New Mexico Statutes
Article 5 - Liquefied and Compressed Gases
Section 70-5-21 - Misdemeanor.

Any person violating any provision of the LPG and CNG Act or the rules, regulations or orders of the bureau or the commission issued pursuant to that act is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished pursuant to Subsection A of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978.
History: 1941 Comp., § 71-825, enacted by Laws 1947, ch. 214, § 22; 1953 Comp., § 65-7-22; Laws 1957, ch. 221, § 10; 1963, ch. 7, § 1; 1973, ch. 362, § 21; 1977, ch. 245, § 142; 1989, ch. 6, § 64; 1993, ch. 186, § 18; 2017, ch. 57, § 2.
The 2017 amendment, effective June 16, 2017, increased the potential penalty for violating any provision of the LPG and CNG Act or the rules, regulations or orders of the liquefied petroleum and compressed gas bureau or the construction industries commission issued pursuant to that act; after "shall be punished", deleted "by a fine levied in a magistrate court of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) or more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days or both" and added "pursuant to Subsection A of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978".
The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, inserted "and CNG".
The 1989 amendment, effective July 1, 1989, substituted "commission" for "committee" and made minor stylistic changes.

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