All instruments on file with the secretary of state, the filing of which, pursuant to Section 62-13-12 NMSA 1978, is equivalent to filing as contemplated by Sections 55-9-401 through 55-9-407 NMSA 1978, which instruments were filed prior to, and in effect on, July 1, 1981, shall remain effective until a termination statement is filed, and the refiling thereof or the filing of a continuation statement with respect thereto shall not be required.
History: Laws 1981, ch. 301, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Sections 62-13-1 to 62-13-14 of the Public Utility Act are still effective as the repeal of Chapter 62, Article 13 by Laws 1998, Chapter 108, Section 82, effective July 1, 2003 Chapter 108, Section 82 was repealed prior to taking effect by Chapter 23, Section 1, Laws 2003. Although Laws 2003, Chapter 336, Section 8, amended Laws 1998, Chapter 82, as amended, an amendment of a repealed section is ineffective.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 Laws 2003, Chapter 416, Section 5 also repealed Laws 1998, Chapter 108, Section 82, as amended, a second time, however, that repeal is of no effect as the section had previously been repealed by Chapter 23, Section 1, Laws 2003.