New Mexico Statutes
Article 13 - Public Utility Act Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 62-13-7 - [Prior mortgages and deeds of trust not impaired.]

The provisions of the act [62-13-5 to 62-13-7 NMSA 1978] shall be applicable only to mortgages, deeds of trust and other security instruments that are executed after the effective date of this act by a corporation of the class referred to in Section 1 [62-13-5 NMSA 1978] of this act and which comply with the provisions of this act with respect to the filing thereof for record. No mortgage, deed of trust or other security instrument executed and filed for record prior to the effective date of this act, regardless of whether the same was executed by a corporation of the class referred to in Section 1 of this act, or otherwise, shall be impaired, invalidated or otherwise affected by any of the provisions of this act. The provisions of this act are cumulative of existing statutes, including statutes enacted by this twenty-fifth legislature, and nothing herein shall be so construed as to modify or affect existing statutes relating to the execution or recording or filing of mortgages, deeds of trust or other security instruments.
History: 1953 Comp., § 68-11-8, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 76, § 3.
Compiler's notes. — Sections 62-13-1 to 62-13-14 of the Public Utility Act are still effective as the repeal of Chapter 62, Article 13 by Laws 1998, Chapter 108, Section 82, effective July 1, 2003 Chapter 108, Section 82 was repealed prior to taking effect by Chapter 23, Section 1, Laws 2003. Although Laws 2003, Chapter 336, Section 8, amended Laws 1998, Chapter 82, as amended, an amendment of a repealed section is ineffective. See Quintana v. N.M. Dep't of Corrs., 100 N.M. 224, 668 P.2d 1101 (1983). Laws 2003, Chapter 416, Section 5 also repealed Laws 1998, Chapter 108, Section 82, as amended, a second time, however, that repeal is of no effect as the section had previously been repealed by Chapter 23, Section 1, Laws 2003.

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