New Mexico Statutes
Article 2A - Motor Carrier Act
Section 65-2A-6 - Notice.

A. The commission shall electronically publish notice regarding an application before the commission for a certificate or permit or for a change in a certificate or permit, regarding proposed rulemaking, or regarding other orders of the commission of general application, by posting a copy of the notice or document on the commission's internet web site and sending electronic mail to all motor carriers, public officials or agencies, or other persons or entities who have previously supplied electronic mail addresses to the commission for the purpose of publication, advising such persons of the filing and posting. If the commission in its discretion should also require publication by newspaper, the requirement is met if notice is published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the state. The commission shall not act on an application for a certificate or permit or for an amendment, lease or transfer of a certificate or permit less than twenty days after the date notice was published.
B. Whenever the Motor Carrier Act requires publication of notice regarding any other matter, the requirement is met if notice is published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the state. The commission shall not act on a matter less than ten days after the date notice was published.
History: Laws 2003, ch. 359, § 6; 2013, ch. 73, § 5; 2013, ch. 77, § 5.
The 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, authorized the commission to electronically publish notice of pending actions of the commission; in Subsection A, in the first sentence, at the beginning of the sentence, deleted "If the Motor Carrier Act requires publication of" and added "The commission shall electronically publish" and after "before the commission", added the remainder of the sentence, at the beginning of the second sentence, added "If the commission in its discretion should also require publication by newspaper", and in the third sentence, after "application", added "for a certificate or permit or for an amendment, lease or transfer of a certificate or permit"; and in Subsection B, in the first sentence, after "notice regarding", added "any other" and after the phrase "any other matter", deleted "other than an application".
Laws 2013, ch. 73, § 5 and Laws 2013, ch. 77, § 5, both effective July 1, 2013, enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 2013, ch. 77, § 5. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.

Structure New Mexico Statutes

New Mexico Statutes

Chapter 65 - Motor Carriers

Article 2A - Motor Carrier Act

Section 65-2A-1 - Short title.

Section 65-2A-2 - Transportation policy.

Section 65-2A-3 - Definitions.

Section 65-2A-4 - Powers and duties of the commission.

Section 65-2A-5 - Applications in general; ministerial grants of authority; when public hearings required.

Section 65-2A-6 - Notice.

Section 65-2A-7 - Operating authorities in general.

Section 65-2A-7.1 - Findings.

Section 65-2A-8 - Certificates for passenger service.

Section 65-2A-9 - Certificates for household goods service.

Section 65-2A-10 - Permits

Section 65-2A-11 - Temporary authority.

Section 65-2A-12 - Warrants.

Section 65-2A-13 - Protests, objections and hearings.

Section 65-2A-14 - Changes in certificates or permits.

Section 65-2A-15 - Multiple operating authorities and business trade names allowed.

Section 65-2A-16 - Interstate motor carriers.

Section 65-2A-17 - Repealed.

Section 65-2A-18 - Financial responsibility.

Section 65-2A-19 - Safety requirements for motor vehicles and drivers.

Section 65-2A-20 - Tariffs.

Section 65-2A-21 - Rates.

Section 65-2A-22 - Time schedules.

Section 65-2A-23 - Motor carrier organizations.

Section 65-2A-24 - Motor vehicle leases; driver contracts.

Section 65-2A-25 - Household goods operations.

Section 65-2A-26 - Household goods voluntary dispute settlement program.

Section 65-2A-26.1 - Indemnity provisions in motor carrier transportation contracts void.

Section 65-2A-27 - Involuntary suspension, revocation or amendment of operating authorities; reinstatement.

Section 65-2A-28 - Designation of an agent for service of process.

Section 65-2A-29 - Reports and records.

Section 65-2A-30 - Unauthorized carrying of persons prohibited.

Section 65-2A-31 - Witnesses; subpoenas; service of process.

Section 65-2A-32 - Administrative penalties.

Section 65-2A-33 - Criminal and civil penalties; unfair trade practices.

Section 65-2A-34 - Actions to enforce commission orders.

Section 65-2A-35 - Appeal to supreme court.

Section 65-2A-36 - Fees.

Section 65-2A-37 - Electronic filing and certification of documents; electronic payment of fees.

Section 65-2A-38 - Exemptions.

Section 65-2A-39 - Effect on municipal powers.

Section 65-2A-40 - Repealed.

Section 65-2A-41 - Transition.