Any public utility that owns or operates a public water supply system upon whom a fee is imposed pursuant to Section 74-1-7 or 74-1-8 NMSA 1978 shall be entitled immediately to collect the fee from its ratepayers, without a request for a change in rates. The utility shall notify the New Mexico public utility commission in writing of the imposition of the fee and, if practicable, shall show the fee as a separate line item on its bill.
History: Laws 1989, ch. 223, § 5; 1993, ch. 282, § 22.
ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Sections 62-3-1 to 62-3-5 of the Public Utility Act are still effective as the repeal of Chapter 62, Article 3 by Laws 1998, Chapter 108, Section 82, effective July 1, 2003 was repealed prior to taking effect by Chapter 23, Section 1, Laws 2003. Although Laws 2003, Chapter 336, Section 8, amended Laws 1998, Chapter 82, as amended, an amendment of a repealed section is ineffective.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 Laws 2003, Chapter 416, Section 5 also repealed Laws 1998, Chapter 108, Section 82, as amended, a second time, however, that repeal is of no effect as the section had previously been repealed by Chapter 23, Section 1, Laws 2003.
The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, substituted "New Mexico public utility commission" for "New Mexico public service commission" in the second sentence.