No water utility defined as a public utility under the provisions of Section 62-3-3 NMSA 1978 shall impose sprinkler standby charges on the owners of structures that contain automatic fire protection sprinkler systems. As used in this section, "sprinkler standby charges" means additional charges imposed by a water utility on owners of structures because the structures are equipped with automatic fire protection sprinkler systems.
History: Laws 1987, ch. 294, § 1.
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of Chapter 62, Article 13 by Laws 1998, Chapter 108, Section 82, effective July 1, 2003 Chapter 108, Section 82 was repealed prior to taking effect by Chapter 23, Section 1, Laws 2003. Although Laws 2003, Chapter 336, Section 8, amended Laws 1998, Chapter 82, as amended, an amendment of a repealed section is ineffective.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 Laws 2003, Chapter 416, Section 5 also repealed Laws 1998, Chapter 108, Section 82, as amended, a second time, however, that repeal is of no effect as the section had previously been repealed by Chapter 23, Section 1, Laws 2003.