Section 8-8-4.1 – Propane service; commission duties.
A. The commission shall adopt rules to protect consumers’ rights with respect to propane service. B. The commission shall report by December 2009 to the appropriate interim legislative committee appointed by the New Mexico legislative council on the progress of the rulemaking pursuant to this section. History: Laws 2009, ch. 216, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Compiler’s […]
Section 8-8-5 – Chief of staff; division directors; other staff.
A. The commission shall appoint a “chief of staff” who is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the commission staff under the general direction of the commission. The chief of staff shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. B. With the consent of the commission, the chief of staff shall appoint division directors. Appointments […]
Section 8-8-6 – Commission; divisions.
The commission includes the following organizational units: A. the administrative services division; B. the consumer relations division; C. the legal division; D. the transportation division; and E. the utility division. History: Laws 1998, ch. 108, § 6; 2007, ch. 161, § 2; 2013, ch. 74, § 2; 2020, ch. 9, § 21. ANNOTATIONS Compiler’s notes. […]
Section 8-8-7 – Administrative services division; chief clerk.
A. The director of the administrative services division of the commission shall record the judgments, rules, orders and other proceedings of the commission and make a complete index to the judgments, rules, orders and other proceedings; issue and attest all processes issuing from the commission and affix the seal of the commission to them; and […]
Section 8-8-8 – Consumer relations division.
A. The consumer relations division shall: (1) receive and investigate nondocketed consumer complaints and assist consumers in resolving, in a fair and timely manner, complaints against a person under the authority of the commission, including mediation and other methods of alternative dispute resolution; provided, however, that assistance pursuant to this paragraph does not include legal […]
Section 8-8-9 – Repealed.
History: Laws 1998, ch. 108, § 9; 2007, ch. 161, § 3; repealed by Laws 2013, ch. 74, § 40. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2013, ch. 74, § 40 repealed 8-8-9 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1998, ch. 108, § 9, relating to the insurance division, effective March 29, 2013. For provisions of former […]
Section 8-7-6 to 8-7-10 – Unconstitutional.
History: 1978 Comp., § 8-7-6, enacted by Laws 2001 (1st S.S.), ch. 3, § 3. ANNOTATIONS Compiler’s notes. — The public regulation commission districts set forth in Sections 8-7-6 through 8-7-10 NMSA 1978, were held to be malapportioned and therefore unconstitutional in Egolf v. Duran, D-101-CV-2011-02942 (1st Jud. Dist. January 25, 2012). The redistricting plan […]
Section 8-7-11 – Election of public regulation commissioners. (Repealed effective January 1, 2023.)
Commissioners for public regulation commission districts two, four and five shall be elected from the districts described in Sections 8-7-7, 8-7-9 and 8-7-10 NMSA 1978 at the 2002 and subsequent general elections. Commissioners for public regulation commission districts one and three shall be elected from the districts described in Sections 8-7-6 and 8-7-8 NMSA 1978 […]
Section 8-7-12 – [Public regulation commission districts.]
Public regulation commission district one is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 4 through 18, 20 through 30, 39, 86, 107, 108, 119 through 121, 125, 131, 150 through 154, 161 through 166, 180 through 187, 191 through 197, 211, 212, 215, 216, 241 through 246, 251 through 258, 271 through 275, 278, 281 through 287, […]
Section 8-8-1 – Short title.
Chapter 8, Article 8 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Public Regulation Commission Act”. History: Laws 1998, ch. 108, § 1; 2007, ch. 161, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Compiler’s notes. — Laws 2020, ch. 9, § 15 recompiled and amended former 8-8-1 NMSA 1978 as part of Chapter 62, Article 19 NMSA 1978, (see 62-19-1 […]