New Mexico Statutes
Article 5 - Liquefied and Compressed Gases
Section 70-5-4 - Acts concerning LP gas or CNG subject to commission rules and regulations.

The selling, offering for sale, constructing, assembling, repairing, equipping, installing, filling with fuel, storage of fuel within, dispensing of fuel from or transporting fuel within containers described in Section 70-5-3 NMSA 1978 without the containers having been designed, constructed, assembled, equipped, maintained, tested and inspected as specified by the rules and regulations of the commission pursuant to the LPG and CNG Act [this article] shall be a violation of the LPG and CNG Act and shall be subject to the fines, penalties and restrictions provided.
History: 1941 Comp., § 71-806, enacted by Laws 1947, ch. 214, § 3; 1953 Comp., § 65-7-3; Laws 1973, ch. 362, § 4; 1977, ch. 245, § 126; 1989, ch. 6, § 52; 1993, ch. 186, § 4.
The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, rewrote the section heading, substituted "offering" for "exposing" near the beginning of the section, and inserted "and CNG" twice near the end of the section.
The 1989 amendment, effective July 1, 1989, substituted "commission" for "committee" in the section heading and near the end of the section, inserted "described in Section 70-5-3 NMSA 1978" near the middle of the section, and made minor stylistic changes throughout the section.

Structure New Mexico Statutes

New Mexico Statutes

Chapter 70 - Oil and Gas

Article 5 - Liquefied and Compressed Gases

Section 70-5-1 - Definitions.

Section 70-5-2 - Short title.

Section 70-5-3 - Rules and regulations for design, construction, assembling, equipping and installing of containers and equipment.

Section 70-5-4 - Acts concerning LP gas or CNG subject to commission rules and regulations.

Section 70-5-5 - Power to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations; exceptions to act.

Section 70-5-6 - License; exceptions.

Section 70-5-7 - Requiring competent employees in transporting, dispensing, installation, service or repair.

Section 70-5-8 - Authority of inspectors.

Section 70-5-9 - Annual license fees; inspection fees.

Section 70-5-10 - Revenue; suspense fund.

Section 70-5-11 - Proof of responsibility.

Section 70-5-12 - Power of bureau and commission to refuse to grant, suspend or cancel a license.

Section 70-5-13 - Provisions for hearings.

Section 70-5-14 - Notice; hearing.

Section 70-5-15 - Finding; record.

Section 70-5-16 - Appeal.

Section 70-5-17 - No formal notice required of hearing on application for license; appeal.

Section 70-5-18 - Civil penalty for failure to comply with act or any order, rule or regulation.

Section 70-5-19 - Municipalities; taxes; license fees.

Section 70-5-20 - Enforcement.

Section 70-5-21 - Misdemeanor.

Section 70-5-22 - Administrative penalty assessments.

Section 70-5-23 - Containers to be filled only by owner or upon the owner's authorization.