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Home » US Law » 2021 New Mexico Statutes » Chapter 47 - Property Law » Article 6 - County Subdivisions » Section 47-6-27.2 – Approval necessary for utility connection.

Any water, sewer, electric or gas utility that connects service to individual parcels within a subdivision, before a final plat for the subdivision has been approved by the board of county commissioners or before the landowner holds a valid building permit, may be fined a civil penalty of up to five hundred dollars ($500) by the board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners may also require any utility connected in violation of this section to be disconnected.

History: Laws 1995, ch. 212, § 25.

ANNOTATIONS

Effective dates. — Laws 1995, ch. 212, § 34 made Laws 1995, ch. 212, § 25 effective July 1, 1996.