New Mexico Statutes
Article 5 - Motion Pictures
Section 57-5-22 - [Determination of first and second run theaters by public regulation commission.]

All matters requiring a decision as to whether a theater should be classified as a "first" or "second" run theater or a picture show shall be determined by the corporation commission [public regulation commission].
History: Laws 1933, ch. 177, § 22; 1941 Comp., § 51-2722; 1953 Comp., § 49-5-22.
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.
Cross references. — For the definitions of first and second run theaters, see 57-5-1 NMSA 1978.

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.]