A. In order to ensure compliance with, and in order to enforce the provisions of, the Petroleum Products Standards Act the director may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to have a person enjoined from engaging in a practice prohibited by that act.
B. Upon application to a court for the issuance of an injunction against a person who is not complying with the provisions of the Petroleum Products Standards Act, the court may issue an order to restrain the person temporarily from engaging in the prohibited practice. The court shall hear the matter and, upon a preponderance of the evidence that the person is not complying with the provisions of the Petroleum Products Standards Act, the court shall enjoin the person from engaging in the prohibited practice.
History: Laws 1993, ch. 98, § 13.
Severability clauses. — Laws 1993, ch. 98, § 15 provided for the severability of the act if any part or application thereof is held invalid.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations
Article 19 - Petroleum Products
Section 57-19-23 - [Oxygenated fuels]; prohibited acts.
Section 57-19-25 - Short title.
Section 57-19-27 - Definitions.
Section 57-19-28 - Duties of the board; authority of the director.
Section 57-19-29 - Quality standards.
Section 57-19-30 - Inspection of measuring devices.
Section 57-19-31 - Inspection and certification of vehicle tanks used as measures.
Section 57-19-33 - Deceit; petroleum products; purchasers.
Section 57-19-35 - Money collected.
Section 57-19-36 - Penalties; administrative procedures; appeals.