[Rocks, protected plants or trees within four hundred yards

of highway.] It is a petty misdemeanor to deface, without the written consent of the landowner, any rock, any plant defined in Section 76-8-1 NMSA 1978, or any dead or living tree within four hundred yards of any public highway. History: 1953 Comp., § 40A-15-1.1, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 3, § 1.