As used in the Public Regulation Commission Act:
A. “commission” means the public regulation commission;
B. “commissioner” means a person appointed to the public regulation commission; and
C. “person” means an individual, corporation, firm, partnership, association, joint venture or similar legal entity.
History: Laws 1998, ch. 108, § 2; § 8-8-2, recompiled and amended as § 62-19-2 by Laws 2020, ch. 9, § 16.
ANNOTATIONS
Compiler’s notes. — Laws 2020, ch. 9, § 15 recompiled and amended former 8-8-2 NMSA 1978 as part of Chapter 62, Article 19 NMSA 1978, effective January 1, 2023, contingent upon the adoption of Laws 2019, SJC/SRC/SJR Nos. 1 and 4, Constitutional Amendment 1, at the general election held on November 3, 2020. Constitutional Amendment 1 was adopted by a vote of 445,655 for and 355,471 against. The section number was assigned by the compiler.
The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2023, removed “elected” from the definition of “commissioner” as used in the Public Regulation Commission Act; and in Subsection B, after “means a person”, deleted “elected or”.