforcement and emergency service personnel, who are performing official duties (official duties do not include activities that do not have to occur in a park such as conferences, retreats or training);

(2) non-governmental emergency service personnel, such as private ambulance companies, who are performing their official duties;

(3) persons traveling nonstop through a park on a state or federal highway, county road, federal road or municipal road or street;

(4) on duty news media personnel who are reporting on events or activities within a park and are only in the park to report on those events or activities; or

(5) individuals or groups who are entering the park to provide volunteer services and have signed a volunteer agreement with the division or have arranged with the division to provide volunteer services.

C. Fees and charges do not apply to:

(1) division contractors, suppliers or agents or other persons providing services to a park who are not using the park or its facilities for purposes other than providing services to the park;

(2) concessionaires, concession permittees or their employees or commercial contractors, suppliers and agents who are only traveling to and from the concession and are not using the park or its facilities for personal use;

(3) persons needing to pass through a park to access private property who are only passing through the park and are not using the park or its facilities;

(4) park support group members or volunteers who have a park pass issued pursuant to Subsection D of 19.5.2.36 NMAC; or

D. Visitors not subject to Subsection B of 19.5.2.32 NMAC shall display permits at all times inside a park.

E. The superintendent or director may waive or reduce park fees for primary or secondary school groups, college or university groups, or other organized youth groups or for governmental entities holding such activities as trainings or other educational activities or projects, retreats or conferences at a park.

F. State park officials may issue rain checks for unused, prepaid daily camping activities or the cancellation of a group shelter reservation.

G. The division or its contractors may charge fees in addition to the appropriate use fee for reservation processing and cancellation. The contractor or state park officials shall collect the reservation fee for those park sites where the division has established a reservation program. See 19.5.6 NMAC. Visitors shall pay the reservation fee in advance with applicable fees for facilities, sites, day use, camping, electricity or other service for the total reservation period.

H. In addition to the appropriate use fees, the division may charge additional fees for special events such as concerts, festivals, etc. The additional fees shall not exceed the value of admission to the special events.

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N.M. Admin. Code § 19.5.2.32

19.5.2.32 NMAC - N, 1/1/2008; 19.5.2.32 NMAC - Rn & A, 19.5.2.30 NMAC, 1/1/2013, Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXIX, Issue 09, May 15, 2018, eff. 5/15/2018, Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXV, Issue 23, December 10, 2024, eff. 1/1/2025