The members of any board of directors and any officer or agent of any intercommunity water or natural gas supply association violating the provisions of Chapter 3, Article 28 NMSA 1978 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof in the district court, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) or to imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months or both in the discretion of the court trying the case.
History: 1953 Comp., § 14-27-16, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 1990, ch. 60, § 18.
The 1990 amendment, effective March 2, 1990, substituted "Chapter 3, Article 28 NMSA 1978" for "Sections 14-27-1 through 14-27-18 New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1953 Compilation" and made a minor stylistic change.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 28 - Water or Natural Gas Associations
Section 3-28-1 - Water or natural gas associations; powers.
Section 3-28-2 - Intercommunity water or natural gas supply association; directors.
Section 3-28-3 - Certificate of association.
Section 3-28-4 - Acknowledgment and filing of original certificate; recording of copy.
Section 3-28-5 - Powers of association as body corporate.
Section 3-28-6 - Amendment of certificate of incorporation.
Section 3-28-7 - Notice of first meeting.
Section 3-28-8 - Board of directors; powers.
Section 3-28-9 - Officers or agents; manner of appointment.
Section 3-28-10 - Revenue bond issues.
Section 3-28-11 - Terms and provisions of revenue bond issues.
Section 3-28-12 - Resolution for issuance of bond; execution.
Section 3-28-13 - Payment of bonds.
Section 3-28-14 - Refunding authorization; terms.
Section 3-28-14.1 - Publication of notice after adoption of resolutions; limitation of action.
Section 3-28-15 - Financial assistance.
Section 3-28-16 - Establishment of rates or contracts for service; lien against property served.
Section 3-28-17 - Proceeds from bond issues not to be diverted from purpose.
Section 3-28-18 - Violations of act; penalty.
Section 3-28-19 - Eminent domain.
Section 3-28-20 - Associations not subject to utility laws.
Section 3-28-21 - New Mexico public utility commission [public regulation commission] jurisdiction.
Section 3-28-22 - Validation; existing association and outstanding bonds.