Any provider of telecommunications services and any other person in interest being aggrieved by a final order or determination of the commission under the New Mexico Telecommunications Act may file a notice of appeal in the supreme court asking for a review of the commission's final orders. A notice of appeal shall be filed within thirty days after the entry of the commission's final order. Every notice of appeal shall name the commission as appellee and shall identify the order from which the appeal is taken. Any person whose rights may be directly affected by the appeal may appear and become a party, or the supreme court may upon proper notice order any person to be joined as a party.
History: Laws 1985, ch. 242, § 14; 1998, ch. 108, § 62.
ANNOTATIONSThe 1998 amendment, effective January 1, 1999, substituted "Appeal of orders of the commission" for "Action to set aside nonremovable" in the section heading; in the first sentence, substituted "a final" for "an", deleted "not removable to the supreme court of New Mexico under the provisions of Article II, Section 7 of the constitution of" preceding "New Mexico Telecommunications Act" and deleted "therein" preceding "final orders"; in the second sentence, after "A notice of appeal", substituted "shall" for "must"; and in the third sentence, deleted "state corporation" following "commission as appellee".