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NMSA 1978, § 13-1B-2 — under Article 1B.

NMSA 1978, § 13-1B-2

As used in the Alternative Fuel Acquisition Act: A. "alternative fuel" means natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, electricity, hydrogen, a fuel mixture containing not less than eighty-five percent ethanol or methanol, a fuel mixture containing not less than twenty percent vegetable oil or a water-phased hydrocarbon fuel emulsion consisting of a hydrocarbon base and water in an amount not less than twenty percent by volume of the total water-phased fuel emulsion; B. "conventional fuel" means gasoline or diesel fuel; C. "department" means the energy, minerals and natural resources department; D. "fund" means the alternative fuel acquisition loan fund; E. "heavy duty vehicle" means a vehicle weighing more than twenty-six thousand pounds; F. "light duty vehicle" means a vehicle weighing not more than fourteen thousand pounds; G. "medium duty vehicle" means a vehicle weighing more than fourteen thousand pounds but not more than twenty-six thousand pounds; and H. "political subdivision" means a county, municipality or school district. History: Laws 1992, ch. 58, § 2; 1994, ch. 130, § 1; 1995, ch. 160, § 1; 1997, ch. 24, § 2; 1998, ch. 22, § 2; 2002, ch. 32, § 3; 2018, ch. 53, § 1.