2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 71 - Energy and Minerals
Section 5 Geothermal Resources Conservation
Section 71-5-15 Purchase, sale or handling of excess geothermal resources or products prohibited.
71-5-15. Purchase, sale or handling of excess geothermal resources or products prohibited.
A. The sale or purchase or acquisition, or the transportation, utilization or processing, or handling in any other way, of geothermal resources in whole or in part produced in excess of the amount allowed by any statute of this state, or by any provision of the Geothermal Resources Conservation Act [71-5-1 NMSA 1978], or by any rule, regulation or order of the commission or division made hereunder, is hereby prohibited, and such geothermal resources are hereby referred to as "illegal geothermal resources."
B. The sale or purchase or acquisition, or the transportation, utilization or processing, or the handling in any other way, of any product of geothermal resources, which product is derived in whole or in part from geothermal resources produced in whole or in part in excess of the amount allowed by any statute of this state, or by any provision of the Geothermal Resources Conservation Act, or by any rule, regulation or order of the commission or division made thereunder, is hereby prohibited, and each such commodity or product is herein referred to as "illegal geothermal resources product."
History: 1953 Comp., 65-11-15, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 272, 15; 1977, ch. 255, 83.
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