Any person aggrieved by any order of the state fire marshal, his deputy or authorized officer or his designated agent may appeal to the commission within ten days from the date of the service of such order. The commission shall hear such party within twenty days after receipt of an appeal request and shall give not less than ten days' written notice of the hearing. Within fifteen days after such hearing, the commission shall file its decision and, unless by its authority the order is revoked or modified, it shall be complied with within the time fixed in the decision, with such time to be not less than thirty days.
History: Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 967; 1998, ch. 108, § 41.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For rules governing civil actions, see Rule 1-001 NMRA et seq.
For rules governing appeals, see Rule 12-101 NMRA et seq.
The 1998 amendment, effective January 1, 1999, substituted "commission" for "state fire board" in two places; in the second sentence, deleted "or parties" preceding "within twenty" and deleted "(20)" following "days after receipt"; substituted "commission" for "state fire board" in the last sentence; and made minor stylistic changes throughout the section.