The pendency of an appeal shall not of itself stay or suspend the operation of the order of the commission, but, during the pendency of such proceedings, the supreme court in its discretion may stay or suspend, in whole or in part, the operation of the commission's order on such terms as it deems just and in accordance with the practice of courts exercising equity jurisdiction. If the supreme court stays or suspends the operation of an order of the commission, pending a review of the order, the court may require the party seeking the stay or suspension to secure the other parties against loss due to the delay in the enforcement of the order, in case the order on appeal is affirmed, in such amount and in such form as the supreme court shall direct.
History: Laws 1941, ch. 84, § 71; 1941 Comp., § 72-906; 1953 Comp., § 68-9-6; Laws 1982, ch. 109, § 15; 1983, ch. 250, § 4.
ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Sections 62-11-1 to 62-11-6 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of Chapter 62, Article 6 by Laws 1998, Chapter 108, Section 82, effective July 1, 2003 Chapter 108, Section 82 was repealed prior to taking effect by Chapter 23, Section 1, Laws 2003. Although Laws 2003, Chapter 336, Section 8, amended Laws 1998, Chapter 82, as amended, an amendment of a repealed section is ineffective.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 Laws 2003, Chapter 416, Section 5 also repealed Laws 1998, Chapter 108, Section 82, as amended, a second time, however, that repeal is of no effect as the section had previously been repealed by Chapter 23, Section 1, Laws 2003.
Cross references. — For definition of "commission," see 62-3-3 NMSA 1978.
The 1983 amendment inserted "stay or suspend commission's order" at the end of the catchline and substituted "If the supreme court stays or suspends the operation of an order of the commission, pending a review of the order, the court may require the party seeking the stay or suspension to secure" for "Any party shall have the right to secure from the supreme court an order suspending or staying the operation of an order of the commission, pending a review of such order, by securing" in the second sentence.
Law reviews. — For note, "The Public Service Commission: A Legal Analysis of an Administrative System," see 3 N.M.L. Rev. 184 (1973).