It is a violation of the Alternative Fuel Tax Act to:
A. operate a motor vehicle upon the highways of this state with a connection between a cargo or other tank or container, not considered in the Alternative Fuel Tax Act as being the motor vehicle's fuel supply tank, and a carburetor or other fuel supply device. Fuel supply tanks, including auxiliary fuel supply tanks, shall be separate and apart from cargo tanks or other containers, with no connection by pipe, tube, valve or otherwise;
B. sell or deliver to any person alternative fuel from any alternative fuel supply tank or auxiliary alternative fuel supply tank;
C. deliver alternative fuel from a cargo tank into the alternative fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle; provided, however, delivery of liquefied alternative fuels may be made into the alternative fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle by a registered and licensed alternative fuel distributor when made by that distributor from the cargo tank of a vehicle operated by that distributor, which tank is specially designed to make this type of alternative fuel delivery; or
D. engage in the business of distributing alternative fuel in New Mexico without obtaining an alternative fuel distributor license under the provisions of Section 8 [7-16B-8 NMSA 1978] of the Alternative Fuel Tax Act.
History: Laws 1995, ch. 16, § 9.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 1995, ch. 16, § 17 made Laws 1995, ch. 16, § 9 effective January 1, 1996.