The commission shall adopt rules, regulations and standards to secure the accuracy of all meters and other devices for measurement of utility service or products, and the commission may examine and test any and all such meters and other devices under such rules and regulations as it may prescribe. At all inspections and tests made on complaints of consumers, representatives of the utility complained of and of the complainant may be present.
History: Laws 1941, ch. 84, § 33; 1941 Comp., § 72-521; 1953 Comp., § 68-5-21; Laws 1965, ch. 289, § 6.
ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Sections 62-6-4 to 62-6-26.1 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of Chapter 62, Article 6 by Laws 1998, Chapter 108, Section 82, effective July 1, 2003 Chapter 108, Section 82 was repealed prior to taking effect by Chapter 23, Section 1, Laws 2003. Although Laws 2003, Chapter 336, Section 8, amended Laws 1998, Chapter 82, as amended, an amendment of a repealed section is ineffective.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 Laws 2003, Chapter 416, Section 5 also repealed Laws 1998, Chapter 108, Section 82, as amended, a second time, however, that repeal is of no effect as the section had previously been repealed by Chapter 23, Section 1, Laws 2003.