Except in the case of an emergency, a transportation service carrier not authorized to transport passengers shall not carry a passenger, including a hitchhiker, except on-duty employees of the motor carrier or commission representatives on official business in a vehicle used in the provision of transportation service under its operating authority.
History: Laws 2003, ch. 359, § 30; 2013, ch. 73, § 28; 2013, ch. 77, § 28.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, clarified the language of the section; at the beginning of the sentence, deleted "A motor" and added "Except in the case of an emergency, a transportation service", after "authorized to transport", deleted "persons" and added "passengers", after "shall not carry a", deleted "person" and added "passenger", and after "official business", deleted "or in case of an emergency" and added "in a vehicle used in the provision of transportation service under its operating authority".
Laws 2013, ch. 73, § 28 and Laws 2013, ch. 77, § 28, both effective July 1, 2013, enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 2013, ch. 77, § 28. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.