2013 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24 - Health and Safety
Article 15 - Ski Safety
Section 24-15-4 - Insurance. (1997)


NM Stat § 24-15-4 (2013) What's This?

24-15-4. Insurance. (1997) 
A.   Every operator shall file with the state corporation commission [public regulation commission] and keep on file therewith proof of financial responsibility in the form of a current insurance policy in a form approved by the commission, issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in the state, conditioned to pay, within the limits of liability herein prescribed, all final judgments for personal injury or property damage proximately caused or resulting from negligence of the operator covered thereby, as such negligence is defined and limited by the Ski Safety Act. The minimum limits of liability insurance to be provided by operators shall be as follows:   
 
 
SKI SAFETY ACT 
LIABILITY INSURANCE 
LIMITS OF LIABILITY 
REQUIRED MINIMUM COVERAGES 
FOR INJURIES, DEATH OR DAMAGES 
KIND
LIMITS FOR
LIMITS FOR BODILY
 
AND
BODILY INJURY
INJURY TO OR DEATH
 
NUMBERS
TO OR
OF ALL PERSONS
 
OF LIFTS
DEATH OF
INJURED OR KILLED
PROPERTY 
OPERATED
ONE PERSON
IN ANY ONE ACCIDENT
DAMAGE 
Not more than three
 
 
 
   surface lifts
$100,000      
$300,000      
$5,000 
Not more than three
 
 
 
   ski lifts, including
 
 
 
   one or more
 
 
 
   chair lifts
250,000      
500,00    
25,000 
More than three
 
 
 
   ski lifts or one
 
 
 
   or more tramways
500,000    
1,000,000    
50,000.   
 
B.   No ski lift or tramway shall be operated in this state after the effective date of the Ski Safety Act unless a current insurance policy as required herein is in effect and properly filed with the state corporation commission [public regulation commission]. Each policy shall contain a provision that it cannot be canceled prior to its expiration date without thirty days' written notice of intent to cancel served by registered mail on the insured and on the commission.   
  History: 1953 Comp., § 12-16-4, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 218, § 4; recompiled as 1953 Comp., § 12-28-4, by Laws 1972, ch. 51, § 9; 1997, ch. 211, § 3. 

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