2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 72 - Water Law
Section 12 Underground Waters
Section 72-12-16 Violation of act or rules and regulations; penalty.
72-12-16. [Violation of act or rules and regulations; penalty.]
Any person violating any provision of this act [72-12-12 through 72-12-17 NMSA 1978] or of the rules and regulations of the state engineer promulgated in pursuance hereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum of not less than $25.00 nor more than $250.00 for each offense. Each and every day that any such violation shall continue, shall be construed a separate offense for the purpose of this section.
History: 1941 Comp., 77-1120, enacted by Laws 1949, ch. 178, 5; 1953 Comp., 75-11-17.
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