2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 65: Motor Carriers
Article 2A: Motor Carrier Act, 65-2A-1 through 65-2A-40
Section 65-2A-29: Reports and records.

65-2A-29. Reports and records.

A. The commission shall establish reasonable requirements with respect to reports, records and uniform systems of accounts and preservation of records for motor carriers.

B. The commission may require a motor carrier owning operating authority from the commission to prepare and transmit to the commission an annual report of its operations. The report shall be in the form, contain specific information, including financial information, and be due on a date as the commission may by rule require. Financial data filed by motor carriers in annual reports shall not be made available for inspection by the public.

C. The commission or its employees or duly authorized agents shall, at all times, have access to:

(1) land, buildings, improvements to real property and equipment of motor carriers used in connection with their operations; and

(2) records kept by motor carriers.

D. The commission may, by order, require a motor carrier subject to the Motor Carrier Act [65-2A-1 NMSA 1978], or its officers or agents, to produce within this state at such reasonable time and place as it may designate, original or certified copies of records regardless of where they are kept by the motor carrier when their production is pertinent to a matter before the commission, in order that the commission may examine them.

E. The motor transportation division of the department of public safety shall furnish to the commission all information needed or required by the commission to carry out its responsibilities when the information is obtainable only through field enforcement.