A. Within thirty days following the date of issuance of a citation pursuant to the provisions of the Liquor Control Act, the department of public safety or the law enforcement agency of a municipality or county shall report alleged violations of that act to the alcohol and gaming division of the regulation and licensing department.
B. The director of the alcohol and gaming division of the regulation and licensing department may request the investigators of the department of public safety to investigate licensees or activities that the director has reasonable cause to believe are in violation of the Liquor Control Act.
History: 1978 Comp., § 60-4B-4.1, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 329, § 1; recompiled and amended as § 60-3A-6.1 by Laws 2015, ch. 3, § 29.
Recompilations. — Laws 2015, ch. 3, § 29 recompiled and amended 60-4B-4.1 NMSA 1978 as 60-3A-6.1 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2015.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, provided for the reorganization of the department of public safety by changing which investigators are charged with investigating violations of the Liquor Control Act; in Subsection B, after "investigators", deleted "of the special investigations division".
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 60 - Business Licenses
Article 3A - General Provisions
Section 60-3A-1 - Short title.
Section 60-3A-2 - Liquor policy of state; investigation of applicants; responsibility of licensees.
Section 60-3A-3 - Definitions.
Section 60-3A-4 - Storage permitted.
Section 60-3A-5 - Exemptions from act.
Section 60-3A-6 - Authority of department of public safety.
Section 60-3A-7 - Authority of the alcoholic beverage control division.
Section 60-3A-8 - Powers and duties of the director of the alcoholic beverage control division.
Section 60-3A-8.1 - Investigative authority and powers.
Section 60-3A-9 - Administrative authority and powers.
Section 60-3A-10 - Administrative rules and orders; presumption of correctness.
Section 60-3A-11 - Written decisions by director.
Section 60-3A-12 - Partially consumed bottle of wine; licensed premises.
Section 60-3A-13 - Prohibited sale of certain spirituous liquors.