2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 62 - Electric, Gas and Water Utilities
Article 10 - Hearings Before the Commission
Section 62-10-4 - Complaint and specifications, served on utility.

Whenever the commission shall determine to hold a hearing or conduct an investigation upon a complaint made and filed as in this article provided, it shall fix a time and place for public hearings thereupon; and whenever the commission shall determine to conduct a hearing or investigation upon specifications filed by it, it shall fix a time for public hearings of the matter [matters] under investigation; and a copy of the complaint or a copy of the specifications filed by the commission as basis for said hearings shall be served upon the person or utility interested. All hearings shall be held at the offices of the commission in Santa Fe, or at such place in the state as the commission may designate.

History: Laws 1941, ch. 84, § 53; 1941 Comp., § 72-804; 1953 Comp., § 68-8-4.

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material in this section was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

Compiler's notes. — The words "this article" refer to Laws 1941, ch. 84, §§ 50 to 65, compiled as 62-10-1 to 62-10-16 NMSA 1978.

Sections 62-10-1 to 62-10-6, 62-10-8 to 62-10-14 and 62-10-16 of the Public Utility Act are still effective as the repeal of Chapter 62, Article 6 by Laws 1998, Chapter 108, Section 82, effective July 1, 2003 Chapter 108, Section 82 was repealed prior to taking effect by Chapter 23, Section 1, Laws 2003. Although Laws 2003, Chapter 336, Section 8, amended Laws 1998, Chapter 82, as amended, an amendment of a repealed section is ineffective. See Quintana v. N.M. Dep't of Corrs., 100 N.M. 224, 668 P.2d 1101 (1983). Laws 2003, Chapter 416, Section 5 also repealed Laws 1998, Chapter 108, Section 82, as amended, a second time, however, that repeal is of no effect as the section had previously been repealed by Chapter 23, Section 1, Laws 2003.