2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 60 - Business Licenses
Article 13 - Construction Industries Licensing
Section 60-13-20 - Fees established by the division; payment of examination and licensing service fees.

A. The division shall by regulation establish and charge reasonable candidate and applicant fees for each license and certificate classification for initial applications, initial and additional examinations, license issuance and renewals, certificate of qualification issuance and renewal, and licensing verification services.

B. The division by regulation may provide that fees charged pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall be paid to the agency providing or administering the service if the service is provided pursuant to authority of the division.

History: 1953 Comp., § 67-35-22, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 199, § 22; 1977, ch. 245, § 182; 1983, ch. 105, § 12; 1987, ch. 283, § 4; 1989, ch. 6, § 19; 1997, ch. 181, § 5.

Cross references. — For definition of "division," see 60-13-2 NMSA 1978.

The 1997 amendment, effective July 1, 1997, inserted "and licensing service" in the section heading; in Subsection A, inserted "and charge", "candidate and applicant" and "and certificate" and added "and renewal and licensing verification services" at the end; and, in Subsection B, substituted the language beginning "fees charged" for "examination fees, other than examination fees collected by the division for examination of journeymen pursuant to Section 60-13-38 NMSA 1978, shall be paid to the agency administering the examination".

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 51 Am. Jur. 2d Licenses and Permits §§ 39 to 41; 58 Am. Jur. 2d Occupations, Trades and Professions §§ 10, 11.

Amount of license fee imposed on electricians, 96 A.L.R. 1506.

Amount in controversy for purposes of jurisdiction in case involving tax or license fee, 109 A.L.R. 300.

Reasonableness of amount of license fee imposed upon plumbers, 114 A.L.R. 573.

53 C.J.S. Licenses §§ 64 to 73.