This act [12-12B-1 to 12-12B-4 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the “Emergency Gas Pilot Relighting Act”. History: Laws 2011, ch. 104, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2011, ch. 104 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 17, 2011, 90 days after the […]
As used in the Emergency Gas Pilot Relighting Act: A. “gas pilot relighting technician” means an individual who has successfully completed a program pursuant to Section 3 [12-12B-3 NMSA 1978] of the Emergency Gas Pilot Relighting Act; B. “natural gas” means any combustible vapor composed chiefly of hydrocarbons occurring naturally; and C. “program” means a […]
The higher education department and the regulation and licensing department shall recommend to appropriate institutions of higher learning a program for training and certifying individuals to relight pilot lights for residential equipment and appliances. Upon satisfactory completion of such a program, an individual shall be certified as a gas pilot relighting technician and be issued […]
A. Upon a declaration by the governor of an emergency or disaster, a person certified as a journeyman plumber or journeyman gas fitter pursuant to the Construction Industries Licensing Act [Chapter 60, Article 13 NMSA 1978] may employ no more than five gas pilot relighting technicians during the period of the declared emergency or disaster. […]
