A. If the holder of any license, certificate or permit persistently, flagrantly or knowingly violates or countenances the violation of any of the provisions of Chapter 17 NMSA 1978 or of any regulations referred to in Section 17-2-10 NMSA 1978, the license, certificate or permit shall be revoked by the state game commission after reasonable notice given the accused of the alleged violation and after the accused is afforded an opportunity to appear and show cause against the charges.
B. At the hearing, the state game commission shall cause a record of the hearing to be made and shall allow the person charged to examine witnesses testifying at the hearing. Any person whose license, certificate or permit has been revoked by the commission may appeal to the district court pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978.
History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 35; Code 1915, § 2458; C.S. 1929, § 57-244; 1941 Comp., § 43-322; 1953 Comp., § 53-3-28; Laws 1977, ch. 290, § 4; 1998, ch. 55, § 26; 1999, ch. 265, § 27.
Cross references. — For procedures governing administrative appeals to the district court, see Rule 1-074 NMRA.
The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, substituted "Section 39-3-1.1" for "Section 12-8A-1" in Subsection B.
The 1998 amendment, effective September 1, 1998, in Subsection A, deleted "shall" following "permit", substituted "violates" for "violate" and "countenances" for "countenance", inserted "after the accused is afforded" and deleted "afforded" following "opportunity"; and rewrote Subsection B.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation
Article 3 - Licenses and Permits
Section 17-3-1 - Current license required.
Section 17-3-2 - Classes of licenses.
Section 17-3-5 - Application for hunting or fishing licenses; contents; filing.
Section 17-3-8 - Loss of application blanks by license collector; accounting.
Section 17-3-9 - Application blanks lost by license collector to be void.
Section 17-3-10 - Presumption of loss [sale]
Section 17-3-11 - Possession of license declared void is unlawful.
Section 17-3-12 - Accounting for licenses.
Section 17-3-13 - License fees.
Section 17-3-13.1 - Disabled veteran; license fee exemption; lifetime license.
Section 17-3-13.3 - Big game depredation damage stamp required; disposition of receipts.
Section 17-3-13.4 - Big game depredation damage fund; creation; expenditure.
Section 17-3-13.6 - Disabled military members and veterans; fishing license fee exemption.
Section 17-3-14.1 - Landowner permits for elk.
Section 17-3-14.2 - Landowner permits; management of certain big game species.
Section 17-3-15 - Additional deer license.
Section 17-3-16 - Funds; special drawings for licenses.
Section 17-3-16.1 - Bighorn sheep enhancement permits; issuance; use.
Section 17-3-16.2 - Elk enhancement permit; issuance; use.
Section 17-3-16.3 - Lieutenant governor's deer enhancement permits; issuance; use.
Section 17-3-16.4 - Gould's turkey enhancement permits; issuance; use.
Section 17-3-16.5 - Hunting and fishing authorizations; governor's special events.
Section 17-3-16.6 - Enhancement authorization packages; habitat enhancement.
Section 17-3-17 - Fishing without license; exceptions.
Section 17-3-19 - Special license; minors fishing on scout property.
Section 17-3-20 - Fee disposition.
Section 17-3-21 - [Season and bag limits applicable to minors holding special license.]
Section 17-3-22 - [Administration of 17-3-19 to 17-3-22.]
Section 17-3-24 - [Supervision of fishing at boys' school.]
Section 17-3-26 - Taking minnows and nongame fish to sell as bait; license required; exception.
Section 17-3-27 - Bait license; bond; fee; issuance.
Section 17-3-30 - [Sending game animals, birds and fish to officers of other states.]
Section 17-3-31 - [Permit to capture or destroy protected game damaging crops or property; beavers.]
Section 17-3-32 - Importing game animals; permits.