A. No rule shall be adopted pursuant to the Oil and Gas Act until after a hearing by the commission.
B. Any rule adopted under the Oil and Gas Act shall be filed and published in accordance with the State Rules Act [Chapter 14, Article 4 NMSA 1978]. No rule shall be filed until the latter of twenty days after the commission has entered an order or has refused a rehearing application pursuant to Section 70-2-25 NMSA 1978.
C. Any party of record to the proceeding before the commission or any person adversely affected by a rule adopted under the Oil and Gas Act may appeal to the court of appeals within thirty days after filing of the rule under the State Rules Act. All such appeals shall be upon the record made by the commission. Upon appeal, the court of appeals shall set aside the rule only if found to be:
(1) arbitrary, capricious or an abuse of discretion;
(2) not supported by substantial evidence in the record; or
(3) otherwise not in accordance with law.
D. As used in this section, "rule" includes an amendment or repeal of a rule.
History: Laws 2015, ch. 133, § 1.
Effective dates. — Laws 2015, ch. 133 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 19, 2015, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 2 - Oil Conservation Commission; Division;
Section 70-2-2 - [Waste prohibited.]
Section 70-2-3 - Waste; definitions.
Section 70-2-5 - Oil conservation division; director; state petroleum engineer.
Section 70-2-6 - Commission's and division's powers and duties.
Section 70-2-8 - Subpoena power; immunity of natural persons required to testify.
Section 70-2-10 - Perjury; punishment.
Section 70-2-11 - Power of commission and division to prevent waste and protect correlative rights.
Section 70-2-12 - Enumeration of powers.
Section 70-2-12.1 - Disposition of produced water; no permit required.
Section 70-2-12.2 - Adoption of rules; appeals.
Section 70-2-14 - Requirement for financial assurance.
Section 70-2-16 - Allocation of allowable production in field or pool.
Section 70-2-17 - Equitable allocation of allowable production; pooling; spacing.
Section 70-2-18 - Spacing or proration unit with divided mineral ownership.
Section 70-2-19 - Common purchasers; discrimination in purchasing prohibited.
Section 70-2-21 - Purchase, sale or handling of excess oil, natural gas or products prohibited.
Section 70-2-23 - Hearings on rules, regulations and orders; notice; emergency rules.
Section 70-2-25 - Rehearings; appeals.
Section 70-2-26 - Review of oil conservation commission decision; appeals.
Section 70-2-27 - Temporary restraining order or injuction [injunction]; grounds; hearing; bond.
Section 70-2-28 - Actions for violations.
Section 70-2-29 - Actions for damages; institution of actions for injunctions by private parties.
Section 70-2-30 - [Violation of court order grounds for appointment of receiver.]
Section 70-2-31 - Violations of the Oil and Gas Act; penalties.
Section 70-2-31.1 - Reporting requirement.
Section 70-2-32 - Seizure and sale of illegal oil or gas or products; procedure.
Section 70-2-33 - Definitions.
Section 70-2-35 - Legal representation before the federal energy regulatory commission.
Section 70-2-36 - Removing or altering marks of identification; penalty.
Section 70-2-37 - Oil and gas reclamation fund created; disposition of fund.