On July 1 of each year, there is due from and shall be paid by either the owner or the operator a fee of one hundred dollars ($100) for each storage tank owned or operated. The fees shall be paid to the department and deposited in the storage tank fund created in Section 74-4-4.8 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 1990, ch. 124, § 9; 1992, ch. 64, § 7; 2001, ch. 325, § 18.