New Mexico Statutes
Article 5 - Motion Pictures
Section 57-5-21 - [Contracts filed with public regulation commission; fees; filing copies of blank forms; penalty for violation.]

All contracts for the purchase, leasing or acquirement of motion pictures by producers and/or distributors, in competitive situations, from producers and/or exhibitors or anyone else, shall be filed as in this act [57-5-1 to 57-5-22 NMSA 1978] provided with the state corporation commission [public regulation commission] at Santa Fe, New Mexico, within ten days after same have been approved or become operative; and all adjustments, modifications or changes in contracts shall be in writing and shall be executed as in this act provided for original contracts, and shall be filed likewise and within ten days thereafter; all instruments so filed shall be sworn to by the parties thereto. The corporation commission [public regulation commission] shall receive a fee of two dollars ($2.00) for every instrument filed under the provisions of this act, and shall charge a fee of two dollars ($2.00) for all copies of instruments furnished upon request. When forms are used by producers and exhibitors in sales and lease contracts, blank copies thereof shall be furnished to the corporation commission [public regulation commission] by producers and/or exhibitors. Any person, firm or corporation who fails or refuses, after notice, to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine as provided in Section four [57-5-4 NMSA 1978] of this act.
History: Laws 1933, ch. 177, § 21; 1941 Comp., § 51-2721; 1953 Comp., § 49-5-21.
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 state corporation commission be construed as references to the public regulation commission.

Structure New Mexico Statutes

New Mexico Statutes

Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations

Article 5 - Motion Pictures

Section 57-5-1 - Definitions.

Section 57-5-2 - [Purpose of act; violations; penalty.]

Section 57-5-3 - [Restrictive contracts, combinations or monopolies illegal; penalty.]

Section 57-5-4 - [Contracts for excessive number of pictures unlawful; form of contracts of sale, license or lease; power of public regulation commission; penalty for violations.]

Section 57-5-5 - [Division of products among exhibitors.]

Section 57-5-6 - [Announcement of pictures to be produced; contents of announcement; filing with public regulation commission; sale to competitor at less price unlawful; sale or lease to be by contract; penalty for violation.]

Section 57-5-7 - [Contracts for sale, lease or license; revocation or disapproval; binding when not disapproved.]

Section 57-5-8 - [Secret rebates or arrangements unlawful; penalty.]

Section 57-5-9 - [Contracts for more than one year unlawful; rights under former contracts; penalty for violation; invalidity of contract.]

Section 57-5-10 - [Exhibitor having contract running longer than year; rights in selection of pictures.]

Section 57-5-11 - [Producer- or distributor-controlled theaters; rights in choosing pictures; selling or leasing to competitors; penalty for violation.]

Section 57-5-12 - [Refusing alternative selections; prima facie evidence of intent to violate act; penalty.]

Section 57-5-13 - [Date and place of alternative selections; contracts made outside state unlawful; exception.]

Section 57-5-14 - [Civil liability for violation.]

Section 57-5-15 - [Misrepresentation of box office value; civil liability.]

Section 57-5-16 - [Fair and equitable adjustments of contracts permitted.]

Section 57-5-17 - [Existing contracts to be filed with public regulation commission.]

Section 57-5-18 - [Public regulation commission as agent for service of process.]

Section 57-5-19 - [Failure to designate agent for service of process; penalty; pictures barred.]

Section 57-5-20 - [Venue of prosecutions.]

Section 57-5-21 - [Contracts filed with public regulation commission; fees; filing copies of blank forms; penalty for violation.]

Section 57-5-22 - [Determination of first and second run theaters by public regulation commission.]