New Mexico Statutes
Article 5 - Motion Pictures
Section 57-5-17 - [Existing contracts to be filed with public regulation commission.]

Attested copies of all contracts for motion pictures now in force in competitive situations shall be filed with the corporation commission [public regulation commission] within thirty days after this act becomes effective, and hereafter when competition begins in any town or city all existing contracts for motion pictures shall be immediately filed with the corporation commission [public regulation commission] by the exhibitors, and the provisions of this act [57-5-1 to 57-5-22 NMSA 1978] shall apply to the new competitors as of the day he or they begin to function or acquire motion pictures in or for the new competitive situation.
History: Laws 1933, ch. 177, § 17; 1941 Comp., § 51-2717; 1953 Comp., § 49-5-17.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Laws 1998, ch. 108, § 80 provided that references to the corporation commission be construed as references to the public regulation commission.
Compiler's notes. — The phrase "within thirty days after this act becomes effective", appearing near the beginning of the section, means within thirty days of the effective date of Laws 1933, Chapter 177, which was March 17, 1933.

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