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N.M. Stat. § 70-5-3 (2026)

Rules and regulations for design, construction, assembling,

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equipping and installing of containers and equipment. All containers and pertinent equipment used or to be used in this state for CNG equipment when attached to motor vehicles or for the storage, transporting or dispensing of LP gases or CNG by industrial, commercial or domestic users, together with appliances used or to be used in this state with LP gases as fuel, shall be designed, constructed, assembled, equipped and installed as specified by the rules and regulations of the commission, adopted and promulgated as provided in the LPG and CNG Act [this article].

History: 1941 Comp., § 71-805, enacted by Laws 1947, ch. 214, § 2; 1953 Comp., § 65-7-2; Laws 1955, ch. 97, § 2; 1973, ch. 362, § 3; 1977, ch. 245, § 125; 1989, ch. 6, § 51; 1993, ch. 186, § 3.

ANNOTATIONS The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, inserted "for CNG equipment when attached to motor vehicles or" near the beginning of the section, "or CNG" near the middle of the section, and "and CNG" near the end of the section.

The 1989 amendment, effective July 1, 1989, substituted "commission" for "committee" near the end of the section.

Persons or firms selling house trailers equipped with liquefied petroleum appliances and piping are covered by act and fully subject to all license fees and regulations promulgated by the public service commission. 1953 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 53- 5627.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 63 Am. Jur. 2d Products Liability § 834.

Products liability: sufficiency of evidence to support product misuse defense in actions concerning bottles, cans, storage tanks, or other containers, 58 A.L.R.4th 160.

Products liability: recovery for injury or death resulting from intentional inhalation of product's fumes or vapors to produce intoxicating or similar effect, 50 A.L.R.5th 275.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1974–2003 · leading case: Apodaca v. AAA Gas Co., 2003-NMCA-085, 73 P.3d 215.
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Apodaca v. AAA Gas Co., 2003-NMCA-085, 73 P.3d 215. “§§ 70-5-3 and -4. A preliminary review of the NFPA 58 materials provided by Plaintiffs suggests the standard is applicable to the propane industry such as AAA Gas, rather than incidental handlers such as Plaintiffs.”
Mobile Am., Inc. v. Sandoval Cnty. Comm'n, 518 P.2d 774 (N.M. 1974). “The plat shall refer to permanent monuments and shall accurately describe each lot, number each lot in progression, give its dimensions and the dimensions of all land dedicated for public use or for the use of the owners of lots fronting or adjacent to the land.”
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