SENATE BILL 336

53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2017

INTRODUCED BY

Pat Woods

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO OIL AND GAS; AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE LPG AND CNG ACT TO DEFINE "LIQUEFIED NATURAL GASES" AND "LNG"; PROVIDING A PENALTY.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. Section 70-5-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1947, Chapter 214, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

     "70-5-1. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the LPG and CNG Act:

          A. "liquefied petroleum gases", "LPG" [and] or "LP gas" means any material that is composed predominantly of any of the following hydrocarbons or mixtures of them: propane, propylene, butanes (normal butane or iso-butane) and butylenes;

          B. "compressed natural gases", [and] "CNG", "liquefied natural gases" and "LNG" means mixtures of hydrocarbon gases, [and] vapors or liquids consisting principally of methane [in gaseous form which] that has been compressed for vehicular fuel;

          C. "product" or "products" of liquefied petroleum gases or compressed natural gases are considered to be liquefied petroleum gases or compressed natural gases, respectively;

          D. "qualified instructor" means an employee who has passed the required examination and performed for at least one year the work being taught;

          E. "inspector" means a person hired by the bureau to enforce under administrative direction the laws and safety rules and regulations of the LP gas industry and the use of CNG in motor vehicles;

          F. "division" means the construction industries division of the regulation and licensing department;

          G. "bureau" means the liquefied petroleum and compressed gas bureau of the division; and

          H. "commission" means the construction industries commission."

     SECTION 2. Section 70-5-21 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1947, Chapter 214, Section 22, as amended) is amended to read:

     "70-5-21. MISDEMEANOR.--Any person violating any provision of the LPG and CNG Act or the rules, regulations or orders of the bureau or the commission issued pursuant to that act is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished [by a fine levied in a magistrate court of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) or more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days or both] pursuant to Subsection A of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978."

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