The commission includes the following organizational units: A. the administrative services division; B. the consumer relations division; C. the legal division; D. the utility division; and E. the pipeline safety bureau. History: Laws 1998, ch. 108, § 6; 2007, ch. 161, § 2; 2013, ch. 74, § 2; 2020, ch. 9, § 21; § 8-8-6, recompiled as § 62-19-12 by Laws 2020, ch. 9, § 59; 2023, ch. 100, § 18. Recompilations. — Laws 2020, ch. 9, § 59 recompiled and amended former 8-8-6 NMSA 1978 as 62-19-12 NMSA 1978, effective January 1, 2023. The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, added the pipeline safety bureau to, and removed the transportation division from, the list of organizational units included in the public regulation commission; in the section heading, deleted "divisions" and added "organizational units"; deleted former Subsection D and redesignated Subsection E as Subsection D; and added a new Subsection E. Temporary provisions. — Laws 2023, ch. 100, § 80, effective July 1, 2024, provided that: A. On July 1, 2024, all staff positions, functions, personnel, appropriations, money, records, equipment, supplies, other property and contractual obligations of the public regulation commission related to motor carrier regulation and enforcement, railroad safety enforcement and ambulance standards are transferred to the department of transportation. B. Beginning July 1, 2024, all references in law, rules, orders and other official acts to the public regulation commission or the transportation division of the public regulation commission related to motor carrier regulation and enforcement, railroad safety enforcement and ambulance standards shall be deemed references to the department of transportation. C. Beginning July 1, 2024, all contractual obligations of the public regulation commission related to motor carrier regulation and enforcement, railroad safety enforcement and ambulance standards are binding on the department of transportation. D. The rules, orders and decisions of the public regulation commission related to motor carrier regulation and enforcement, railroad safety enforcement and ambulance standards shall remain in effect until repealed or amended. The 2020 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, removed the fire marshal division from the public regulation commission; and deleted Subsection F. The 2013 amendment, effective March 29, 2013, eliminated the insurance division; and deleted former Subsection C, which created the insurance division. The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, added the fire marshal division to the organizational units.
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