Utility service shall not be discontinued to any residence where a seriously or chronically ill person is residing if the person responsible for the utility service charges does not have the financial resources to pay the charges and if a licensed physician, physician assistant, osteopathic physician, osteopathic physician's assistant or certified nurse practitioner certifies that discontinuance of service might endanger that person's health or life and the certificate is delivered to a manager or officer of the provider of the utility service at least two days prior to the due date of a billing for service. The commission shall provide by rule the procedure necessary to carry out this section.
History: 1978 Comp., § 62-8-10, enacted by Laws 2000, ch. 88, § 2.
Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 2000, ch. 88, § 2 repealed former 62-8-10 NMSA 1978, as amended by Laws 1993, ch. 282, § 34, relating to the discontinuance of utility service to seriously ill persons, and enacted a new section, effective March 7, 2000.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Liability of electric utility to nonpatron for interruption or failure of power, 54 A.L.R.4th 667.
Debtor's protection under 11 USCS § 366 against utility service cutoff, 83 A.L.R. Fed. 207.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 62 - Electric, Gas and Water Utilities
Article 8 - Duties and Restrictions Imposed Upon Public Utilities
Section 62-8-4 - Schedules to show classifications.
Section 62-8-5 - Adherence to schedules.
Section 62-8-6 - Discrimination.
Section 62-8-7 - Change in rates.
Section 62-8-7.1 - Hearing procedures for change of rates of small water and sewer utilities.
Section 62-8-8 - Inspection and supervision fee.
Section 62-8-9 - Disposition of funds; interest and penalty on late payments.
Section 62-8-10 - Utility service; seriously ill individuals.
Section 62-8-11 - Consumer information; disclosure prohibited.
Section 62-8-12 - Applications to expand transportation electrification.
Section 62-8-13 - Application for grid modernization projects.